18 Best Restaurants in The Abacos, Bahamas

This brightly painted restaurant is perched on a wooden dock over the southwestern side of the harbor. The Bahamian food menu is simple, but everything is delicious. Be sure to order some conch fritters to start—they're some of the best you'll find. They also have a delicious brunch on Saturday, complete with bottomless mimosas or pitchers of freshly made sangria or mojitos. Specialty nights draw a crowd—there's karaoke on Tuesday evening. Wednesday Hump Day, you can enjoy all-day happy-hour specials on wings, conch fritters, and margaritas. 

Enjoy some of the best sunsets you've ever seen from this casual outdoor beachside restaurant. The menu includes all the standard Bahamian and American offerings. There's a special Caribbean night every Thursday with jerk chicken and pork on offer. During the week and off-season, it's a nice, quiet place to enjoy the scenery—weekends and high season it's party central.

Expect casual lunches and dinners of hot wings, conch burgers, fish nuggets, and steak wraps in this harbor-view restaurant and bar, located inside the Marsh Harbour Marina. If you're dying for a steak after a steady fish diet, these are the best in The Abacos. Unless you're staying on this side of the harbor, you'll need a car or taxi to get here, or expect a long walk from the main street.

With awesome ocean views and a snorkeling reef just 10 yards off its perfect beach, this cool bar and restaurant is a must-visit hangout. Linger over a lunch of burgers and sandwiches or a dinner of steak and lobster, then chill out in the pool. Nurse a cup of Nipper Juice —a deceptively delicious concoction. If you down more than one or two of these, you'll be happy to take advantage of the Nippermobile, which provides free transport to and from the cay's public dock. 

Next door to Pete's Gallery is an outdoor tiki hut restaurant and bar where you can wiggle your toes in the sand while you chow down on fresh seafood, burgers, and cold tropical drinks. Try the mango-glazed grouper, lemon-pepper mahimahi, or coconut-cracked conch while you kick back and enjoy the view of the harbor. It's a long drive, so in the slow season, call ahead to make sure they're open.

Hang out, dip in the saltwater pool, and enjoy Bahamian fare with a flair. In Black Sound, at the entrance to The Other Shore Club and Marina, you'll find this simple open-air restaurant with a canopy-shaded bar and picnic tables next to the pool. You can tie up at their small dock if you're on a boat. Some of the best conch fritters in the islands are served from 11 am on. At lunch, try a fresh salad or spicy jerk chicken; for dinner, grilled daily-caught fish.

They've got a new location (just up the road at The Conch Inn), but it's the same good food, great drinks, and lively atmosphere that has made Snappas a longtime must-stop restaurant and bar. The food is a mix of American and Bahamian fare—tacos, burgers, steaks, fish, and conch.

Breakfast and lunch are served harborside on a covered, screened-in patio, while dinner takes place in the elegant dining room. At lunch, treat yourself to lobster or fish tacos, conch chowder, or a wrap. Dinner is where the club really shines, transporting you back to the 1920s with elegant dining beneath antique chandeliers. The steak is among the best around. The jumbo lobster and artichoke ravioli, crispy grouper with Thai red curry noodles, and black and white tuna are just some of the temptations on the extensive menu. Saturday night, prime rib takes center stage. You can also pre-order a picnic lunch to take out while you explore the island by golf cart or surrounding cays by boat.

This two-story, pink colonial villa sits across Bay Street from the marina, fronted by green lawns, hibiscus, and white-railed verandahs. This is Marsh Harbour's most popular restaurant—the place to go for good food, potent rum cocktails, and serious people-watching. Lunch is a scene, especially if you sit outside, where you'll find a mix of locals, tourists, and boaters enjoying Greek or Caesar salads, spicy grouper, and mahimahi burgers. Inside there's a stylish bar where you can enjoy cocktails or a meal, a small boutique, and three dining rooms, all adorned with Haitian paintings. Dinner is served every night except Sunday and the menu includes creamy curried shrimp, mahimahi Provençal, or a filet mignon smothered in a mushroom sauce, as well as a daily sashimi. Save room for the irresistible key lime pie or Bahamian bread pudding with coconut and raisins, drenched in a brandy sauce.

