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Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/13/2023 10:38 PM
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New restaurant alert 🚨 Dinghys Beach Bar SXM Located on Simpson Bay in Beacon Hill neighborhood right by the airport Yes we are open 7 days a week Yes beach chairs are available to our guests for FREE We are cash only for now (please bare with us as we are working hard for credit cards) We accept other forms of virtual payment (Zelle, Venmo, PayPal, cashapp) Beach activities (volley, tennis, football, soccer, kayaks, snorkel) Plane spotting Airstrip observation deck with rooftop bar Amazing chef with daily food specials Happy hour 4-6 M-F Events, birthdays, weddings, company functions
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/14/2023 05:57 AM
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Great location.....parking and facility. Wishing them success.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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09/14/2023 09:35 AM
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Haven't seen a bar in use yet. There are not many people around this time of year. Couple of plane spotters with BIG cameras
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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09/14/2023 10:39 AM
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We'll be checking it out in October!! People are wondering about the level of the music at night. The only music I want to hear is the sound of the ocean in front of my unit#1!!!
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
[Re: BillandElaine]
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09/14/2023 10:59 AM
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That looks like a super place ! And easy to get to, with parking ! Will try it in November ! Thanks for posting the video/menu .
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
[Re: Jim_Laraine]
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09/14/2023 06:17 PM
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Jim--will appreciate if you post, once you check out the food. El Zafiro food was always very spotty.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/14/2023 06:27 PM
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We took a walk to the Dinghys Bar and had a drink at the bar. Nice menu and very friendly people working there. The place is very clean and updated. We met Easila, her and her family own the place and they also own a similar beach bar in St Thomas. Seem like they have it together nicely. We did not eat there but will soon. Oh, I though Topper bought the place. That's what I had heard.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
[Re: kim]
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09/15/2023 09:35 AM
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Topper is building that building almost next to Beachside, for sure. I think that perhaps he also bought that property in Beacon Hill that he demolished it and then was trying to build condos on the property.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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09/18/2023 11:19 AM
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Arrived early yesterday at our Beacon Hill rental. Went by the new beach bar out of curiosity. Maybe to late as not a lot of people around so the service was good and drinks cold. As the previous business that was there, it’s still pretty basic beach bar no frills necessarily but adequate. A lot of beach bars seems like now on Simpson bay, everyone is interested in something new at first but we still much prefer Buccaneers or The Boon as their facilities are much nicer and more amenities. Plus they are long time loyal islanders. Roxy is nice but not our thing and expensive.
As I understand it, pretty sure Jessica still owns that beach bar property in the hotel, because he also owns the property down the beach at Karakter and leases it out. It was her late fathers property years ago and might have some family issues as far as selling it. But I understand she was trying to develop the property around karakter for a condo. Topper I think was still building those condos next to the new beach bar on Simpson bay as seen in the picture. I think it’s called The Drake. Fairly expensive from what I’ve heard. His Beacon Hill project is under protest probably rightfully so since it’s just to big and out of place for the neighborhood. Let’s see what happens. Seems like it’s still a who you know thing.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/18/2023 12:32 PM
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Being in our neighborhood , will keep a check on it ! Jim--will appreciate if you post, once you check out the food. El Zafiro food was always very spotty. It is the old Zafiro location? I thought perhaps it was!
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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09/23/2023 07:52 AM
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There was music last night. Did the sky fall down?
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/23/2023 10:46 AM
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There was music last night. Did the sky fall down? Why was that directed to me? I made no issue to Music noise.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/23/2023 10:50 AM
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We used to have a high timeshare unit at the Towers and heard relatively loud music from our balcony almost every night though we didn’t know where it emanated from. We never heard it going in or out of the building. We now stay at Beachside right on the water and have never heard any music at all and I’ve always thought sound traveled over water.
I’m almost embarrassed to ask this Silly question but could the volume levels have something to do with sound traveling up rather than across? 🙃🙃
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/23/2023 11:23 AM
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Pat--surprised you never hear anything at BSV. Particularly on Sundays, we almost always hear music from somewhere down toward Karakter, often until at least midnight.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
[Re: foreversxm]
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09/23/2023 11:24 AM
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forever--if you're talking about Jessica, people always seem to have problems with her. She is apparently a difficult lady.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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09/23/2023 11:46 AM
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Nope! Never heard a peep but I’m inclined to be pretty tolerant. One man’s pleasure can be another’s poison, right?
