Description: At the end of a 7-day stay in Barbados, I was really, really tired of traditional Bajan meals. These meals consisted of fish and chicken, and more fish and chicken, so the opportunity to have some Italian food was very attractive to me. Plus, it was the chance to head back into St. Lawrence Gap to see another fabulous sunset.
We hopped into a cab and five minutes later we were in front of the restaurant. The hotel had called in advance to make a reservation for us, though why it was needed I’ll never know, because we were the only people who showed up at 6 p.m. for dinner (it filled up later, though.) Our table looked out on the bay, giving us a lovely view of both the sunset and the nighttime lights of the Gap. We also got to watch the sandpipers and the crabs scan the sand for their own dinners.
Ironically, my boyfriend ordered fish, some barracuda to be exact. I went for the lasagna. Both dishes came with acclaim from each of us. However, the highlight of the night was our chocolate cake that we ordered to go. When we got back to the hotel room, we opened the Styrofoam container to find a mousse cake drenched in a rainbow sauce. We admired it long enough to take a photo and then gobbled it down.
The service again wasn’t stellar, but it’s hard for the go, go, go Americans to get used to island time. In fact, I got used to the slow pace just in time to go home, sigh.
The total bill came to around $50, without drinks. As I’ve said in my other restaurant reviews, that’s about standard for a dinner out on the island, so it wasn’t shocking in any way.
I’d recommend Bellini’s for some good Italian food. In fact, it’s been recommended by a lot of online sources. It’s hard to be right all the time. Ha!
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