This casual eatery's seating is out on the pink-and-white-striped dock–patio. Locals, boat people, and land-based tourists gather here for value-priced eats and drinks. The menu is nothing fancy but provides reliable grouper burgers, Bahamian-style chicken or conch in da bag, fresh fish catch-of-the-day, and a variety of salads. Parents will chuckle at the items on their kids' menu—I Don't Care ( fish fingers), I'm Not Hungry (chicken strips), and Whatever (grilled cheese). Cap'n Jack's serves lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday and offers a full bar.

Perch on a bar stool on the new deck and enjoy the comings and goings of Guana Cay's harbor and main road. While they boast the "conchiest" conch fritters around, their grilled conch is worth a trip there. 

Dine poolside overlooking the Leeward Yacht Club marina at this casual bar and grill. The grilled lobster or fresh catch (which can be jerked, blackened, grilled, or fried) are popular menu choices, as are the conch burger and the grilled conch fritters. Wash it all down with a potent green Leaning Lizard and feel free to cool off in the pool.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are simple Bahamian and American fare similar to what's on offer at other spots on the island. And while the delicious Bahamian food menu is worth a stop, it's the ice cream that draws the crowd to this whimsical little takeout restaurant in the middle of the island. There's even a coffee bar for that caffeine fix, served up iced or piping hot. There are a few chairs and tables on the outdoor porch, but most folks carry their food with them.

An open-air deck makes Mangoes a great place for waterside dining. Enjoy a traditional Bahamian breakfast; feast on cracked conch and zesty salads at lunch; and at dinner, try house specialties like smudder grouper, fried and seasoned with tomato, thyme, and pepper sauce; grilled rack of lamb; or the catch of the day grilled, fried, or blackened. If it's wahoo, order it grilled with lots of extra lime. The restaurant is housed in a complex that contains a boutique selling resort wear and fine jewelry from around the world, and a 29-slip marina—which means you can sail in from the offshore cays, tie up in front, enjoy a meal, and do some shopping. They also offer free Wi-Fi so you can check your email while grabbing a bite to eat.

This simple diner-style restaurant serves up excellent renditions of local favorites, such as fried grouper and cracked conch, and sandwiches made with thick slices of a slightly sweet Bahamian bun for lunch. At dinner, large portions of pork chops, lobster, fish, and shrimp are served with rib-sticking sides like baked macaroni and cheese, peas and rice, and coleslaw. Save room for a piece of rum cake or Key lime pie with gravity-defying meringue piled on top, baked fresh daily and displayed in the glass case up front. 

A small hut bar overlooking the ocean and a brightly colored food truck serve simple but delicious small bites—conch fritters, fresh-catch ceviche, and fish tacos hit the spot. In true Bahamian style, the bar is open more frequently than the food truck, so be sure to check the schedule before driving all the way out for a bite. The original spot got completely wiped away by Hurricane Dorian in 2019, but they're slowly coming back.

Ten minutes north of Treasure Cay Resort, this locals'-favorite, no-frills restaurant serves traditional Bahamian dishes such as grilled freshly caught grouper and minced local lobster stewed with tomatoes, onions, and spices. Reasonably priced appetizers such as conch chowder and conch fritters, and a full bar make this a perfect option for a night out. Be sure to save room for their homemade banana or coconut cream pies. Free shuttle service is available from the parking lot in front of the Treasure Cay Marina.

Grab a seat on the large porch and enjoy cocktails and sunset before dinner, or escape the heat with an indoors lunch at this top Marsh Harbour spot. Burgers, wraps, pasta dishes, and nightly specials draw a crowd.