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2 1/2 hours of FABULOUS SXM drone footage shieneehead 1 minute ago I like to keep this on when I am in the office. It has helped me through some rough patches!

Enjoy!

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Grand Lido Au Naturel Jamaica ChuckG 2 hours ago Has anyone looked into the renovated Grand Lido Negril Au-Naturel? LinkCertainly expensive but it seems to be one alternative to Club O, until the reboot comes on line. It looks like they divided the old resort into 2, Grand Lido Au Naturel and the textile Royalton. Hopefully it will survive!

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Le Pressoir mahokid 3 hours ago We have been enjoying le pressoir for many, many years before Gil and Milaure transformed the restaurant into what is ranked the best in the Carribean.

The creole cottage is very cozy and inviting with about 15 spaced out tables filled with couples, families with well behaved and dressed children, along with friends enjoying the wonderful food and company.

Just two days in from their vacation, with a new chef and some new staff, they haven't missed a beat.
Gil spends most of his time doing the tableside service, from flabaing sauce and crepes suzette, deboning large whole fish to carving our tomahawk steak.

While this is a dinning experience similar to a Michelin restaurant, it comes with similar pricing.

Wines by the glass start at $16 and they have about 10 coravin wines available to try going into $60 or some a glass.

For the consasure it is a great opportunity to try a wine without having to purchase a bottle.
The price per glass is actually in line if you bought the whole bottle and divided it by 5 glasses

With an already steep bill, I kept to the "simple" wines by the glass.

All offerings our on a tablet which may not be familiar to our older generation but I learned to navigate the wine list and separate food menu.

Besides the caviar there were only 4 appetizers but will be adding more with the new chef from France.

An amuse of asparagus veloute awaken our palates.

A bread basket offers three types with thrre different butters although tonight the truffle butter was not available.

Our first shared couse was the unbelievable egg.
Served in a large bowl was a " poached" egg with truffle, mashed potatoes, aged parmesean cheese, foie gras, porcini mushrooms, asparagus and truffle shaving.

This was atleast the fourth time enjoying this dish and unless you try it once, you'll never understand how good an egg can be
First course $30 something

Second couse was creamy buratta with peach tar tar and pistachio.
While tasty the presentation did not compare to last years.

With limited main courses and not big appetites, we opted for the small tomahawk chops that was about 37 ounces knowing we would only make a small dent in the chop but would enjoy the leftovers for lunch.

Cooked perfectly medium, it was carved tables with sides of potatoes along with a foil gras sauce and a truffle sauce .
Both sauces were heavenly.

For dessert we shared a chocolate cake with fruit flavors which was made by thier friend Sebastian.
You know it had to be good.

This is a very relaxing evening with plenty of time to enjoy the experience

Damage for the evening was $350 but actually one of our safety bills from Le Pressoir since we no longer have the room for either of thier two tastings.

I would confer, Le Pressoir deserves it ranking.

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High Season AndyPIT Yesterday at 08:09 PM Hello All,
Been a while since our last charter... I used to just grab Owner's time from Moorings, and Sunsail but it looks like the best time for Family to do a sailing vacation this year is after Christmas... other than Conch, I don't know much about 2nd/3rd tier companies. Has anyone used BVI Yacht Charters before? Any other recommendations for a monohaul?

-Other questions... looks like things have changed at Leverick and Scrub as far as TTOL deals... do the dock masters or mgrs monitor this site anymore? I see Nick left ;( he was awesome).

I've been trying to catch up a bit on new after my hiatus!

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Azul Maho RonDon Yesterday at 02:37 PM Has anyone eaten here and can give a review? Located at Sonesta Ocean Point Rhine Rd.

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Top 10 defunct BVI Eateries ggffrr11 Yesterday at 12:04 PM These are in no particular order. Feel free to add to the list:

Fat Hog Bob's
Spaghetti Junction - original location
Last Resort (more for Tony Snell than the food)
Rudy's "all you can eat" lobster Buffet - Jost
Jolly Roger - West End
Fat Virgin's Cafe - North Sound - cheap and good view of Harbor
YCCS - $$$

What was the name of the restaurant up the hill behind RiteWay Grocery / Road Town?

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Calmos mahokid Yesterday at 11:29 AM Wanting to try somewhere new, casual and recommended, we made a reservation for Calmos.

We were warmly greated by the bartenders as we walked by and then shown to a table just several feet from the beach looking over to the twinkling lights of Anguilla.
I wondered if my "brother" over there was looking back at me.

The restaurant was doing a brisk business unlike some of the others.
All staff seemed very happy!!!

While the online menu gave us a few ideas, the true finds came off the chalkboard of specials.

My wife started out with a nice portion of wahoo ceviche while I started with the gnocchi off the menu in a blue cheese sauce with spinach.

Off the chalkboard we choose a huge tuna tar tar with fries and a seabass and shrimp duo over risotto.

Both dishes were very good.

Too full for dessert as we both only enjoyed half our entrees.

Service was attentive throughout.

It was comical to watch 6 guys drinking just above the water wondering how long they had been there.
One guy dropped his phone only to have it hanging inches from falling into the water below.
Maybe half an hour later it falls again but this time into the shallow water below. It was relieved after about 5 minutes of searching.

The beach infront of Calmos is completely gone exposing rocks where three line of beach chairs would have been from years ago.

There is a cute boutique in front of the restaurant selling
C'est la vie apparel, the motto for the restaurant.

Loose translation, it is what it is sort of describes the restaurant.

Come in, have fun and enjoy some friendly service and good food.

Thanks to all who recommended Calmos and return trip will be in the future.

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"Dolly".. Manpot Yesterday at 06:27 AM ...will be the name of this wave if it becomes a named storm...

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Storm brewing off Africa TJTrippe Yesterday at 04:42 AM Cyclocanes has spaghetti models, many of which head towards SXM +/- North/South.

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Great day at Friar’s Beach BarbyandLeo 08/26/2026 09:46 PM Last night we had a wonderful evening with Mahokid and his lovely wife. It’s so nice to meet fellow travelers and TTOL members. Our casual get together was amazing…the drinks, charcuterie board, pizza and dessert were outstanding. Thanks for the invite!

Today we decided on driving to Friar’s Beach, which we stayed close by 2 years ago. It is one of my favorite beaches on the island, so calm and family oriented. Of course, the downfall are the potholes to get to it. I may be crazy but I found that there were less of them this year, an easier drive. After enjoying a few hours there, headed back “home” to have a home cooked meal..

Tonight after dinner we plan on taking a walk around Orient Village and maybe an after dinner drink somewhere. We’ve been enjoying our favorite island at our “slow” travel pace.

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