Le Tamarin

Top choice in St-Barthélemy


Getting our vote for St-Barth's most romantic restaurant, Le Tamarin is an enchanted garden retreat that lulls you into a sense of luxurious calm. Sitting on the terrace below the namesake 200-year-old tamarind tree, you'll feast on such inspired dishes as baked cod with puffed dark rice or wild-shrimp ravioli with octopus that are born of both passion and technique.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby St-Barthélemy attractions

1. Plage de Saline

0.63 MILES

Secluded Plage de Saline is the most photogenic and serene of all St-Barth's beaches. Bookended by rocky hillside, this sweep of golden sand is ideal for…

2. Plage de Gouverneur

0.7 MILES

Cradled by high cliffs and untouched nature, Gouverneur is a gorgeous, broad, secluded sandy beach fringing a U-shaped bay. It’s splendid for sunbathing…

3. Plage de Lorient

0.87 MILES

With calm waters at its eastern end and gentle surf at the western end, this coral-reef-cradled curve of golden sand is one of St-Barth's most family…

4. Plage de St Jean

0.89 MILES

St Jean's beach is separated by the Eden Rock hotel. The western section is a fairly narrow strip right below the tiny airport, making it a favorite among…

5. St Bartholomew's Anglican Church

1.38 MILES

Completed in 1855 from French bricks and limestone, local stone and Sint Eustatius volcanic black rock, white-painted St Bartholomew's has an open-sided…

6. Shell Beach

1.41 MILES

In case you're tired of getting powdery-white sand everywhere, take the five-minute saunter from the harbor to this midsize beach awash with tiny crunched…

7. Le P’tit Collectionneur

1.54 MILES

A diverse array of objects ranging from oil lamps, old nautical equipment and model ships to 18th‑century British smoking pipes and the island’s first…

8. Wall House Museum

1.63 MILES

An imposing stone building from the Swedish period at the tip of the peninsula houses a modest collection of oil lamps, period furniture, farming tools,…