There are few places in the world that offer the kind of culinary experiences available in Grand Cayman. From fine dining with international cuisine to local food from roadside eateries, there’s something for every palate. Fresh fish from our bountiful waters is, of course, one highlight, but more adventurous diners can also try local delicacies such as turtle stew, conch, oxtail stew and jerk chicken. With all the choices available, Grand Cayman is no place to start a diet!

Seymour’s Jerk Centre

You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover and you shouldn’t judge Seymour’s Jerk Centre by its appearance – basically just a shed with an attached barbecue grilling area. What you can judge Seymour’s on is the taste of its food. Owner Seymour Silburn has been making jerk chicken and jerk pork on Grand Cayman for more than 30 years from various roadside locations. Now he has a permanent location on Shedden Road, where, in addition to jerk, he serves up tasty Caribbean favourites like grilled fish, fish tea, rice and beans and festival.  It’s open late, too!

Hours:

Monday-Thursday 11.30am-1am

Friday 11.30am-3am

Saturday 11.30am-1am

Phone: 945-1931

Grape Tree Café – Bodden Town

Located on the beach behind Lorna’s Texaco station in Bodden Town, Grape Tree Café offers a Caymanian favourite – fish fry! The fish fry takes place between Thursdays and Sundays with local foods being available Monday through Thursday.  Fried snapper, mahi-mahi and grouper are available with or without spicy scotch bonnet sauce, along with all the trimmings.  If you are a foodie you must try a fish fry.

Open:

Monday –Thursday: 10am - 3pm selling local food like Oxtail, curry goat, roast pork and more

Thursday – Sunday: 3pm - 9pm selling fried fish & fritters, fried chicken and other fried foods

Rankin’s Jerk Centre

As you make your way to Bodden Town, stop at Rankin’s Jerk Centre for delicious and flavourful local food. This small hut has seating in the quiet garden just off the road.  Located on the right just before you enter Bodden Town, when driving east from George Town, Rankin’s is a local hot spot for their jerk food. Serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Open Monday – Thursday: 7.30am - 9pm

Friday – Saturday: 7.30am-11pm

Closed Sunday

‘My Bar’ at Sunset House

Located on South Church Street about a mile south of downtown George Town, this lively outdoor venue was once voted Best Bar in the Caribbean by Travel & Life Magazine. Offering drinks and dining at the thatched-roof bar or on the kid-friendly oceanfront deck, it’s a great place to watch the sunset. In addition to a full bar and specialty drinks like ‘mudslides’, My Bar offers burgers, steak sandwiches, quesadillas and delicious appetizers like conch fritters and bacon-wrapped shrimp. Try their grilled dolphin (mahi mahi) burger with jerk mayo for a true taste of the Islands.  My Bar also serves steaks, seafood, pasta and Indian specialties from the menu of the adjoining indoor SeaHarvest Restaurant.

Hours
10.00 AM – 1.00 AM Monday through Friday
10.00 AM - Midnight Saturday
11.30 AM - Midnight Sundays

Phone: 949-7111

Champion House Restaurant II

Where can I get some real local food?  That’s the question many visitors to Grand Cayman ask and the answer is Champion House II, which has been serving great local food for over 40 years from its Eastern Avenue location near the junction of Shedden Road. The clean, attractive restaurant is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with buffets as well as ala carte menus.  Try authentic local favourites like curried goat, braised oxtail, conch stew, turtle stew, whole fried snapper, ackee and codfish, calaloo, rice and beans, and boiled green bananas.  International foods are also available for the less adventurous in your party. 

Hours

Daily: 6.30 am to 10pm.

Phone: 949-7882

Island Taste

Before hamburgers became popular with the opening of fast-food restaurants, Grand Cayman locals ate patties instead.  Today these pastry pockets filled with a spicy ground beef mixture are still popular, and now there are chicken and vegetable options available, too.  Island Taste serves its own freshly-made patties in addition to Jamaican Juici Beef Patties. Also try the ever-popular spicy hot dog, a peppered sausage encased in a pastry shell.   Located in the Caymanian Village shopping plaza on North Sound Way, Island Taste is open for breakfast and lunch for take-out only. On weekdays, at lunchtime it also serves authentic local dishes and soups that change daily.

Hours

Monday – Friday: 7am – 3pm

Saturday: 8am – 1pm

Phone: 949-1480

The Sunshine Grill

Always ranked high on TripAdvisor’s list of best restaurants along Seven Mile Beach, The Sunshine Grill is located on the Sunshine Suites’ property.  It’s just a casual pool bar and restaurant, but it serves tasty tropical drinks and very good food. It has won local awards over the years for its great burgers, which are served with a mixture of regular fries, sweet potato fries and battered fried jalapeno slices. Other specialties include several delicious salads and award-winning soft tacos made with fish or pulled beef.  The Sunshine Grill offers inside and poolside dining and is a popular spot for locals, especially on the weekends,

Hours

Daily: 11am – 10pm

Phone: 949-3000

Al La Kebab

Good things can indeed come in small packages, in this case a shack smaller than most food trucks. Located in the car park of the Marquee Plaza on Lawrence Boulevard along the Seven Mile Beach corridor, Al La Kebab serves Middle Eastern-style pita wraps, skewers and a variety of soups and salads with lots of healthy options and 13 different sauces for their tasty beef, lamb, chicken and shrimp items. Order for take out or eat in their outdoor patio area. Open from lunch until very late, Al La Kebab is a favourite with the late-night clubbing crowd, too.

Hours

Monday – Friday:  11am -4am

Saturday: 11am – 3am

Sunday: 11am-2am

Phone: 943-4343