St Barths — #5 in the City — Gustavia Thai institution

Black Ginger

Rue du Roi Oscar II, Gustavia Modern Thai $$$

The Gustavia Thai institution — authentic Bangkok-trained Thai cooking in a glossy courtyard, with the most reliable shared-plate dinner in St Barths.

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8.9
Food
9.1
Ambience
8.7
Value

About Black Ginger

Black Ginger is the Gustavia Thai institution on Rue du Roi Oscar II — opened in 2007 in a converted 19th-century West-Indian Colonial townhouse — and is the village's most reliable Thai-and-shared-plate dining room. The restaurant runs an authentic Thai programme; the kitchen team is Bangkok-trained and the menu draws on traditional Thai canon.

The cuisine is contemporary Thai with Caribbean ingredient sourcing. Signatures include glossy curries (massaman, panang, green Thai); wok-kissed noodles (pad Thai, pad see ew); a Thai-style Caribbean-snapper with green-mango salad; a hand-rolled Thai-Caribbean dim-sum platter; the famous 'mango sticky rice' for the dessert course.

The wine list runs to 200 references with deep French Champagne and Provençal-rosé coverage. The cocktail bar runs a serious Thai-cocktail programme.

The dining room and lively courtyard together hold ninety-six covers; the courtyard is the experience.

Why It's Perfect for Team Dinner

Black Ginger is the team-dinner room in St Barths — the shared-plate format works for any group, the Gustavia courtyard is the conversation, and the kitchen runs at a friendly mid-tier register. Book the long courtyard table for a group of six.

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