Anguilla — #3 in the City — Condé Nast '50 Hot New Restaurants'

Straw Hat

Frangipani Beach Resort, Meads Bay Modern Caribbean $$$

The quintessential Caribbean outdoor dining experience. Condé Nast Traveler's 50 Hot New Restaurants of the World, with Anguilla's most photographed violet sunset.

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9.0
Food
9.5
Ambience
8.7
Value

About Straw Hat

Straw Hat Restaurant is the seasonal beachfront flagship at Frangipani Beach Resort on Meads Bay. Open seasonally November to April. And was named one of Condé Nast Traveler's 50 Hot New Restaurants of the World. The restaurant runs the quintessential Caribbean outdoor dining experience.

The cuisine is contemporary Caribbean with deep regional sourcing. The kitchen runs breakfast through dinner during the November-April season; signatures include a Caribbean-lobster bisque; a slow-cooked Caribbean goat; a wood-fired Caribbean snapper; the famous 'tropical fruit pavlova' for the dessert course.

The wine list runs to 200 references with French Champagne and Caribbean-rum coverage.

The dining room and Meads Bay terrace together hold ninety-six covers; the kitchen times the dessert course with the violet-hued sunset that the bay is known for.

Why It's Perfect for Birthday

Straw Hat is the birthday-night room in Anguilla. The Condé Nast pedigree settles the credibility question, the Meads Bay beachfront setting is the canonical Caribbean evening, and the violet-hued sunset is genuinely conversation-worthy. Book the western corner four-top at sunset.

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