GRAND CAYMAN, COZUMEL - good places to eat

[thebird]

Could any of you please tell me some good places to eat while in grand cayman and cozumel? Am going on my first cruise 5/14/04 on Sensation, and need advice. Thank you in advance..

 

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[serene56]

Have you checked cozumelinsider.com

great web site

 

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[ginag]

Panchos Backyard in Cozumel is very delicious. Some of the best guacamole I've ever had. This was recommended to me by Sally (Mini Golf Sally)from the Ports of Call board/Cozumel. I'm sure there are many other places, but I trust Sallys word. Also great margaritas!

 

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[deborahjo]

We were in Cozumel in November. Had a great meal at the Shrimp Bucket. In the walkplatz. There were 4 of us and we ate for under $50 and were stuffed. Also served us Kalua and Creme without a charge. It is a great place. You can eat inside on outside on the sidewalk. Enjoy your trip.

[waterbound]

We ate at HardRock Cafe and the food was awesome!

 

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[kujobie]

Pancho's Backyard gets my vote. Go to the one downtown though. The atmosphere is awesome, and the attached gift shop, Los Cinco Soles, is the best place to buy souvenirs. Never ate in GC, can't help you there.

 

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[thebird]

Thank you-All so very much! I will be sure to take lots of notes on everything I encounter, so as to write a comprehensive review when I return. I have so enjoyed reading all of yours. My mother and sisters have been on a couple of cruises with carnival-the past 9 months, and have been impressed with the helpful hints I have been giving them for our upcoming cruise. I learn something new every day!

 

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[sbm22]

We rented a jeep in Cozumel, went to the other side of the island and ate at Chen Rio. This had the best fresh seafood for very reasonable prices and the quantity of food was enormous. It is also like having your own private beach, there were not many people there. It was absolutely beautiful and well worth the trip!

 

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[Pianogrl]

We've been going to Cozumel for years & have tried alot of places there & by far Pancho's Backyard in Los Cinco Soles store is the best & most consistent cuisine on the island. The atmosphere is so intimate & beautiful in their courtyard setting. You will not be disappointed. Enjoy some great shopping there also.

[SheSailsFL]

While we are not usually looking for restaurants while on cruise stops, I have had some great meals in Cozumel and Grand Cayman on land vacations when you can have wonderful leisurely meals.

 

In GC, one of the most memorable meals was at the Grand Old House (Chef Tell's restaurant). It is elegant and expensive - I have a signed copy of his cookbook - he stopped at our table to introduce himself!

 

Also, as everyone has said, Panchos is hands-down the best place in Cozumel but definitely do the downtown location for its ambience.

 

On a cruise, I would not spend so much time dining since you are on a tight schedule - I would take in as much of the islands as you can!

 

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[Ohdaisy]

Hey Bird~

 

Hope you can swim well as we will be out for a day at sea on 05/14/04 sailing the Sensation! lol

 

We return the 15th. Do mean you are going a day early (the 14th)? Or is there something I should know?

 

As for eating in Cozumel, I really want to go to Poncho's Backyard while we are there but am I correct in that there are 2 different ones? Is the one downtown the same as the one in Los Cinco Soles? Our plan is to go to the beach for the morning to swim and snorkel, to town to shop a little, then back to the ship to drop off packages and shower. After that we plan on site seeing on our way to Pancho's and hitting Carlos and Charlie's for the rest of the night! Wahhooo, we can't wait! But does this sound reasonable? Or are we going to be jumping from one side of Cozumel to another to be able to do all this?

 

Thanks~

Daisy

 

Sailing Sensation May 10-15th

 

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[thebird]

hee hee, my bad, Daisy!! I guess I was a little TOO eager for the trip! 5/15/04, yes.. It sounds to me as if there are two pancho's, but your plan for the day seems reasonable to me - that's exactly what WE were going to do. It also seems that we will have the time to do it ( don't leave port until later on that night.) Does anyone have directions, or an address for the downtown location of Pancho's Backyard with Los Cinco Soles?

 

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[Ohdaisy]

Whew! Happy I'm not swimming back! What beach you going to? We are planning on the Chankanaab (sp). Where you planning on shopping? From what I understand there is more than one place to shop at too! Oh decisions!

 

What is you plan for GC? I was thinking Stingray's and booking with Carnival to be safe??? Cozumel is really the only thing we have 'planned' out. Any suggestions? Our 'plans' aren't set in stone but these are just things I think we will enjoy. Too bad we weren't going at the same time!

 

Daisy

 

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[thebird]

Yes, that would have been great to have been on the same cruise! I'm sure we would have had a blast! My Mother invited me to go on this one with her, and she can't do alot of physical stuff, so I had to scale down my adventure plans quite a bit. In GC, since we only had a few hours(really), we were going to shop and eat something local. I am still trying to figure out where. In Cozumel, she wants to go to Paradise Island thru Carnival, so we will. I'm going to try the shops I have read about on the ports of call board, and Mom has a few favorites of her own (since this will be her 3rd trip to Cozumel - but her first to GC.) My sisters are also going with us now, so I need to find out if one of them would like to go snorkeling in GC, and the other could stay with Mom, but Mom would probably say, " I don't need y'all to stay with me!" But, we would.

 

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[CruiseFever]

We also enjoyed Pancho's Backyard in Cozumel. GC prices are really high, we usually hit the Hard Rock if we eat ashore at all there.

 

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[thebird]

Pancho's Backyard it is!! I have heard nothing but good things about it! I will be hitting the Hard Rock in both places, too. Always like a little something with the name of the place on it from there. Don't have too many yet.. San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Orlando, Alaska (polar rock)- gift, Cancun - gift. I like it better when "I" have gone there myself and buy it! (not that a gift isn't appreciated for the bird in the gilded cage!)

 

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[dmdiver]

there is a small place in gc overlooking the ocean that is reasonably priced and has good food. unfortunately i can't remember the name of it, white something-or-other. they had fried conch that was really good. chef tell's is good. there was another place with very large outdoor dining space on wood decks. it's been too long and i'm just too old! in a pinch, they have burger king! be sure to do stingray city. you can scuba or snorkel. soto's took us there on a dive trip. you just sit on your knees on the bottom and feed the rays. they circle around and follow your hand. we had great videos done of that along with our regular dive. gc is most beautiful underwater.

 

deanna

 

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[dmdiver]

oh and how could i forget! get some tortuga rum cake while in g.c. it is much better there than what you can buy on the ship.

 

deanna

 

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[almitra]

Try the Almond Tree House in G.C....across from the 7 Mile Beach.

 

 

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