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Re: Top spot for daytime fine dining on Orient?
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01/30/2017 01:02 PM
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Palm Beach as mentioned is very good and always a great place to spend the day. The newest beach restaurant is LA Playa located not far from Palm Beach. It opened recently and has received rave reviews from everyone who has dined there.
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Re: Top spot for daytime fine dining on Orient?
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01/30/2017 03:26 PM
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We haven't been to Palm Beach for a couple of years. Many regulars had reported a loss in quality there in recent years. I am looking forward to checking out LaPlaya soon. We thoroughly enjoyed our lunch at Kakao in June of 2016.
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Re: Top spot for daytime fine dining on Orient?
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Just came back from SXM, and enjoyed a few meals at la Playa and they are just great !! Good food, good service and great ambiance !
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Re: Top spot for daytime fine dining on Orient?
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01/30/2017 04:47 PM
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I'd recommend LaPlaya. Bruno has elevated the beach area with several dining spots, an open air dining room, individual tables with thatched roofs on the beach close to the dining room and above the bar is a dining area (our favorite) which has beautiful views of the beach as well as comfortable and chic in appearance. Food is wonderfully good. There are specials in addition to their regular menu. Service is spot on. [img] [image]http://i213.photobucket.com/...layplaya%20pillows_zpspahmbogt.jpg[/img][/image]
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Re: Top spot for daytime fine dining on Orient?
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01/30/2017 08:52 PM
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It's no secret that we're long-time Kakao fans, and remain so after our trip this past November/December. They do have a new chef, but with the exception of the vegetable preparations, I find the food there to be just as good as it was before.
That said, La Playa, since Bruno purchased it, is probably better, from a food point of view. I still love the little cabana-style tables at Kakao, though. We tend to split our Orient time between the two now.
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Re: Top spot for daytime fine dining on Orient?
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Re: Top spot for daytime fine dining on Orient?
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01/31/2017 08:27 AM
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We also love the Palms for lunch, ate there most recently in Nov and it was very good. We will eat there many time this trip and will try Laplaya for the first time. We will be there for the month of Feb.
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Re: Top spot for daytime fine dining on Orient?
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vmacchirol said: We also love the Palms for lunch, ate there most recently in Nov and it was very good. We will eat there many time this trip and will try Laplaya for the first time. We will be there for the month of Feb. The Palms is a great restaurant in Simpson Bay. Palm Beach is the (also great) restaurant on Orient beach. Two completely different places.
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Re: Top spot for daytime fine dining on Orient?
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02/01/2017 10:24 AM
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We have a strong sentimental pull to Kakao, as many years ago, maybe in 95 or so, they were doing clothing optional parties in the evening there, and we had a simply wonderful anniversary dinner there. Having a sentimental attachment to someplace can't be bad..
Regarding Lee's, I hope you're going soon, as supposedly he may be gone by around the middle of March..
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