The Best Beachfront Restaurants on Providenciales
When vacationing in the Caribbean, eating at a beachfront restaurant is a must. There are many beachfront restaurants to choose from on Providenciales serving a range of different cuisines.
If you’re looking for authentic Turks and Caicos food, the breezy restaurants in the island's historical fishing settlements of Five Cays and Blue Hills are a great choice.
Fresh seafood and fish are of course the primary fare at many of the local restaurants. Local favorites include conch prepared a variety of ways and snapper that is grilled, blackened, poached, or fried, often with sides of peas n’ rice and mixed salad. When in season, Caribbean spiny lobster and Nassau grouper are staples of local cuisine. Lobster is often grilled, and conch can be pan sautéed or made into conch salad or fried fritters.
Nearly all the beachfront restaurants on Providenciales are near a beach access or function as one, so your children will have something to do while you wait for the food.
Looking for a beautiful beach to visit? See also Beaches of Providenciales.
The Deck
If you're looking for a conveniently located Grace Bay restaurant with an amazing view, consider The Deck. This beachfront restaurant is located at the eye-catching Seven Stars Resort on Grace Bay Beach, and combines elegance with an incredible beach location.
The Deck is a great choice for dinner or for drinks, and serves dishes that are international classics with local flair. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options are available. Popular choices are the fish tacos, their classic Deck burger, and the roasted Caicos lobster tail (when lobster is in season).
Dinner reservations are required, as The Deck often books up during the evening.
Casa Nonna
For a beautiful beachfront Grace Bay setting that offers both alfresco and indoor air-conditioned seating, Casa Nonna is an excellent choice. Located at the Ritz-Carlton resort, this restaurant space is Coralli Restaurant for breakfast and lunch, and in the evening becomes Casa Nonna for dinner.
Coralli serves a menu of Mediterranean and international flavors, including a number of vegetarian and gluten-free options. The lunch menu offers salads, sandwiches, wraps, a quinoa bowl, and more.
Casa Nonna is an Italian fine dining restaurant, offering classic dishes created with fresh ingredients and pasta made in-house. Local seafood is incorporated into dishes as well, including spiny lobster from the waters around the Turks and Caicos.
Lua Restaurant
If you're looking for a great Turks and Caicos restaurant with an incredible view, try Lua. Lua Restaurant at the South Bank Resort serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the private beach of an idyllic ocean lagoon. The restaurant offers a dining experience that combines great food and upscale design and ambiance.
Primarily serving Mediterranean and Asian-inspired cuisine, Lua also has a bar menu with small bites and a selection of wood-fired pizzas.
Reservations are recommended, and the restaurant has a resort casual dress code.
Omar’s Beach Hut
Omar’s Beach Hut is one of the more popular casual restaurants in the Turks and Caicos, and for good reason. The eatery offers an amazing setting on the shallow western side of the bay off Five Cays Beach, where breathtaking turquoise water frames the beach and low tide exposes a carpet of white sand.
The restaurant serves Caribbean and local fare, from fish and conch to lobster (when it’s in season). There’s also burgers, sandwiches, tacos, and more.
Jojo’s Café
The beachfront tables at Jojo’s Café at the Windsong Resort offer one of the nicest casual beachfront dining settings on the island. Much of the restaurant’s seating is poolside, yet there are seven tables located directly above the beach, and their surrounding hedges lend a bit of privacy too.
The restaurant serves a varied menu of bar and grill type fare, with some salads on offer. Service is also a little better than average. Jojo’s Café is a great spot for lunch, and the ocean view and tranquil setting make it well worth visiting. The beautiful Bight Reef (Coral Gardens) fronts the restaurant, for those who want to snorkel before or after their meal.
Rickie’s Flamingo Café
Rickie’s (also known as Flamingo Café) is located on an amazing stretch of Grace Bay Beach and is an incredible location to watch the sunset. There’s often activity out on the water to watch, including parasails gliding by, Hobie Cat sailboats, and many boats.
Bay Bistro
Bay Bistro is located at the boutique Sibonné hotel on Grace Bay Beach and is a popular spot for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The restaurant offers a menu of contemporary international classics with a Caribbean flair and a great selection of fresh seafood options.
For many years, Bay Bistro’s weekend brunch has been a favorite of both visitors and locals. Brunch here can get quite busy.
Hemingway's
Hemingway’s Restaurant, located in the dunes above the beach at The Sands resort on Grace Bay, offers a casual yet quiet atmosphere that’s a little more tranquil than some of the other beachfront establishments.
The menu at Hemingway’s has a large collection of international breakfast, lunch, and dinner favorites, including burgers, tacos, seafood, and sandwiches for lunch, and steak, seafood, chicken, and vegetarian options for dinner. Gluten-free dishes are also available.
Breakfast is served until 11:00 AM on weekdays and until noon on the weekend, with choices ranging from the classic eggs and toast to pancakes, fresh fruit, bacon, sausage, bagels, and much more.
Da Conch Shack
Da Conch Shack is another popular eatery and bar with a local ambiance. This restaurant has been a mainstay of tourism and resident dining for years, and specializes in seafood dishes, including freshly caught conch, lobster, and fish. There’s seating directly on picnic tables on the beach, or alfresco around the bar and garden—steps from the ocean.
On the menu is a selection of Turks and Caicos, Bahamian, Jamaican, and international grill favorites, including their famous conch fritters.
Da Conch Shack is located on Blue Hills Beach on the east side of the scenic Blue Hills Drive coastal road.
Bugaloo’s Conch Crawl
The famous Bugaloo’s Conch Crawl restaurant is located on the beach fronting the rustic fishing village of Five Cays on the southern coast of Providenciales.
The term conch crawl refers to a low rock wall enclosure that was historically built in shallow water to contain live conch gathered by fishermen. Live conch were kept there until they were ready to prepare as food, since the techniques for preserving food prior to refrigeration were limited. The practice was common for centuries in the Turks and Caicos, and was even used by the Taíno indigenous people prior to the arrival of Columbus in the late 1400s.
The menu at Bugaloo’s is, of course, centered on conch. However, the restaurant also serves a wide selection of other fresh and imported seafood dishes, burgers, and chicken dishes. Five Cays Beach is definitely an interesting setting. Late in the day, the small fishing boats can be seen coming in with the day’s catch, and the beach offers shallow turquoise water and soft white sand. Bugaloo’s often has live music and is a great place to see conch.
Mangrove Bay Restaurant
While this restaurant is actually waterfront (not beachfront) on a wetland at Cheshire Hall Creek, Mangrove Bay is a spot worth considering for lunch. It's one of the top local seafood restaurants on Providenciales, serving consistently excellent food in a casual setting.
You'll find the quintessential island favorites of whole local fish that may be fried, stewed, grilled, or blackened, conch salad and conch fritters, and several lobster dishes. Tasty sides include peas n’ rice, baked mac and cheese, coleslaw, white rice, grilled vegetables, and more. An added bonus is that the restaurant’s prices are competitive.