Overview
The Island of Provo is a small island and is ideal for vacationers looking for un-crowded, beautiful white powdery beaches, turquoise brilliant waters, and excellent scuba diving and snorkeling, and outstanding restaurants.
In the Turks and Caicos, the Island of Provo offers the best variety of restaurants and serves up American, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Mediterranean, Mexican, and Thai dishes with a Caribbean feel. The prices tend to be on the pricey side though since all their food is imported by boat or plane.
Reviews on the best Turks And Caicos restaurants
Anacaona
This upscale restaurant with Mediterranean-fusion cuisine is an ideal spot for that cozy romantic dinner. Located at the Grace Bay Club, it is set in a romantic garden atmosphere with an ocean view and attractively set tables with oil lamps.
The food is exceptional, although the service is attentive but tends to be a little pompous. Reservations are suggested. Dress is upscale casual, shorts are not permitted.
Aqua Restaurant
This restaurant, with an attractive bar overlooking the marina, is one of Provo’s popular places for divers and vacationers looking for good Caribbean sea food with a friendly nautical atmosphere. The tables are set on a wooden deck with twinkling lights wrapped around the palm trees, overlooking the Marina.
Popular choices for appetizers are conch soup, conch wontons, and a variety of spicy soups. The entrée favorites include; pecan-encrusted conch with a spicy orange-butter sauce; pan-seared Wahoo on a bed of sweet coconut hummus with mango salsa, Jerk pork chops; and Grilled local lobster with lemon-garlic butter.
Baci Ristorante
Looking for a less pricey restaurant with good food?
Baci’s offers well prepared Italian food in a Caribbean atmosphere on a patio overlooking the Turtle Cove Marina with Casablanca fans, stone floors, decorative wrought iron, and a large bar that has become a popular gathering place.
Start your meal off with fresh baked garlic bread, followed by well prepared choices of veal prepared with five varieties, fork-tender filets in a lemon-butter sauce, breast of chicken with shrimp and many selections of pasta dishes.
Coyaba
This elegant and cozy restaurant offering excellent Caribbean influenced food is located in an attractive garden atmosphere at the Coral Gardens Resort.
The tables are candlelit with lilac and white linens, with white wrought iron chairs covered with soft cushions. Ceiling fans, twinkling lights, lush palm trees and tropical plants surround the dining area.
Chef Paul Newman, not to be confused with the movie star, is a British ex-pat with excellent training credentials and a master at integrating international dishes with a Caribbean twist.
The food, perhaps the best on the island, is served up with fresh ingredients in a variety of creative presentations. They provide many elegant dining niceties including small shot glasses were filled with a tangy chilled gazpacho with a flash fried garnish of young cilantro.
Popular favorites include; Char-grilled Sweet Adobo Marinated Medallion of Lamb and Jerk-crusted Salmon Sashimi served with paper-thin slices of pineapple.
Grace's Cottage
Dining at Grace's Cottage is set on a terrace in an Asian garden alongside an attractive Caribbean Ginger Bread House with bright white gingerbread trim.
Your journey to your table will take you along a stone pathway in the tropical garden with tropical canopy’s and twinkling lights and attractive giant blue balls planted throughout the grounds.
The table ware is set with the finest china, glasses and cutlery. The service is attentive and friendly and the staff is dressed in well attired classic Oriental outfits.
The real reason you come here though is the outstanding food that is artistically prepared with fresh local and imported ingredients.
Popular favorites include; Caribbean baked grouper with mustard mayonnaise and a banana-infused risotto; Jerk-marinated Mahi Mahi on a coconut rice cake; Crab and spinach ravioli; Stuffed pasta topped with three mosque tier cheese sauce; Atlantic salmon with wild pilaf rice finished and dill cream sauce; and the Rack of lamb.
Hemingway's Beachfront Restaurant
This casual, reasonably priced, dining spot is an attractive setting out on the terrace with tropical torches and candlelit tables. Get there at sunset, it’s awesome.
Popular favorites include; Pan seared grouper with tequila-spiked veggie salsa and charred onions; Sautéed shrimp with pesto cream over penne, Filet mignon with a red wine-mushroom sauce; Crab cakes; and Grilled lamb chops.
They are also open for lunch and serve up gourmet sandwiches, seafood tacos, burgers and fresh vegetable pitas.
Magnolia Wine Bar & Restaurant
This restaurant is uniquely located on one of the few island hill top locations in the Miramar Resort overlooking Turtle Cove. They offer an outstanding wine bar with table seating on a palm lined, multi-level, candlelit wooden deck.
They serve up fresh, well prepared seafood with an integration of Mediterranean and Asian flavors.
The popular favorites include; Cracked pepper and sesame seed crusted seared tuna; Spiced shrimp tempura; Thai-style curry; Snapper in olive oil, tomato, and basil; Frutti di mare–marinara pasta; and Grilled local lobster.
SIMBA
This outstanding restaurant, serving up Caribbean cuisine with local seafood, is located at the Turks & Caicos Club.
The setting is a casual Caribbean atmosphere with poolside dining surrounded by tall palm trees, tropical plants and twinkling lights. The restaurant structure is adorned with charming gingerbread trim and offers a comfortable bar.
Popular favorites include; Roast jalapeno chicken; Wahoo with red pepper creole sauce; Seafood fettuccini with mussels, clams, shrimps and vegetables; and Pan-seared yellow fin tuna with wasabi sauce. |
