6 Best Restaurants in Christiansted, St. Croix

40 Eats and Drinks

$$$ Fodor's choice

This trendy place is small and cozy with a casual atmosphere. The menu selections include fresh fish prepared in creative ways, Italian specialties, and salads made with fresh local greens—check the daily specials on the blackboard. Several varieties of mac and cheese constitute the signature dish. The frozen chocolate peanut butter pie is a chocolate-lover's delight. Craft cocktails are concocted by creative mixologists.

Savant

$$$$ Fodor's choice

One of those small but special spots that everyone loves, including critics who regularly rank it among the Caribbean's best restaurants, this lively spot relies on local ingredients in its fusion of Mexican, Thai, and Caribbean dishes that can include anything from Thai curry with chicken to a fillet of beef stuffed with portobello mushrooms and goat cheese. You can't go wrong with the daily egg roll special or the catch of the day. Call early for reservations: the indoor dining room is small, and you'll want to nab a table in the candelit back courtyard if you can.

4C Hospital St., Christiansted, Saint Croix, 00820, U.S. Virgin Islands
340-713–8666
Known For
  • bustling atmosphere
  • creative fusion fare
  • courtyard dining
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun. No lunch

Café Christine

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At this local lunchtime favorite the presentation is as dazzling as the food and the tropical artwork hanging in the dining room. The small menu changes daily, but look for dishes like croque monsieur or madame, a homemade falafel pita with local tomatoes and pickled onions drizzled with cucumber yogurt sauce, and daily quiche specials. Desserts are perfection. If the lemon tart with fresh fruit and almond cream is on the menu, don't hesitate. This tiny restaurant has tables in both the air-conditioned gallery dining room and on the outside porch that overlooks historic buildings. Reservations are recommended.

6 Company St., Christiansted, Saint Croix, 00820, U.S. Virgin Islands
340-713–1500
Known For
  • perfect lemon tart
  • views of historic Christiansted
  • daily changing menu
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sat.–Mon.

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Martha’s Deli

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This modest storefront eatery fills up with locals getting to-go orders of the restaurant’s traditional Crucian breakfast, including salt fish, johnnycakes, eggs, cucumber salad, sautéed spinach, and—in a nod to the island’s Danish heritage—herring. Lunch options include chicken, shrimp, and fish rotis, and a popular vegetable lentil soup.
300 Peters Rest, Christiansted, Saint Croix, 00820, U.S. Virgin Islands
340-773–6054
Known For
  • traditional Crucian breakfast
  • numerous roti options
  • delicious lentil soup
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun. and Mon.

Nate's Boathouse

$$$

Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner indoors and out, the dockside spot has something for everyone on its extensive menu. Dinner can be as fancy as tilapia and garlic shrimp with mushrooms, white wine, and garlic butter, or as basic as a burger or chicken sandwich. If your taste buds run to hot, try the shrimp pistolette—a hollowed-out baguette filled with shrimp and laced with really hot sauce. Drinks at the bar are half-price daily from 4 to 6.

Too.Chez

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This beautiful courtyard restaurant serves French-inspired American cuisine; the barbecued ribs are excellent, and you can do a partially healthy offset by ordering the roasted Brussels sprouts dip and scooping it onto flatbread. Don’t skip the desserts, particularly the apple crisp topped with house-made vanilla ice cream.

53 King St., Christiansted, Saint Croix, 00820, U.S. Virgin Islands
340-713–8888
Known For
  • desserts that are worth the calories
  • courtyard dining
  • creative Caribbean cuisine
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun. and Mon., Reservations recommended.