Sweet Willie
Feb 13, 02, 9:40 pm
Again, we stayed at the British Colonial Hilton which is in downtown Nassau.
My other post was for expensive eats, this one is for cheap eats or where the locals go.
Directly accros from the hotel is conch fritters, which I had reviewed before. This time we sat on the 2nd floor and service was painfully slow. when we ate on the 1st floor, it was back up to par. So make sure you eat on the 1st floor.
Also accros the street from the Hilton and next to Conch Fritters is the "imperial" which is open 23 hours every day. did not find out what hour they close. Had a terrific "cracked" (fried) conch. Also had a dish called a "chilled chicken gyro", it is neither chilled or of gyro meat, the sandwich is actually a hot, grilled chicken breast sliced up and placed on a pita bread. Both eats were $5 apiece.
Went to a place called the "Fish Fry". The fish fry is about a mile west of Nassau. Ask any cab driver and they will know where it is. The fish fry is made up of 15-18 different shacks (some very nice, some not so nice) all next to each other. dishes vary by shack, some have menus, some just have two or three items written on a piece of paper or chalkboard. Some of the better known ones are "twin Brothers" "Goldies" "Big 10". We ate dinner at twin Brothers. Had the grilled conch, which again is not what you would think. It was conch that was very lightly fried, then baked in foil w/sweet potatoes, onions, peppers and yucca. AWESOME!!!! especially w/ a cold local beer called Kalik.
All for $7.
also tried one of the "no-name" shacks that had only two items written on a chalkboard. Ate the grilled Nassau grouper, which was this time actually grilled. terrific and FRESH for $5.
The fish fry is 85% locals and only 15% tourists if that matters to you.
Now for a higher end restaurant. We dined on Paradise Island, which is the same island that the Atlantis resort is on. Paradise Island is connected to New Provdence island by a toll bridge. We ate at the Colubus Tavern, on Paradise Island Drive, but is about 1 mile east of the Atlantis, Sheraton, Comfort Suites.
Good food, Open air Marina setting. We all had the Lobster salad, but the table next to us had the grouper w/a lobster sauce and stated they liked it alot. Most dinners were in the 16-24 range. Typical hot/cold island service. After dinner here, it is a nice, quiet 1 mile walk to the Atlantis. We won $200 at craps so it turned out to be a terrific night.
My other post was for expensive eats, this one is for cheap eats or where the locals go.
Directly accros from the hotel is conch fritters, which I had reviewed before. This time we sat on the 2nd floor and service was painfully slow. when we ate on the 1st floor, it was back up to par. So make sure you eat on the 1st floor.
Also accros the street from the Hilton and next to Conch Fritters is the "imperial" which is open 23 hours every day. did not find out what hour they close. Had a terrific "cracked" (fried) conch. Also had a dish called a "chilled chicken gyro", it is neither chilled or of gyro meat, the sandwich is actually a hot, grilled chicken breast sliced up and placed on a pita bread. Both eats were $5 apiece.
Went to a place called the "Fish Fry". The fish fry is about a mile west of Nassau. Ask any cab driver and they will know where it is. The fish fry is made up of 15-18 different shacks (some very nice, some not so nice) all next to each other. dishes vary by shack, some have menus, some just have two or three items written on a piece of paper or chalkboard. Some of the better known ones are "twin Brothers" "Goldies" "Big 10". We ate dinner at twin Brothers. Had the grilled conch, which again is not what you would think. It was conch that was very lightly fried, then baked in foil w/sweet potatoes, onions, peppers and yucca. AWESOME!!!! especially w/ a cold local beer called Kalik.
All for $7.
also tried one of the "no-name" shacks that had only two items written on a chalkboard. Ate the grilled Nassau grouper, which was this time actually grilled. terrific and FRESH for $5.
The fish fry is 85% locals and only 15% tourists if that matters to you.
Now for a higher end restaurant. We dined on Paradise Island, which is the same island that the Atlantis resort is on. Paradise Island is connected to New Provdence island by a toll bridge. We ate at the Colubus Tavern, on Paradise Island Drive, but is about 1 mile east of the Atlantis, Sheraton, Comfort Suites.
Good food, Open air Marina setting. We all had the Lobster salad, but the table next to us had the grouper w/a lobster sauce and stated they liked it alot. Most dinners were in the 16-24 range. Typical hot/cold island service. After dinner here, it is a nice, quiet 1 mile walk to the Atlantis. We won $200 at craps so it turned out to be a terrific night.