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Cayman Islands

Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across Cayman Islands in the En Primeur Club guide.

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Accolades in Cayman Islands

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Wine Spectator awards and Star Wine List recognition appear across the Cayman Islands restaurants in our guide, which covers 37 venues. George Town includes Grand Old House, with a cellar weighted toward California, France and Italy, and Blue by Eric Ripert, where seafood tasting menus accompany over 700 wine selections. In Seven Mile Beach, Luca serves Italian cooking with local seafood and produce, while The Wharf Restaurant & Bar combines Cayman cuisine with open-air waterfront dining. West Bay has waterfront seafood at Calypso Grill and Italian cooking with Caribbean seafood at Ristorante Pappagallo. Both hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and Star Wine List recognition. Agua Restaurant & Lounge in Camana Bay serves Italian-Peruvian seafood through tasting menus and à la carte dining. Resort restaurants also offer different menu formats: Ave in Seven Mile Beach serves Mediterranean-inspired seafood and steaks, while Avecita serves Spanish tapas through small plates, counter dining and prix fixe service.

Serious wine programmes

Grand Old House, Blue by Eric Ripert and Agua Restaurant & Lounge hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and offer sommelier-led wine service.

Grand Old House
Grand Old House in George Town has 580 selections, 1,820 bottles in inventory, and Wine Spectator, Star Wine List and World’s Best Wine Lists Awards recognition. Its cellar is weighted toward California, France and Italy.
Blue by Eric Ripert
Blue by Eric Ripert in George Town serves seafood tasting menus in an intimate Ritz-Carlton setting, with over 700 wine selections and sommelier-led service. It holds Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.
Agua Restaurant & Lounge
Agua Restaurant & Lounge in Camana Bay combines a tasting menu, à la carte service, a wine list and Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence recognition. Star Wine List also recognises it, and the room brings Italian-Peruvian fusion seafood to the table.

À la carte dining in George Town and Seven Mile Beach

The Brasserie in George Town and Ave in Seven Mile Beach offer tasting menus and à la carte dining. Seven in Seven Mile Beach serves an à la carte steakhouse menu.

The Brasserie
The Brasserie in George Town serves modern Caribbean cooking through tasting menus and à la carte dining, with an extensive wine list. Ingredients come from its own greenhouse, fishing boats, beehives and edible gardens.
Ave
Ave in Seven Mile Beach offers à la carte and tasting menu formats, with Mediterranean-inspired seafood and steaks, ocean views and a wine list. It sits inside the Kimpton Seafire resort.
Seven
Seven in Seven Mile Beach serves an à la carte steakhouse menu at The Ritz-Carlton, with Niman Ranch beef and ocean views. Its extensive wine list has sommelier-led service and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.

Seven Mile Beach and the west coast

Seven Mile Beach concentrates resort dining and several award-bearing lists, while West Bay adds a quieter waterfront counterpoint.

The Wharf Restaurant & Bar
The Wharf Restaurant & Bar in Seven Mile Beach is a waterfront seafood and Cayman cuisine room with Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence recognition and an exceptional wine programme. Open-air dining and ocean views define the setting.
Luca
Luca in Seven Mile Beach serves Italian food with Caribbean fusion and holds Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and Star Wine List recognition. The restaurant uses local seafood and produce and has waterfront views.
Calypso Grill
Calypso Grill in West Bay holds Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and Star Wine List recognition, with an exceptional wine programme alongside its waterfront seafood focus. The room sits away from the busier resort strip.
Cracked Conch Restaurant & Macabuca Tiki Bar
Cracked Conch Restaurant & Macabuca Tiki Bar in West Bay combines sit-down dining with a rum-forward beach bar and a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. The oceanfront tiki bar has direct access to one of Cayman's best shore dives and Caribbean Sea sunsets.

George Town, Bodden Town and beyond

Outside the beach corridor, George Town still holds depth, while Bodden Town and Little Cayman add more specific dining and staying options.