Actually, some evenings sitting out on our porch a soft musical background to accompany the waves might not be a bad thing as long as it wasn’t too loud or too thumping of the base sounds. When we would get that at the Towers we’d just go indoors and close the sliders. 😉😉
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/23/2023 12:42 PM
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5 to 8 pm. You folks are way off base. So easy to make up something than to look on their FB page and get the answer.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/23/2023 02:45 PM
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Yes, we went last night at 5,pm. HH was 5 to 7 and a good guitar player from 5 to 8pm. I think we left about 7:30 back to BSV. There were about 35 customers. We ran into Tanja Pust and Annette and Gianni from the old Bavaria which was a real treat!
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/23/2023 04:07 PM
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Pat--no, the 'noise' from down that way as the "boom, boom, boom" variety.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/23/2023 09:02 PM
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I have also heard music at night when staying at Beachside Villas often until after midnight. If they have music at the new bar next door, it will definitely be heard there.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
[Re: islandgem]
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09/24/2023 06:40 AM
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Elizabeth, people have already said there was NO noise from the ONE event they have had. You don't need to feed the trolls.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/24/2023 07:53 AM
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We'll be there in 26 days and a wake up. I'll keep everyone posted!! What does make me furious is the ridiculously loud techno music coming from either The Boone or Karacters!! ALL EFFEN DAY and night on a Sunday!!
Sand Gravity, got to love it!
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/24/2023 08:20 AM
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The only music so far at the Dinghy beach bar (Friday night) would definitly not be a problem for anyone.
Last night (Saturday) we sat on the back porch (BSV #13) till about midnight. There was a low level booming but you really had to listen hard to even hear it over the sounds of the surf. Seemed like it was coming from down towards Simpson Bay. It could have been from No Place Speicial (Next door to the St Maarten Yacht Club) since that seems to be the late night go to for the young crowd. Obviously nothing could be heard inside with the doors closed.
On the Dinghy food subject, as we mentioned, we have had the jerk chicken which was wonderful. Friday night we had a happy hour fried sampler platter ($22)with conch fritters, shrimp, salsa 7 Chips and wings. It was decent but fried food is what it is. I think the mixed drinks (Bacardi, Stoli, etc) were $5 at happy hour.
All in all the Dingjy is a very nice place for us. The staff remembers our names each time we show up and we've only been there three times.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/24/2023 10:46 AM
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We'll be there in 26 days and a wake up. I'll keep everyone posted!! What does make me furious is the ridiculously loud techno music coming from either The Boone or Karacters!! ALL EFFEN DAY and night on a Sunday!! On the noise problems we all know pretty much that the Simpson Bay Noise pollution is mainly from ROXY, Somewhere Special and sometime Karakter. We stay at BSV, Beacon Hill and the Boon and can say The Boon remember is a 30 to 40 room hotel first and normally only have a DJ on Sundays and only until about 6pm. We don't normally hear anything at the Boon but Karakter does have the stupid techno on Sundays at times. I don't see it as feeding "the trolls" as long as it's reliable info plus over and over you read about noise issues in these areas. To me it's just rude and bad business if you look next door and see condos and homes as in Beacon Hill or BSV with people trying to sleep to play loud anything at all. IF these places cant' fill their pockets with enough CASH during the day and be a good be a good neighbor then just don't support them. Finally the Beacon Hill people are starting to push back against these developers over building and Beach Bars that disturb the peace. I can say that for sure Friday there was sort of loud noise from I am assuming the new dingy bar until 10 or 11pm. At least not the BOOM BOOM BOOM type. Fine, but if you know it's loud, late and distracting for people to sleep just don't do it. I understand that the lady landlord for the dingy bar lives next door is having issues and trying to keep the noise limited and other things. It start with one night and then before you know it it's everynight. It seems to be popular opinion these places can be just to load at times. Everyone needs to play by the same rules.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
[Re: BillandElaine]
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09/24/2023 03:28 PM
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I was merely stating that I did hear music while staying at Beachside and others have stated this as well. It never really bothers me as I am up much later than the music. Sorry, I know nothing about trolls.
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Re: Dinghys Beach Bar SXM
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09/25/2023 09:56 AM
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yes this post has gotten redundant and now again. I only vacation in the area and don't live there full time but the fixation maybe the concern more from the full time residents that the dingy bar will become like the past now out of business bar over ran with day time cruise ship people and loud music until late. It can get loud and nobody wants another ROXY just next door to BSV or Beacon Hill. I never thought it was that great of location since not a lot of breeze in that corner and ofter more seaweed etc than other places but lots of sand is nice. Pretty sure the residents will keep being very vocal if it gets out of control and disrupts the neighborhood. It's not that hard to turn the volume down so I don't see any problems. Lets see.
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