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Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
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01/30/2015 07:41 PM
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I put together a list gleaned from this board for our pending trip to the BVI. We'll be up near the Baths in a cottage, with a car. I like to have a short list handy, and be spontaneous, but at least with a clue, as we drive around and see the sights. Here's my list:
Cocomaya Chez Bamboo Top Of the Baths, great view Mine Shaft Café, Best Sunset view… Fat Virgin’s Café, Conch Fritters Hog Heaven, Conch Fritters, BBQ Mad Dog Bar, near our place Mermaids, by the ferry Jumble Bar at Levericks, Upstairs at Levericks,
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: IWIWSE]
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01/31/2015 12:21 PM
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IWIWSE said: We like to get take out from island pot. Love the chicken, ribs and scalloped potatoes. Take it back to guavaberry and eat on our deck. Ellen Me too.
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: AquaGirl]
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01/31/2015 04:54 PM
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Is Mermaids new? We've been to VG lots of times -- most recently in April 2014 -- and I don't recall seeing it?
Anyone?
Bill on Daniel Island
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: gordaguy2]
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02/01/2015 03:59 PM
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gordaguy2 said: Don't forget Dixies for fried chicken and excellent rotis ...johnnycake and pate Cheers, RickG
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: tradewinds]
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02/01/2015 06:24 PM
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tradewinds said: Mermaids has good food with a DR influence. You can't beat the location and the beer is cold. and $15 buckets of Carib, Heineken, or Presidente on Friday nights
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: Cleobeach]
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02/02/2015 01:40 AM
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Cleobeach said:
Is Mermaids the place were the bathrooms are in that abandoned hotel? I remember a decent lunch there if it's the same place of my memory. that's the one
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: Woodman]
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02/02/2015 03:11 PM
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We had a good breakfast at Fischer's Cove and would go back...you sit out on a screened and covered porch and right on the beach..view is nice (above the beach to be more accurate!)
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: Woodman]
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02/02/2015 03:35 PM
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how to find M&Ms, locally named the vampire bakery because it's open unusual hours, this name is not to be used in the company of the bakery, its a local thing. with your back to the spanishtown harbour, turn right and walk until you are sure you've gone astray, just about then, you'll see a gas station/garage on the right, i think it was called noco, not sure, immediately across or close to immediately across, from the gas station is a laneway that looks like it's to someone's home, take it, you will past many local houses and then nothing, you will again think you have gone wrong and then a nondescript building will appear on the right side of the lane and that's it, walk in and call for the baker if no one is at the small counter, the best bread, donuts, patties and whole cooked chickens! if unsure, we reconfirm with a shop owner, they all know the directions
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: mdoyle9999]
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02/02/2015 05:19 PM
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What's happened with Giorgio's? I knew that the "original" was buried, but I thought there was a new one at Rock Cafe.
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: Woodman]
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02/02/2015 06:05 PM
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Woodman said: Should have been on VG tonight, but there was a light dusting of snow here in Chicago and we are delayed 24 hours.
I live in the Chicago area and we had 17 inches of snow.
--ChiTownHarry
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: CottageGirl]
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02/02/2015 06:51 PM
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CottageGirl said: While on the subject of where to eat on VG, if you were heading back to Leverick marina from a morning at the Baths in a rental car, where would you take a group of college age kids for lunch? Top of the Baths? Hog Heaven? Someplace else? I found the menu for Top of the Baths online; can't fine one for Hog Heaven. thanks! Both would be GREAT choices......as you know....Top of the Baths has a pool and some shops for those that lose interest in lunch and I haven't had a bad meal there. And, you could just tell everyone to meet up there and if others want to stay at the baths a little longer it becomes a non-issue since you're right there anyways....no one is rushed that way. I haven't had anything bad at Hog Heaven either but I've read other folks on here that haven't been so lucky....and the view cannot be beat at Hog Heaven!
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: CottageGirl]
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02/02/2015 06:51 PM
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CottageGirl said: While on the subject of where to eat on VG, if you were heading back to Leverick marina from a morning at the Baths in a rental car, where would you take a group of college age kids for lunch? Top of the Baths? Hog Heaven? Someplace else? I found the menu for Top of the Baths online; can't fine one for Hog Heaven. thanks! Both. Top of the Baths for lunch. Pool to cool off in while you wait for lunch plus an incredible view. Then on the way back to Leverick, stop at Hog Heaven and enjoy some drinks and the view. Maybe in-between, stop at the trailhead to Gorda Peak and take them on a short hike to the mountain top.
Rob
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: charlie]
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02/02/2015 08:30 PM
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Just got back from 8 days on Island Fun from Captains Compass. Hog Heaven was the hit of the entire trip, hands down. Food was great, views were wonderful and the staff a load of fun. This is on my list every time from now on.
Dave
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Re: Virgin Gorda Places to Eat
[Re: Showdavid]
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02/03/2015 10:38 AM
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We waited for over an hour for conch fritters at Hog Heaven in December. When we said something about the long wait, we had them in 15 minutes. I think they had forgotten about the order. When we finally received them they were raw inside. Couldn't eat them. But, I will say the view is awesome!
Love sailing the BVI's with friends.
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