Kaibo Beach

Top choice in Grand Cayman


Here's a near-perfect beach bar, with tables in the sand, creative cocktails and scrumptious food ranging from conch fritters to coconut-curry fish. For a rollicking good time, come for the Tuesday-night barbecue, with live music, Caymanian cooking and dancing on the sand (US$34 per person). (Need a lift? Catch the water taxi from Camana Bay.)

Upstairs (that's the name as well as the location) is a highly lauded fine-dining restaurant by Michelin-starred chef Laurence Tham. The six-course tasting menu (US$84 per person, drink pairing US$72) is a culinary extravaganza.


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