Lobster Pot Restaurant and Bar
Lobster Pot Restaurant and Bar in George Town is a classic Cayman seafood room with an exceptional wine programme and extensive wine list. The menu focuses on local catch and reef fish.
Grape Tree Cafe
Grape Tree Cafe in Bodden Town is a beachside Caribbean fish fry shack with fresh-caught fish and a BYOB format. Its setting under palms and along the water fits the eastern district’s quieter dining pace.
Little Cayman Beach Resort
Little Cayman Beach Resort on Little Cayman holds the 2025 World Travel Awards title for Cayman Islands' Leading Boutique Resort. The only deluxe full-service resort on the island, it keeps the focus on Bloody Bay Wall diving and a low-density pace.

Planning FAQ

Which part of the Cayman Islands has the strongest wine programmes?

Seven Mile Beach and George Town hold the strongest wine programmes in our guide. George Town includes Grand Old House, Blue by Eric Ripert and Lobster Pot Restaurant and Bar, while Seven Mile Beach includes Luca, The Wharf Restaurant & Bar and resort-led rooms with award recognition.

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in the Cayman Islands in your guide?

There are no Michelin-starred restaurants in our Cayman Islands guide, including in George Town, Grand Cayman, Seven Mile Beach, West Bay, Bodden Town, Little Cayman, Blossom Village, Savannah and The Crescent.

Where should I look for tasting menus?

Blue by Eric Ripert and The Brasserie in George Town, Ave in Seven Mile Beach and Agua Restaurant & Lounge in Camana Bay offer tasting-menu service. Blue serves seafood tasting menus with over 700 wine selections. The Brasserie serves modern Caribbean farm-to-table cooking using ingredients from its greenhouse, fishing boats, beehives and edible gardens.

Which venues hold Wine Spectator awards?

Wine Spectator awards appear at Blue by Eric Ripert, Grand Old House, The Wharf Restaurant & Bar, Agua Restaurant & Lounge, Seven, Luca, Aria, Calypso Grill, Ristorante Pappagallo, Ragazzi Cayman Islands and Cracked Conch Restaurant & Macabuca Tiki Bar. They are spread across George Town, Seven Mile Beach, West Bay, Camana Bay and Grand Harbour.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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George Town, Cayman Islands

Blue by Eric Ripert

Blue by Eric Ripert Georgetown brings the Le Bernardin legend's oceanic mastery to the Cayman Islands, where sustainable Caribbean seafood meets French culinary artistry in the region's only Forbes Five-Star restaurant. Located within The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, this intimate destination offers exclusively tasting menu experiences featuring signature dishes like paper-thin tuna over foie gras and reimagined local conch, complemented by over 700 wine selections.

George Town, Cayman Islands

Grand Old House

Grand Old House on South Church Street is Georgetown's long-established American steakhouse, set inside a historic Cayman property and carrying one of the island's most serious wine programs: 580 selections, 1,820 bottles in inventory, and a cellar weighted toward California, France, and Italy. Wine Director Alessio Altomare and Sommelier Karan Kumar run a list priced firmly in the premium tier, with a $60 corkage fee for those who bring their own.

George Town, Cayman Islands

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

The Wharf Restaurant & Bar

On Seven Mile Beach Road, The Wharf Restaurant & Bar occupies one of Grand Cayman's most recognizable waterfront positions, where open-air dining meets the rhythms of the Caribbean Sea. The setting places it firmly in the tradition of Cayman seafood houses that trade on proximity to the water as much as what arrives from it. For visitors orienting themselves in the island's dining scene, it serves as a useful point of reference.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

George Town, Cayman Islands

Aria

Aria brings seasonal Modern American cooking to Grand Harbour, George Town, with a wine list drawing on France, Bulgaria, and Italy across 170 selections. Ranked #510 among Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in North America in 2025, it occupies a quiet but well-regarded position in the Cayman Islands dining scene, with lunch and dinner service Wednesday through Sunday.

