From The Fairmont Royal Pavilion Best Nearby Continental (Restaurants) (10 Overall Closest) Metro: Barbados 39 Steps Restaurant and Wine Bar (Restaurants - Continental) Chattel Plaza Amaryllis Beach Resort, Hastings  • 246-427-0715 Distance: ~6787.835 km         Description: CHRIST CHURCH PARISH. This popular restaurant and wine bar has a menu that changes daily to reflect the freshest seafood available. Light a la carte selections are the rule here. Start with a stuffed crab back and move on to seafood crepes, blackened fish, or steak and kidney pie. Several excellent pasta selections are available every day, and there's always a vegetarian specialty. Calabaza (Restaurants - Continental) Prospect  • 246-424-4557 Distance: ~6787.835 km         Description: ST. JAMES PARISH. The defining characteristic of Calabaza is that it has no defining characteristic, except perhaps excellent food. Visually, the restaurant recalls Morocco, with bright colors and rustic-yet-plush décor. The award-winning chef creates an eclectic menu that is sure to impress – think globally-inspired Continental cuisine. You might start with shrimp tempura with wasabi mayonnaise, or a lush lobster-pumpkin bisque with pumpkin ravioli. Next, you could enjoy saffron pea risotto with grilled shrimp, lamb shank confit, or chicken with polenta and roasted figs. Finally, end your meal on a sweet note with an orange-espresso parfait with orange-chocolate soup, or pineapple ravioli with coconut mousse and rum syrup. Champers Restaurant & Wine Bar (Restaurants - Continental) Skeetes Hill  • 246-434-3463 Distance: ~6787.835 km         Description: CHRIST CHURCH PARISH. This eclectic bistro is right on the water's edge. Sit on the terrace and enjoy a pre-dinner drink as the sun sets. Move upstairs to the dining room and examine the menu – it changes every day. Try grilled lobster, peppered duck in prune and wine sauce or Cajun-blackened dolphin fish. Vegetarians will enjoy penne pasta with tomato, black bean and corn sauce. Smart-casual attire. Reservations accepted. Flindt Patisserie Bistro (Restaurants - Continental) 1st St, Holetown  • 246-432-2626 Distance: ~6787.835 km         Description: ST. JAMES PARISH. Start the day at Flindt with a full British-style breakfast: sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, roasted tomato, mushrooms and baked beans. Or just have a pastry and some coffee. When it's time for lunch, Flindt has simply incredible sandwiches, salads, soups, quiche and pâté. If you need a pick-me-up in the afternoon, try a slice of one of Flindt's fabulous cakes, handmade chocolates, tarts or cookies. There's also a great selection of prepared foods to go, and with 24-hour notice they can prepare a huge variety of items for groups. Josef's Restaurant (Restaurants - Continental) Waverly House St. Lawrence Gap, Dover  • 246-420-7638 Distance: ~6787.835 km         Description: CHRIST CHURCH PARISH. A converted residence now houses Chef Josef Schwaiger's eponymous restaurant. It's simultaneously upscale and relaxed, with wide open plantation shutters to let in the ocean breezes, white tablecloths, gorgeous views of the ocean, twinkling candlelight, and charming little gazebos dotting the carefully tended gardens. Sophisticated contemporary cuisine is on tap, Continental with hints of Asia and the Caribbean. Guests revel in tuna carpaccio with wasabi mayonnaise, twice baked goat cheese soufflé, roasted Cornish hen with braised cabbage, and orange-ginger glazed duck. Return visits are a joy, as the menu changes frequently. L'Acajou (Restaurants - Continental) Sandy Lane Resort, Sandy Lane Bay  • 246-444-2000 Distance: ~6787.835 km         Description: ST. JAMES PARISH. The Sandy Lane Hotel's signature restaurant, L'Acajou (Mahogany), enjoys a prime open-air setting graced by the majestic trees for which it's named. With the ocean just a few feet away, it's certainly a picturesque spot to relish the restaurant's supremely fresh sushi and sashimi, hoisin glazed duck, seared wasabi crusted yellowfin, and pork char sui. Not a fan of Japanese cooking? Never fear – there are several Continental choices as well, such as rack of lamb en cocotte. Desserts are slightly exotic but delectable: chocolate fondant with green tea ice cream, banana-dulce de leche harumaki roll, and raspberry soufflé. Three-course meal BBD225. L'Azure (Restaurants - Continental) Crane Beach Hotel • 246-423-6220 Distance: ~6787.835 km         Description: ST. PHILIP PARISH. This restaurant has maintained its reputation for excellent seafood for more than a century. With views of Crane Beach – one of the most beautiful in Barbados – you are sure to have an elegant and relaxing meal. Start with an appetizer of sherry lobster cocktail or the signature seafood chowder. For dinner, the baked chubb almandine is excellent, although all of the seafood dishes are exceptional. La Mer (Restaurants - Continental) Port St. Charles Condo and Marina Complex, Speightstown  • 246-419-2000 Distance: ~6787.835 km         Description: ST. PETER PARISH. Situated at the upscale Port St. Charles Condo and Marina complex, La Mer boasts picturesque lagoon views and a comfortably tony atmosphere. Chef Hans Schweitzer, renowned for his cooking at the Sandy Lane Hotel, creates accessible haute cuisine, and while Sunday lunch here has become something of a must-do for locals and tourists in the know, a weeknight dinner reservation may be a bit easier to secure. Then you can enjoy Schweitzer's seared scallop on shrimp and truffle risotto, herb-crusted rack of lamb, and tamarind-rum glazed shrimp on sugarcane skewers, without all the hoopla. Favorite dessert: caramelized banana crepes with rum-raisin ice cream. Lone Star Restaurant (Restaurants - Continental) Mount Standfast Lone Star Hotel • 246-419-0599 Distance: ~6787.835 km         Description: ST. JAMES PARISH. Top-shelf seafood in an elegant atmosphere. For an appetizer, sample Thai crab cakes or seafood ravioli. For lunch or dinner you will be pleased by soft-shell crabs with rosemary or the rare tuna. Feeling grand? Spring for beluga caviar served with new potatoes and sour cream. Mango's by the Sea (Restaurants - Continental) 2 West End, Queen St, Speightstown  • 246-422-0704 Distance: ~6787.835 km User Rating: 7.5 / 10         Description: ST. PETER PARISH. This restaurant and bar looks out over the water for a relaxing dining experience. The creative menu features starters like pumpkin soup and green peppercorn paté. Main course options could be any type of fish, grilled, broiled or fried – it depends on what is fresh that day. Sizzling tenderloin steak and succulent, barbecued ribs are also available. For dessert, sample starfruit torte or passionfruit cheesecake – both are made from scratch. Copyright ©2001 10Best Inc. All rights reserved.