We have been going to St Maarten for over 20 years and never had any problems drinking the tap water. A few years ago one of our favorite restaurants started refusing to sever tab water but would gladly sell you a $6 bottle. Not trying to be cheap but being family of 6 at times buying table water adds up the bill so we stopped going to that restaurant. Now this trip another of our favorite restaurants started the same policy saying the water is not safe and don’t serve it so dinner guest don’t blame the food when it’s the water. Seems to be a trend of more and more restaurants. So the question is do most people think with water is safe and would you pay or mind to pay for the bottled water? 💦