George Town, Cayman Islands

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Agua Restaurant & Lounge

Recognised by Star Wine List with a White Star designation in December 2023, Agua Restaurant & Lounge on Forum Lane sits within a Cayman Islands dining scene that has matured considerably around imported-ingredient dependency and local sourcing ambition. Its wine credentials place it in a specific tier within George Town's restaurant market, where beverage programmes increasingly serve as the differentiating signal between mid-range and premium operators.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

Avecita

Avecita sits inside Ave on Seven Mile Beach, placing a more focused dining format within Grand Cayman’s resort-driven restaurant scene. The stronger reading is through sourcing: in the Cayman Islands, serious kitchens have to balance imported luxury ingredients with Caribbean produce, seafood, and seasonality rather than pretending the island operates like a mainland market.

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

West Bay, Cayman Islands

Calypso Grill

Calypso Grill sits in West Bay, away from Grand Cayman's busier dining corridors, and holds a White Star recognition from Star Wine List, a signal of a serious wine program in a market where that distinction is earned, not assumed. The setting and sourcing approach put it in a different register from the island's hotel-facing restaurants.

West Bay, Cayman Islands

Cracked Conch Restaurant & Macabuca Tiki Bar

The dual-concept format, sit-down dining alongside a rum-forward beach bar, reflects how the island's restaurant scene has evolved beyond the Seven Mile corridor into its quieter, more local-facing neighbourhoods.

West Bay, Cayman Islands

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Luca

Luca sits on West Bay Road and holds a White Star recognition from Star Wine List, placing it among the Cayman Islands restaurants where the wine program carries as much weight as the kitchen. The address positions it within the Seven Mile Beach corridor, where the island's more considered dining options have concentrated. For visitors who treat the wine list as part of the meal's architecture, Luca warrants attention.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Ragazzi Cayman Islands

Ragazzi at Buckingham Square on West Bay Road holds a White Star recognition from Star Wine List, placing it among the Cayman Islands' more serious wine-focused dining addresses. Its position along the Seven Mile Beach corridor puts it in direct conversation with the island's broader Italian-leaning restaurant scene, where the wine list often carries as much weight as the kitchen.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

West Bay, Cayman Islands

Ristorante Pappagallo

Ristorante Pappagallo sits along Conch Point Road in West Bay, where Italian cooking meets the Caribbean setting of Grand Cayman. Recognised by Star Wine List with a White Star designation in December 2023, the restaurant has built a reputation for its wine program within a dining scene that increasingly rewards specialist credentials. Explore where it fits among the island's more ambitious table offerings.

West Bay, Cayman Islands

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Seven

Seven sits inside the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman on Seven Mile Beach, holding a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence as of 2025. The restaurant operates within one of the Caribbean's most established luxury hotel addresses, positioning it firmly in Grand Cayman's upper dining tier. Its wine program recognition signals a list with meaningful depth and range beyond the resort-standard offering.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

Andiamo Circolo Sportivo

Andiamo Circolo Sportivo fits the coastal Seven Mile Beach dining pattern: casual in posture, shaped by resort traffic, and most convincing when read through the island’s dependence on fresh produce, seafood supply, and easygoing service rhythms. With no public awards or pricing signals attached, it belongs less to the trophy-table conversation than to the beachside, all-day decision set.

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

Ave

Ave sits in Seven Mile Beach, where resort dining is judged by how well it handles island sourcing, imported luxury ingredients, and the casual rhythm of Grand Cayman’s west coast. The useful question here is not spectacle, but whether the kitchen gives visitors a composed alternative to beach-grill informality without losing the place around it.

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

West End, Cayman Islands

Caribbean Food Restaurant

On the quieter western tip of the Cayman Islands, Caribbean Food Restaurant occupies a stretch of West End where the cooking stays close to the reef and the land around it. The kitchen draws on the island's deep tradition of seafood-led cooking rooted in local catch and regional produce. For visitors seeking an honest read on Caymanian food culture away from the Seven Mile Beach circuit, this address is worth the drive.

West End, Cayman Islands

George Town, Cayman Islands

Cayman Cabana

On North Church Street in George Town, Cayman Cabana occupies a stretch of waterfront that captures something essential about how the Cayman Islands eat: proximity to the sea as both setting and source. The address places it within walking distance of George Town's central dining corridor, where Caribbean-inflected menus draw on the island's fishing heritage. A reliable stop for visitors orienting themselves to Grand Cayman's coastal dining scene.

