We love food and I've heard wonderful things from this message board about the local fixins. Any reccomendations on some great dinner and lunch spots in Placencia for our May honeymoon? We're staying at the Turtle Inn - does anyone know how long the bike ride is between the resort and town? Can we walk? (We're hikers and are used to long ones... not to mention we live in SF and walk everywhere here too.)
Thank you!!
-Jody

Walk (almost) next door to the restaurant at Kitty's Place for Sunday Pebil, and good tasting food at a really fair price in a realy fab "Old Belize" atmosphere - all day every day (open from 7 am til 10 pm every day).
The bike ride from Turtle Inn to the village is maybe 7 minutes. Walking to the village on the beach is lovely - you can get a good work-out sand-walking and then feel justified in having the extra large portion of fried chicken at Cozy Corner.
I once lived in SF (and Marvelous Marin for a decade of good walks) - the big differences between there and here .........
In Belize you may be wet but you are rarely cold; In Belize everybody meets your eye as you pass - they smile and say hi. In SF the coffee is better - UNLESS you buy Gallon Jug (local) and brew it yourself fresh gound and strong -------- GJ has more smooth buzz and better taste than Starbucks. Try it.
Congrats on the upcoming wedding. Be happy and stay in love.

I would try "De Thatch" restaurant on the beach. They have a great shrimp dinner and nice atmosphere right on the beach. It's a nice walk from Turtle Inn.

WE ATE AT A WONDERFUL ITALIAN RESTURANT IN FEB. DON'T RECALL THE NAME BUT JUST SOUTH ON THE WALK FROM DE THATCH- I BELIVE TURTLE IN ALSO HAS A VERY UPSCALE ITALIAN RESTURANT BUT HAVE'NT EATEN THERE.DITO ON THE CHICKEN AND CONCH FRITTERS AT COZY CORNER.WE HAVE ENJOYED THE FOOD AND SERVICE AT THE GALLEY- IT'S BESIDE THE SOCER FIELD. GREAT BREAKFAST AT THE PURPLE SPACE MONKEY. PLEASE TRY A LUNCH AT PICKLED PARROT OR A LIGHT DINNER AND TELL THE GANG THE GRAFFICES FROM OHIO MISS THEM AND CAN'T WAIT TO RETURN. WE LOVE PLACENCIA AND CERTAINLY WISH YOU THE BEST ON YOUR UPCOMING ADVENTURE TO BZE

The Italian Restaurant next to De Tatch is called Trattoria Placencia and is very good with homemade pasta.

Try a place called Wendy's in Placencia town. We also stayed at the Turtle Inn. The food there is excellent but I wouldn't exactly call it a taste of Belize. Wendy's has great food and the people (as usual in Belize) are very friendly.

Excellent! Thank you so much for all of your suggestions. We really appreciate it. It's hard to imagine we'll be there in less than 1 month from today!

Actually I think it's spelled Wende. She's had the Pickled Parrot for years. And of course Placencia is a village, not a town. (Belize has cities, towns and villages, designations based on population.)

Trattoria Placencia serves great homemade pasta.

The new owners at Luba Hati are doing a good job with the restaurant there.

If you get a hankering for things like grilled lobster, New York strip and good wine, it's hard to beat Robert's Grove, which has its own wine cellar.

I agree with Diane -- Kitty's restaurant is always a good choice. By the way, the owners of Mariposa next door to Kitty's are refugees from Marin County.

--Lan Sluder
www.belizefirst.com

And of course for cheap food, mostly Creole, Omar's is well known.

--Lan Sluder

And if you're up toward Maya Beach, Mangos is still good.

--Lan Sluder

I don't think she was talking about Wende's Pickled Parrot. There is a new(ish) restaurant called Wendy's right next to Olga's grocery store.

Wendy's is right next to the grocery store. I am not sure how long it has been around but I know that it is good.

I apologize for calling Placencia a town. It will never happen again.

You also shouldn't miss Merlene's in Bakader (Creole for Bakader). Very good, authentic Creole food.

Jake's Purple Space Monkey is also very good - espresso, big American-style breakfasts, try the chicken or fish Placencia for dinner -- or the lime garlic shrimp.

Sorry, guess I must have been in Belize for too long - Bakader is Creole for "back of there."

Mary
Destinations Belize

Before I went in February, someone told me to try the fajitas at the lunch stand in front of Wallen's Grocery. I did and my shrimp fajita was great. I grabbed it on the way to a half day of afternoon snorkeling. She also had other taste options, but only shrimp was left when I got there.

Most days I was gone for lunch and when I stopped by on my last day (a Monday) the stand was not open. Sigh...

I had the use of a kitchenette, so I also bought seafood from the fishermen's cooperative. I also got some decent frozen steak from Placencia Grocery.

Yes, I forgot about Dawn's (the stand in front of Wallen's). The fajita's are great as are the hot dogs (and I generally am not a hot dog lover).

FYI, Dawn's parents own The Galley just across the ballfield from Wallen's

Mary.