Next time you're in Barbados, stop by Waterfront Café for lunch or dinner. Like many restaurants on the island, Waterfront offers a water setting - but the water at this eatery is not the seaside but rather the peaceful careenage in the capital city of Bridgetown.
Next to the outdoor tables are deep-sea fishing boats and across the waterway are buildings painted lively colors. Such a pleasant setting for a very good, reasonably priced, and beautifully prepared mostly-Bajan food.
Waterfront Café: Live Jazz, Great Food
Live jazz entertains at dinner as you dine on fabulous local and regional food in a relaxed atmosphere. Last time we had dinner at Waterfront Cafe, we took friends and each of us ordered different entrees and then shared. We all agreed the pepper pot was out of this world (it always is at Waterfront) and the gazpacho had a perfect amount of garlic.
We sampled each other's veggie samosas, crab cakes, flying fish, and coconut shrimp, which were all excellent. We had to try a Bajan dessert, of course, and found the guava with ice cream did not disappoint. We also ordered carrot cake, which was moist and frosted in classic cream cheese frosting. Oh my!
I mustn't neglect to mention our rum drinks, made with Old Gold Mount Gay rum. If you've ever had Barbados' Old Gold, then you know the smooth taste it gives rum libations.
Sitting under the stars along the peaceful boat-lined waterway, eating wonderful food, soft jazz drifting through our lively conversation, I dare say it was a perfect Barbados evening.
Barbados: The Most Repeat Visitors
Temperature-wise, of course, most nights in Barbados are "perfect Barbados evenings:" not too hot with a very slight breeze. In winter months I take a very light wrap when I dine by the water; in the summer, bare arms are perfectly comfortable.
Experiencing such an evening while lingering over scrumptious food, drink, and music at Waterfront Café ... well, this is one reason visitors to Barbados return time and time again. Indeed, Barbados is the Caribbean island with the most repeat visitors.
