We have been here since December 23rd , we have been coming to SXM for the past 20 years or so, we have been for Regatta, in the summer with our kids and for the past 10 years or so we started to come for Christmas to NYE. This is our observation I am not going to post pictures to shame any restaurant or bar but I know people have posted that they have a different experience from us.
Restaurants/Bars
We ate or had drinks
Izi, District 721, Greenhouse, Pizza & Co, Lolo’s ( Simpson Bay)
Bodega, Bar Code, Fat Tony’s, Tao (Jordan Village)
Spice of India, The Dive Bar, Hole in the Wall, Rosie’s ( Maho)
Perch lite, Sun Beach ( Orient)
Holland House, Cindy’s Roti Shop ( Phillipsburg)
Lolo’s ( Grand Case)

Beaches
Mullet
Phillipsburg
Friars Bay
Happy Bay
Orient
Grand Case

Casinos
Sport Book
Casino Royale
Hollywood

Grocery Store
Maho Express
Carrefour – Cole Bay
Chinese Grocery Simpson Bay
Chines Grocery Jordan Village

The beaches are packed, chairs are place the width of the umbrellas…so not much social distancing no mask at the beaches or beach bars.
Restaurants/ Bars are not busy, we usually eat dinner between 8-10 PM, we try to make a reservation even though they are dead, just in case they decide to close early or their kitchen closes early.
Not many mask at the restaurants or bars for patrons or wait staff and if they do wear a mask it is a chin strap or they pull it down to talk to you.
Mask is mandatory at the grocery store and people seems to be following that
Mask and temperature check is mandatory at the casinos and people seem to be following that

People are happy to see visitors and they want to talk to you which makes the social distancing a bit difficult
The price of groceries, drinks and meals have gone up. But you can still get a beer for $2.00 and a wine for $3.00 at the Lolo’s

We are here for another week, today we are going to Pinel and we are not sure what is going on tonight some people say there is fireworks at Maho and Marigot , some people say no there is no fireworks.
We also heard that there is a big party tonight at Sunset they are expecting 1000 yes 1000 people, the bars also got permission to open until 4 AM .

Most restaurants have a fixed price menu for tonight we have seen a big range of price from $49.99 to $119.00 per person

Happy New Year from SXM.