Among the most romantic restaurant setting in the Caribbean — a garden restaurant built around a 100-year-old tamarind tree near Grand Saline, with lanterns hanging in the branches, French-Caribbean cuisine, and an atmosphere that Nancy Meyers would have invented if she designed restaurants.
Why It Belongs on the List
Le Tamarin is the restaurant that people describe when they talk about what St. Barths feels like at its best — a garden restaurant in the hills above Saline built around a vast tamarind tree over a century old, with lanterns hanging from the branches, candlelit tables on a terrace, and a menu of French-Caribbean cooking that is reliably good without being extraordinary. The setting is what you come for: there is nowhere in the Caribbean — and arguably in the world — more romantically beautiful for an evening meal. The mojito (made with fresh mint from the garden) is the canonical aperitif. Book the garden tables; the interior room is pleasant but entirely misses the point.
What Stands Out
- Most romantic restaurant setting in the Caribbean — tables under a 100-year-old tamarind tree
- Lantern-lit garden canopy at night — extraordinary atmosphere
- Garden mojito with fresh mint: the canonical aperitif
- Book garden tables specifically — interior room is secondary
- Near Grand Saline beach — pair with an afternoon at the beach