Which restaurants serve fresh fish

Please name restaurants that serve fresh, not frozen fish

Lee's Roadside Grill, SkipJack's.

Salt and Pepe , Mario's Bistro , Temptations Restaurant, Dreams and Le Sand. Enjoy.

Lots of places sell fresh fish but if you check their menus many often flesh them out with frozen choices, too. We learned from a true St. Maartener to ask for their fresh catch of the day, and we've never been disappointed. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />

Bluefin in Cupecoy !! The co-owner is a fisherman an they only cook local fresh fish !! Lobster too !

http://www.bluefinsxm.com/

Kakao on Orient.

Skipjacks is excellent

Jam Rock in Cul de Sac. The cook serves what her husband (also the owner) catches that day.

I think just about all the restaurants on island serve fresh fish.

I have seen boxes containing frozen fish at several restaurants, including one mentioned in this thread. Not all fish on SXM is fresh/not frozen or local.

A little fish knowledge I have learned cooking in the islands the last 15 years or so. I am in coastal Texas now, and we have an abundance of awesome local fish

The Caribbean is not loaded with pelagic fish. Much of the Mahi and Grouper you see actually comes frozen from Mexico or the South Pacific as noted above.

Bass, specifically Sea Bass, is a generic term, not a defined fish. Grouper, Ocean Perch, Toothfish, and others are commonly sold as Bass. The factory boats are pretty good at getting it frozen quickly. "Chilean Sea Bass" is a restaurant term that used to be Patagonian toothfish. Lots of other fish being sold as Chilean Sea Bass today.

If you see a particular fish printed on the menu, it is not likely local.

The local guys catch Mahi, Kingfish, some tuna, Mackerel, Amberjack, snapper, jacks and others.

Lionfish have become popular but they and other reef fish have a likelihood of carrying Ciguatera, a nasty disease in humans.

Hope this helps.

Kind of like Tilapia, you have no idea what you are actually eating.

Seeing frozen fish at a restaurant doesn't mean that they never serve fresh fish. Fresh fish only comes in on certain days. We find fresh fish at Kakao on Saturday and Sunday. On other days, they don't advertise that the fish is fresh. Kakao's fresh fish is displayed on ice in a case in front of the restaurant, so there's no question that what you're getting is fresh.

I never said or implied restaurants never serve fresh fish, just not ALL fish served on the island is fresh/never frozen.

Depending on the particular fish and transportation method, frozen may actually be a better choice than "fresh".

Sometimes Kakao has fresh fish that has flown in on Air France...lol
We joked that our meal had a plane ticket. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />

I have fished many times and even with the owner of a well known seafood restaurant,, he even told me that rarely do any restaurants serve "fresh" fish,,