Caribbean and Central America food guides
Jerk in Jamaica, mofongo in Puerto Rico, conch in the Bahamas and pupusas in El Salvador: what to eat and where across the region.
The Caribbean and Central America mix Spanish, African, Indigenous, French, Dutch, Indian and British cooking into island and country cuisines that are all their own: jerk in Jamaica, mofongo in Puerto Rico, conch in the Bahamas, flying fish in Barbados, doubles in Trinidad, gallo pinto in Costa Rica and pupusas in El Salvador. These guides cover what to eat on each island and in each country, menu words in Spanish, French, Creole and Papiamento, how tipping and service charges work, and where to eat, town by town and island by island.
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Dominican Republic food guide
The dishes to order, Dominican menu words, tax, service and tipping, and where to eat in six Dominican destinations.
Jamaica food guide
The dishes to order, Jamaican menu terms and slang, tipping and GCT, and where to eat in six Jamaican towns.
Costa Rica food guide
The dishes to order, the menu words that matter, tax and service charges, and where to eat in six Costa Rican towns.
All 32 Caribbean and Central America food guides
Anguilla food guide
Lobster and crayfish, pigeon peas and rice, GST and tipping, and where to eat in five places around Anguilla.
Antigua and Barbuda food guide
Fungie and pepperpot, black pineapple, ABST and tipping, and where to eat in five places on Antigua and Barbuda.
Aruba food guide
Keshi yena, pastechi and pan bati, Papiamento and Dutch menu words, service charges, and where to eat in five parts of Aruba.
Bahamas food guide
The dishes to order, Bahamian menu terms, VAT and automatic gratuities, and where to eat across six Bahamian islands.
Barbados food guide
The Bajan dishes to order, local menu words, VAT and tipping, and where to eat in six Barbados towns and parishes.
Belize food guide
The dishes to order, Belizean menu terms, tipping and GST, and where to eat in six Belizean towns and islands.
Bonaire food guide
Goat stew, funchi and fresh fish, Papiamentu and Dutch menu words, tipping, and where to eat in five parts of Bonaire.
British Virgin Islands food guide
Fish and fungi, Anegada lobster and the Painkiller, tipping and service, and where to eat on five islands and bays of the BVI.
Cayman Islands food guide
The dishes to order, Caymanian menu terms, gratuities and paying in CI dollars, and where to eat across the three Cayman Islands.
Costa Rica food guide
The dishes to order, the menu words that matter, tax and service charges, and where to eat in six Costa Rican towns.
Cuba food guide
The dishes to order, the menu words that matter, cash, tipping and paladares, and where to eat in seven Cuban towns.
Curaçao food guide
Keshi yená, stobá and funchi, Papiamentu and Dutch menu words, service charges, and where to eat in Willemstad and around Curaçao.
Dominica food guide
Callaloo soup, crab backs and cassava bread, Kwéyòl menu words, tipping, and where to eat in five places on Dominica.
Dominican Republic food guide
The dishes to order, Dominican menu words, tax, service and tipping, and where to eat in six Dominican destinations.
El Salvador food guide
The dishes to order, the Spanish menu words that matter, tipping and paying in dollars, and where to eat in six Salvadoran towns.
Grenada food guide
Oil down, nutmeg and cocoa, local menu words, VAT and tipping, and where to eat in five places across Grenada.
Guadeloupe food guide
Bokits, colombo, accras and rhum agricole, the menu words to know, tipping and paying, and where to eat across Guadeloupe's islands.
Guatemala food guide
The dishes to order, the Spanish menu words that matter, propina and paying, and where to eat in seven Guatemalan towns.
Haiti food guide
The dishes to order, Creole and French menu words, tipping and gourdes, and where to eat in six Haitian cities and towns.
Honduras food guide
The dishes to order, the Spanish menu words that matter, ISV and tipping, and where to eat in six Honduran cities and islands.
Jamaica food guide
The dishes to order, Jamaican menu terms and slang, tipping and GCT, and where to eat in six Jamaican towns.
Martinique food guide
Accras, colombo, court-bouillon and ti-punch, the menu words to know, tipping and paying, and where to eat across Martinique.
Nicaragua food guide
The dishes to order, the Spanish menu words that matter, tipping and córdobas, and where to eat in seven Nicaraguan towns and islands.
Panama food guide
The dishes to order, the Spanish menu words that matter, tipping and tax, and where to eat across six Panamanian destinations.
Puerto Rico food guide
The dishes to order, Puerto Rican menu words, tipping and sales tax, and where to eat in seven places around the island.
Saint Kitts and Nevis food guide
Stewed saltfish, goat water and coconut dumplings, tipping and EC dollars, and where to eat in five places on St Kitts and Nevis.
Saint Lucia food guide
Green fig and saltfish, Kwéyòl menu words, tipping and EC dollars, and where to eat in six Saint Lucia towns.