George Town, Cayman Islands

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Coccoloba Bar

Coccoloba Bar sits on Seven Mile Beach at 60 Tanager Way, placing it inside one of the Caribbean's most concentrated stretches of waterfront dining. The bar format suits the broader Grand Cayman pattern of casual-to-premium drinking venues that lean on local seafood traditions and imported spirits. For visitors working through the island's food and drink scene, it anchors the Beach corridor's more relaxed, drink-led end of the spectrum.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Bodden Town, Cayman Islands

Grape Tree Cafe

Grape Tree Cafe sits in Bodden Town, Grand Cayman's oldest settlement, where the pace of the eastern districts shapes a different kind of dining proposition than the resort corridors further west. The cafe occupies a stretch of Bodden Town Road that reflects the neighbourhood's working character rather than its tourist-facing edges. For visitors who have exhausted George Town's polished dining rooms, this is where the island's quieter rhythms surface.

Bodden Town, Cayman Islands

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Lobster Pot Restaurant and Bar

On North Church Street in George Town, Lobster Pot Restaurant and Bar has held a place in Grand Cayman's dining scene long enough to become a reference point for Caribbean seafood on the island. The address puts it close to the waterfront, and the name signals a focus that the broader menu delivers on: local catch, reef fish, and the crustacean the island has traded on for generations.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

Pani Indian Kitchen

Indian cuisine in the Cayman Islands occupies a specific niche: spice-forward cooking transplanted to an island context where local sourcing and import logistics shape every plate. Pani Indian Kitchen, located at The Crescent development in the Cayman Islands, sits within that context, bringing subcontinental cooking traditions to a dining scene otherwise defined by Caribbean seafood and international resort fare.

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

George Town, Cayman Islands

The Brasserie

Located at Cricket Square on Elgin Avenue in the heart of George Town, The Brasserie occupies a position where the Cayman Islands' business district meets its dining scene. The venue draws on the islands' broader commitment to Caribbean sourcing, placing it in a category of George Town restaurants that bridges professional-lunch culture with evening dining. A practical anchor for visitors and residents navigating the capital's table options.

George Town, Cayman Islands

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Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman

The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman holds the only triple Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating in the Caribbean, anchoring 144 acres along Seven Mile Beach with 365 rooms, a Forbes Five-Star restaurant in Blue by Eric Ripert, and the Caribbean's largest luxury suite configuration at nearly 18,000 square feet. Rates from $1,150 per night position it at the summit tier of Seven Mile Beach's luxury hotel market.

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

Palm Heights

Open since 2019 on Grand Cayman's Seven Mile Beach, Palm Heights operates 52 ocean-view suites across a mid-century-inflected property that has repositioned the island's luxury conversation. Four restaurants, a 60,000-square-foot Garden Club spa, and a rotating wellness athletics programme place it in a different competitive tier from the corridor's larger resort hotels.

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa

The only Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond resort on Seven Mile Beach, Kimpton Seafire opened in 2016 and has held its dual certification every year since. Built 21 feet above sea level with 90 percent of its 264 rooms facing the water, the property sits at the northern end of the beach strip, where the design, spa, and wine programs collectively account for its La Liste 97.5-point rating in 2026.

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

George Town, Cayman Islands

ONE GT Grand Cayman

ONE GT Grand Cayman positions itself at the summit of George Town's new-development tier, combining Caribbean waterfront living with a rooftop infinity pool, the first of its kind on the island, and a dining programme designed to match its architectural ambitions. The property sits on Goring Avenue and targets the same traveller drawn to design-led mixed-use developments across the wider Caribbean premium circuit.

