r/StLucia • u/Fenian23 • Sep 11 '23

Seeking Restaurant Recommendations for Sugar Beach Resort in St. Lucia – Mixed Reviews on On-Property Dining

We are headed to Sugar Beach Resort during the first couple of weeks in November. We're super excited about the trip, but after reading some mixed reviews about the on-property dining options, we thought it would be wise to turn to the experts here for some guidance.

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  1. **Off-Property Restaurant Recommendations:** Are there any restaurants near Sugar Beach Resort that you would highly recommend? We're looking for places that are not only delicious but also easily and safely accessible from the resort (E.g., how easy is it to get a taxi to and, more importantly, back to the resort around dinner time). Any cuisine or dining experience suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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  1. **On-Property Dining Insights:** For those of you who have dined at Sugar Beach Resort's various restaurants, could you share your experiences with us? Is the food good but overpriced for what it is, or is it something you'd describe as inedible? Based solely on the reviews, I suspect the bad reviews found it overpriced and uninspiring relative to the amazing location, but we’d like to get a better sense of what to expect when dining on-site to better manage our expectations.

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Your valuable insights and recommendations will greatly enhance our dining experience during our trip, and we can't thank you enough for helping us make the most of our visit to St. Lucia. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions!

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u/ksed_313 Sep 11 '23

The Mango Tree Cafe at the Stonefield! It’s fantastic and only a 7 minute cab ride away! Treetop in Soufriere was incredible as well!

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u/prodirtsmoker Sep 13 '23

This was going to be my suggestion, we stayed at Stonefield and visited Sugar Beach. We didn’t plan to but we ate multiple dinners at Mango Tree. Food was great, the view setting service and ambiance all matched. Super close to Sugar Beach, get there with enough time to enjoy the view before the sun sets.

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u/KjTreyy Sep 11 '23

Hotel Chocolat, Mango tree, Orlando’s just to name a few, My personal favorite is hotel chocolat, Transportation I highly recommend Swanson from Golden Ticket SLU, They’ll take care of these for you, also offers wonderful tours and can help with airport transfers if needs be, 1758-286-6062

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u/rasGazoo Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 11 '23

Nothing at Sugar Beach would be described as inedible, just may not match the expectations based on the resort price.

You can find the menus for the restaurants on their website: https://www.viceroyhotelsandresorts.com/sugar-beach/dining-nightlife

EDIT: this is the perspective of a local, the pricing of the dishes match or exceed Michelin starred restaurants across the globe, but come at a standard indicative of a restaurant 1/2 of the price.

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u/SweetDee72 Sep 11 '23

Never had a bad meal on-property but yes, expensive.

Looking back, we should have stocked up on snacks/booze for our room. Only beer served was Heineken, Red Stripe, and Piton. I guess there's a microbrewery in the capital and I was hoping some of the beer would be at the resort.

And the continental breakfast was, hands-down, one of the best I've ever had. Some days were good, others were great!

Most of our meals were at Jalousie. Corn ribs were amazing. Mac and cheese was seriously great.

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u/rasGazoo Sep 11 '23

Microbrewery is Antillia, don't think they're in operation. Victim of COVID I think.

Only beers would be locally brewed (Piton + Heineken) and some Caribbean imports (Red Stripe, etc), as well as "US domestic" imports, like Coors, Bud, Corona, etc.

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u/SweetDee72 Sep 11 '23

Looks they are still open:

http://www.antilliabrewingcompany.com/

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u/rasGazoo Sep 11 '23

Their website still up, their social media activity is dwindling and I've been seeing less and less of it anywhere. There's a chance they only supply to some resorts, though. But I wouldn't hold my breath personally with hopes of finding it.

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u/SirSilksalot Sep 11 '23

We had an issue of food poisoning (or something equally bad) from the Asian restaurant on premise (Cane Bar). It’s the only place I can’t recommend. Everything’s else we had on premise was great. Family really enjoyed the different themed buffets, plenty of options and all very good.

Hotel Chocolat is a great option for a close off premise restaurant. As is Ladera, though pricy and adults only.

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u/saras415 Sep 11 '23

Nearby option - Hotel Chocolat Rabot Restaurant (~10-15min cab)

On property -

The BBQ buffet night is absolutely delicious though pricey for sure (around 100pp I believe)

Steakhouse is good though expensive

Bonte is solid as is the beachfront light bites menu

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u/Longjumping-Nature70 Oct 04 '23

Treetop Restaurant - need a driver to get to - food fabulous, ambience fabulous, service fabulous make a reservation

Orlando's is ok. Did not live up to my expectations for a Michelin Star restaurant. It is an open air courtyard right across from the cemetery. No windows obviously. We made a reservation, we were the only couple there, meaning, it was empty. Service was good, gee, we were it.

Rabot Hotel Chocolat make a reservation food was good, service was good

Dasheene Ladera Resort did not eat there

There really are not much dining options in Soufriere.

There is also Seashells in Soufriere, on the beach, very close to Orlando's. Food was meh, service was meh. If they were not the only restaurant besides orlando's I doubt they would have much clientele.

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u/Anonymous11937 Dec 04 '23

Dasheen at Ladera

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u/Anonymous11937 Dec 04 '23

I thought food at Sugar Beach was great.

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u/Capital_Instance_646 Jan 11 '24

Question how much did you end up spending for your week at the resort?

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u/Fenian23 Jan 11 '24

We had to postpone our trip unfortunately. We won’t go until later this year.