One of my primary reasons for returning to the island is the amazing restaurants, so I endured the agonizingly slow process of forwarding through this list. If you haven't gone through it yet, here are some highlights to save you time smile

There were 22 different islands represented on the list. As mentioned above, St. Martin topped them all with 11 restaurants named among the top 50. The next highest, the Bahamas, had only 5! Even St. Barth's, famous as the playground for the rich, had only 3. That top ranking is pretty amazing for an island that was hit so hard by Irma only 2 years ago, especially in the Grand Case area.

Here are the SXM restaurants listed:
Ocean 82
Le Tropicana
Emilio's
Le Cottage
Le Temps de Cerises
Roxxy
L'Auberge Gormande
Barranco
Bistrot Caraibes
Le Pressoir
Le Telegraph

We've been to many of these or heard them discussed here. Haven't heard as much about Le Temps de Cerises, so would be curious to hear from people who've enjoyed that one. Hope to try a few more on our trip this month, although I hate to miss revisiting favorites.

And even when we don't go to one of these top tier restaurants, we find there are so many casual, lower priced places that deliver a meal far surpassing what we find in other destinations. Maybe having this number of elite restaurants helps raise the standard over all!