George Town, Cayman Islands

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Black Urchin Boutique Resort

Black Urchin Boutique Resort sits along the quieter Bodden Town shoreline on Grand Cayman's south side, positioning itself as a design-conscious alternative to the larger Seven Mile Beach properties. The resort's architectural approach combines clean contemporary lines with Caribbean materials, suited to travellers who prioritise spatial privacy over resort-scale amenities. Contact the property directly to confirm current availability and room configuration.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Little Cayman, Cayman Islands

Little Cayman Beach Resort

Little Cayman Beach Resort holds the 2025 World Travel Awards title for Cayman Islands' Leading Boutique Resort, a recognition that reflects its position as the island's anchor property for serious divers and travellers seeking low-density Caribbean accommodation. On an island of roughly 200 permanent residents, the resort operates at a scale that suits the surroundings: intimate, unhurried, and oriented entirely toward the water.

Little Cayman, Cayman Islands

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

The Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort and Spa

A long-established presence on Seven Mile Beach, the Westin Grand Cayman completed a $50 million renovation in 2017 and has since earned Star Wine List recognition for 2026. The resort anchors the island's larger-scale hotel offer, with a wine programme that positions it above the standard all-inclusive tier. A reliable entry point for Grand Cayman's premier beachfront strip.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

North, Cayman Islands

Dragon's Pearl

On Cayman's quieter North Side, Dragon's Pearl at 1252 Rum Point Drive occupies a stretch of coastline that the island's busier resort corridors have largely bypassed. The address alone signals a different register: no hotel towers, no Seven Mile Beach foot traffic, just the particular stillness of the Caribbean's less-visited edges. For travellers who find Grand Cayman's western strip too frictionless, the North Side offers an alternative worth the drive.

North, Cayman Islands

Blossom Village, Cayman Islands

Pirates Point Resort - Little Cayman

Pirates Point Resort - Little Cayman has conflicting public status signals as of the June 22, 2026 audit.

Blossom Village, Cayman Islands

Southern Cross Club

Southern Cross Club occupies a quiet stretch of Little Cayman's southern shore at 1400 Guy Banks Road, placing it among the Caribbean's most deliberately low-key dive-oriented properties. The setting trades resort scale for direct reef access and a pace calibrated to the island itself. For travellers arriving from Grand Cayman's busier west coast, the contrast is the point.

Blossom Village, Cayman Islands

George Town, Cayman Islands

Sunset House, Grand Cayman's Hotel for Divers, by Divers

Sunset House occupies a distinct position on Grand Cayman's South Church Street waterfront: a property built for and by divers, where the operating logic runs from the water up rather than the pool deck down. Its culture of low-key technical expertise and direct sea access makes it a counterpoint to Seven Mile Beach's resort corridor, drawing a repeat clientele that measures stays in dive profiles rather than sun lounger hours.

George Town, Cayman Islands

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

The Sunshine Hotel and Suites

Located along Esterly Tibbetts Highway in the Cayman Islands, The Sunshine Hotel and Suites occupies a stretch of Grand Cayman that sits between the island's resort corridor and its quieter residential edges.

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands

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Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Library by the Sea

It is the strongest argument that the Cayman Islands now belongs in the same conversation as the continent's serious cocktail cities. The back bar's depth and the programme's consistency have earned it back-to-back continental recognition.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Door No.4

Door No.4 on West Bay Road earned a place at #87 on World's 50 Best North America's Best Bars 2025, a striking credential for a bar operating outside the usual cocktail capitals. It represents the serious end of Grand Cayman's drinking scene: a programme built on precision in a setting most visitors don't expect to find on a Caribbean island.

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

George Town, Cayman Islands

The Bird

The Bird sits along West Bay Road's Seven Mile Shops strip, where Grand Cayman's bar scene has quietly pushed beyond frozen-drink tourist traps into something with more intention. The drinks programme here operates with the kind of craft focus more commonly associated with serious cocktail cities. For travellers who want a considered pour on an island better known for rum punches, it earns its place on the itinerary.

George Town, Cayman Islands

Savannah, Cayman Islands

The Outpost Bar

On the quieter south side of Grand Cayman, The Outpost Bar on Pedro Castle Road occupies a corner of the island that few visitors reach before sunset. Compared to the more trafficked Seven Mile Beach bar strip, it operates at a different pace, one that suits the island's working community rather than its resort economy. Details on signature drinks and current hours are best confirmed locally before visiting.

Savannah, Cayman Islands

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