Saint Martin food guide
Lolo ribs, conch and dumplings and guavaberry, menu words, tipping and paying, and where to eat on both sides of Saint Martin.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines food guide
Roast breadfruit and jackfish, arrowroot, VAT and tipping, and where to eat on Saint Vincent and four Grenadine islands.
Trinidad and Tobago food guide
Doubles, roti and bake and shark, Trini menu words, VAT and tipping, and where to eat in six places on Trinidad and Tobago.
Turks and Caicos food guide
Conch every way, local menu terms, tax and service charges, and where to eat across Providenciales, Grand Turk and the out islands.
US Virgin Islands food guide
Fish and fungi, pates and kallaloo, tipping and service, and where to eat in six towns on St Thomas, St John and St Croix.
Where to eat in Caribbean and Central America, city by city
Every city and island with its own section in our Caribbean and Central America food guides.
- Anguilla food guide
- The Valley Sandy Ground Meads Bay and the West End Shoal Bay East Island Harbour
- Antigua and Barbuda food guide
- St John's English Harbour Dickenson Bay Jolly Harbour Barbuda
- Aruba food guide
- Oranjestad Eagle Beach Palm Beach and Noord Savaneta San Nicolas
- Bahamas food guide
- Nassau Grand Bahama Exuma Eleuthera Abaco Andros
- Barbados food guide
- Bridgetown Oistins St Lawrence Gap Holetown Speightstown Bathsheba
- Belize food guide
- Belize City San Pedro Caye Caulker San Ignacio Placencia Hopkins
- Bonaire food guide
- Kralendijk Hato and along the north coast Rincon Lac Bay and Sorobon Belnem and the south
- British Virgin Islands food guide
- Road Town Cane Garden Bay Virgin Gorda Jost Van Dyke Anegada
- Cayman Islands food guide
- George Town Seven Mile Beach and at Camana Bay West Bay Bodden Town and East End Cayman Brac and Little Cayman
- Costa Rica food guide
- San José La Fortuna Monteverde Manuel Antonio Tamarindo Puerto Viejo
- Cuba food guide
- Havana Viñales Trinidad Cienfuegos Santiago de Cuba Baracoa Varadero
- Curaçao food guide
- Punda Otrobanda Pietermaai and Scharloo Jan Thiel and Mambo Beach Westpunt and Banda Abou
- Dominica food guide
- Roseau Soufrière and Scotts Head Portsmouth Calibishie The Kalinago Territory
- Dominican Republic food guide
- Santo Domingo Punta Cana Santiago Puerto Plata The Samaná Peninsula Jarabacoa
- El Salvador food guide
- San Salvador Santa Tecla Santa Ana Juayúa and the Ruta de las Flores Suchitoto La Libertad
- Grenada food guide
- St George's Grand Anse Gouyave Grenville Carriacou
- Guadeloupe food guide
- Pointe-à-Pitre Le Gosier Sainte-Anne Saint-François Deshaies Les Saintes Marie-Galante
- Guatemala food guide
- Antigua Guatemala City Lake Atitlán Chichicastenango Quetzaltenango Flores Livingston
- Haiti food guide
- Port-au-Prince Pétion-Ville Cap-Haïtien Jacmel Les Cayes Jérémie
- Honduras food guide
- Tegucigalpa San Pedro Sula Copán Ruinas La Ceiba Roatán Utila
- Jamaica food guide
- Montego Bay Kingston Negril Ocho Rios Port Antonio Treasure Beach
- Martinique food guide
- Fort-de-France Les Trois-Îlets Sainte-Anne Saint-Pierre Le François Sainte-Luce and Le Diamant
- Nicaragua food guide
- Managua Granada León Masaya San Juan del Sur Ometepe The Corn Islands
- Panama food guide
- Panama City Boquete Bocas del Toro The Azuero Peninsula The San Blas Islands Portobelo
- Puerto Rico food guide
- San Juan Piñones Luquillo Guavate Ponce Rincón Vieques
- Saint Kitts and Nevis food guide
- Basseterre Frigate Bay The South East Peninsula Charlestown Pinney's Beach
- Saint Lucia food guide
- Castries Rodney Bay Gros Islet Anse La Raye Soufrière Vieux Fort
- Saint Martin food guide
- Marigot Grand Case Orient Bay Philipsburg Simpson Bay Maho and Cupecoy
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines food guide
- Kingstown Villa Bequia Union Island Mustique and Canouan
- Trinidad and Tobago food guide
- Port of Spain Maracas Bay Chaguanas San Fernando Crown Point Scarborough
- Turks and Caicos food guide
- Grace Bay The Bight and Turtle Cove Blue Hills and Five Cays Grand Turk North and Middle Caicos South Caicos and Salt Cay
- US Virgin Islands food guide
- Charlotte Amalie Red Hook Cruz Bay Coral Bay Christiansted Frederiksted
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