Road House

Top choice in Antigua


A popular stop for a cold beer and local lunch (goat water, seafood chowder, grilled fish) en route to Half Moon Bay, this place kicks into high gear on Fridays when all dishes cost EC$5 after 5pm, and even more so on Sunday afternoons when villagers arrive in droves to ring out the weekend with barbecue and a reggae band.


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