St. Thomas Restaurants

St. Thomas offers a plethora of restaurants to suit every taste, serving everything from burgers to bouillabaisse, often with a Caribbean flair. Couple chefs from top American culinary schools with shipping (since practically everything is imported), and you can expect to pay a pretty penny for your meals – but not any more so than in a big city like New York or London. Here are a few of our favorite dining establishments:

Agave Terrace
Point Pleasant Resort, Rte. 38, Estate Smith Bay
340-775-4142
“Fresh fish is the specialty at this open-air pavilion restaurant, with more than a dozen fish sauces on the menu. If you get lucky on a sportfishing charter, bring your fish in by 3 PM and the chef will cook it. No lunch.”

Alexander’s Café
24A Honduras (across from Frenchtown ball field)
340-774-4349
“Out-of-this-world Schnitzel and excellent patés. Great seafood, chicken, pasta, and beef selections. Save room for dessert.”

Blue Moon Café
6280 Estate Nazareth, Secret Harbor Beach Resort
340-779-2262
“Casual beachfront lunches including sandwiches, salads, and quesadillas. Elegant dinner menu with dishes like red snapper with pecans and bananas in a coconut rum sauce. Reservations recommended.”

Gladys’ Café
Waterfront at Royal Dane Mall, Charlotte Amalie
340-774-6604
“The local specialties like conch in butter sauce, saltfish and dumplings, and hearty red bean soup make this a recommended café. No dinner.”

Grateful Deli and Coffee Shop
6500 Red Hook Plaza, Ste. 125 (across from the St. John ferry dock)
340-775-5160
“Surprisingly delightful sandwiches including hot pastrami and corned beef, and a ham, smoked turkey, and Monterey jack cheese combo. The restaurant doubles as a cybercafe, so check your e-mail while you wait. Open until 5 daily, 3 on Sunday. ”

Havana Blue
South of Havensite, at the end of Road 315 (Upper level of Morningstar Beach Pavillion)
340-715-2583
“Cuba meets Pacific Rim – A great variety of exceptional dishes and lots of fresh seafood. A spacious and stylish restaurant just above the shoreline with whispering surf, featuring lounge music and a popular bar. Dinner only.”

Hervé Restaurant and Wine Bar
Government Hill, Charlotte Amalie
340-777-9703
“Elegant French dining at its best. Try the fresh tuna encrusted with sesame seeds or succulent roast duck with a ginger and tamarind sauce. The passion-fruit cheesecake is to die for. Reservations essential. Lighter fare served in the open-air bistro at lunchtime.”

Lillian’s Caribbean Grill
43-46 Norre Gade, Grand Gallerie, Charlotte Amalie
340-774-7900
“Local specialties like pigtail, stewed oxtail, and other exotic treats. Chicken curry and fried red snapper for the less adventurous. A very small sampling of burgers and ribs. Only open until 5:30 Monday – Saturday.”

Randy’s Wine Bar and Bistro
4002 Raphune Hill, Al Cohen’s Plaza, outside Charlotte Amalie
340-777-5001
“Popular with locals. Basic lunches like pastrami on rye, but dinners are more exciting, like thyme mango chicken or pepper-crusted pork tenderloin. Save room for the warm chocolate brownie a la mode.”

Virgilio’s
18 Main St., Charlotte Amalie
340-776-4920
“Intimate, elegant hideaway serving the island’s best northern Italian cuisine. More than 40 homemade pastas, osso buco, tiramisu… need we go on? Reservations essential. Closed Sunday.”