Final Up to date on September 3, 2024 by Eve Dawes
The place to eat, sunbathe and loosen up on St Jean Seaside St Barths
Eden Rock St Barths, Nikki Seaside St Barts and Gyp Sea Seaside Membership are my high 3 picks for the very best locations to spend the day and eat lunch on St Jean Seaside St Barths. Which is indisputably the very best seashore in St Barts. We visited a number of totally different seashores and St Jean seashore was our favourite because it had the calmest water, finest sand, finest seashore golf equipment and eating places. All 3 eating places are fabulous to dine at however 2 are additionally the two finest seashore golf equipment in St Barts. I’ll get to that.
Eden Rock St Barths is the final word bucket checklist vacation spot however Nikki Seaside St Barts and Gyp Sea Seaside Membership St Barths are 2 different St Barts sizzling spots additionally value testing when you’re searching for someplace to eat and play on St Jean Seaside. All of those seashore eating places and seashore golf equipment are totally different and we cherished all 3 for very totally different causes. Some are extra buzzy, others extra chill and all have glorious meals and views of Baie de St Jean.
Right here’s what you want to know earlier than you go, what we preferred about every, and the way to decide on which of them best for you when you don’t have time to take a look at all 3 whereas visiting the French West Indies.
Sand Bar Eden Rock St Barth
Eden Rock St Barth has been on my bucket checklist for the longest time and their Sand Bar restaurant stored arising in all of my searches for the very best place to have lunch in St Barts.
It was really far more informal, relaxed and fewer pretentious than I used to be anticipating. Costume code is informal/elegant and most friends have been in coverups or resort put on stylish and flats however go away the baseball cap at dwelling. Suppose extra laid again however elegant seashore eating than elegant fantastic eating. Which is ideal for a day on the seashore and an extended, leisurely lunch the place nobody was speeding us or attempting to flip tables.
It was additionally much more household pleasant than we have been anticipating. Making it an ideal selection for households. Particularly when you’re searching for extra of a resort on the seashore eating expertise with a view than a seashore membership expertise. For that, go to Nikki Seaside or Gyp Sea Seaside Membership.
As with most if not all St Barts eating places, particularly of this caliber, anticipate St Barts pricing. Lunch for the two of us with 2 drinks every was North of $200. Prime menu choose: the lobster roll.
Eden Rock Sand Bar restaurant reservations.
Nikki Seaside St Barts
We love Nikki Seaside. So at any time when we see it’s at our location we attempt to go to. The menus and meals to this point have been constant from location to location. The one distinction with this one was the velocity. The meals got here out inside minutes and we did really feel rushed. Nonetheless, the meals was nonetheless glorious and it has probably the greatest views of St Jean Seaside St Barts out of all 3 of those sizzling spots because it’s proper on the seashore.
In case you’re searching for a buzzy seashore membership scene, cocktails and social gathering music, that is the very best seashore membership in St Barts for you through the weekends. It’s loud, busy and the new spot. In case you’re searching for someplace to loosen up in peace and quiet, don’t go on a weekend in peak season. Nonetheless, after we went on per week day without work season it was very nice and quiet.
That is the place to go to see and be seen, costume up and put on your finest resort put on.
Prime menu choose: Lobster linguine. Come for lunch, keep for the seashore and daybeds.
Nikki Seaside St Barth restaurant reservations. As with Eden Rock, anticipate St Barts luxurious eating costs.
Gyp Sea Seaside Membership St Barth | St Jean Seaside St Barts
We had free entry to Gyp Sea Seaside Membership as we stayed at Gyp Sea Lodge. We went on a regular basis for the service, views and seashore however visited a distinct place for lunch day by day. It’s essentially the most laid again and quiet of the three and there isn’t a costume code so go as you’re from the seashore (with the addition of a coverup).
Gyp Sea Seaside Membership is the one one (between Nikki Seaside, Eden Rock and right here) that’s set again from the seashore and doesn’t actually have a view except you’re proper on the entrance.
Nonetheless, it’s the one lunch restaurant of those 3 on St Jean seashore the place you dine together with your toes within the sand. Menu highlights embrace 125gr Mozzarella di Buffala, Child Again ribs texan model, Grilled native tuna, Grilled Caribbean lobster with candied lemon, and entire fish from their BBQ.
Lewis and I really break up a burger because it was too sizzling to wish to eat a complete one.
Gyp Sea Seaside Membership reservations
Which of those has the very best view of the seashore? Eden Rock, Nikki Seaside or Gyp Sea Seaside Membership
Nikki Seaside St Barts has the very best views of the seashore because it’s proper on the seashore. Particularly when you get a entrance row desk like we did. Eden Rock is seashore entrance however extra elevated and you want to request a desk on the entrance to see the view. Gyp Sea Seaside membership restaurant is ready again from the seashore so doesn’t actually have a view.
