WHERE TO DINE?
Our guests often ask us where to eat. There are so many wonderful options on Placencia Peninsula that it can be hard to choose. To make things easier, we have created a list of all the specialty food shops, restaurants, bars, cool spots, taco stands and to go places on the 14 mile long Placencia Peninsula. It is organized by community from south to north, starting with the largest, Placencia Village at the southern tip of Placencia Peninsula, and ending with the tiny hamlet of Riversdale at the northernmost end. Each community listing is divided into three categories : “Full Service Sit Down Restaurants and Bars”, “Street Food & To Go” and “Specialty Food Shops” (this category includes coffee and tea houses, bakeries, ice cream shops and so on). Click on each venue name to read their details. We list venues alphabetically within each category. Where available we include links to each venue’s website or Facebook page.
When exploring the foodscapes of Belize you will find that social media, particularly Facebook, plays an important marketing role. If you are on Facebook and want to know the latest specials in Placencia Village, we recommend that you join the Facebook group Placencia Restaurants/Food. Only there will you hear about Mr. Calbert’s delicious conch soup being sold down by the pier, or the fresh hot fish panades available this evening as well as peruse the daily specials of a range of locally owned sit down and to-go restaurants. Be adventurous! Some of the best food in Belize is not found on a white table cloth, but rather produced with love by tiny businesses operated out of peoples homes or humble buildings along the roadside.
Email us at tastebelize@gmail.com if we have missed a spot that you would like us to add! Feel free to share this restaurant listing by linking to our listing URL. Please do not use our listing without giving credit and linking to the original list on our website. Thank you and enjoy! (NOTE: we are currently in the process of creation, new restaurant descriptions will be added as we receive them from business owners, please check back for complete list which we hope to have finalized by the end of November.)
For your convenience we have given the locations of each venue (again, a work in progress as of October 2019, but in process right now!) so you can easily locate it on this map. More details for each food business can be found in the list below the map.
PLACENCIA VILLAGE
Sit Down Restaurants and/or Bars:
Breezeway Pool Bar at Mariposa Beach Suites
Buba Wubas Grill & Smoke Shack
Cha Chi’s
EnE Chinese Restaurant
Excellent Chinese Restaurant
J-Dees Restaurant
J Byrd’s Bar
Mare Restaurant at Turtle Inn
Mariposa Restaurant at Mariposa Beach Suites
Merl’s Cafe Sweets n Treats
Mim’s Belizean Food
Omar’s Creole Grub
Pyramid House Wine Etc.
Rick’s Cafe
Rumfish y Vino
Skyfall Terrace at Miramar Apartments
The Galley
The Shak
The Little Wine Bar
The Secret Garden
Tipsy Tuna Bar
Wendy’s Restaurant
Yoli’s Bar
Yucatan Taco Stand, Tequila Bar & Grill
Street Food & To Go:
AJs
BJ’s Bellyful
Brenda’s Caribbean Cooking/ Mon’s Kitchen
La Casita Tacos
L n’ A Take Out
Mexican Belizean Taco Stand
Ruth’s Burrito Stand
Carmen’s Taco Stand
Maria’s on the Sidewalk
The Burger Joint
The Vine Take out
Specialty Food Shops:
Brewed Awakenings
John The Bakerman
Mon’s Baked Goods
Placencia Sno’ Balls
Tutti Frutti Gelato
Twisted Tea
SEINE BIGHT VILLAGE
Sit Down Restaurants and/or Bars:
Hobbs Brewing Company Belize
Me n You Chinese Restaurant
Placencia Minigolf
The Flying Pig
The Quarterdeck Restaurant at Laru Beya Resort
Street Food and To-Go
Specialty Food Shops
Cleeve Kitchen & Bakery
MAYA BEACH
Sit Down Restaurants and/or Bars:
16 Degrees at Belize Ocean Club Resort
Beach Bar and Grill at Naia Resort
Bonefish Grill at Singing Sands
Jaguar Lanes Bowling Alley
Street Food and To-Go
Specialty Food Shops:
Healthy Addictions
Bijou Treats
RIVERSDALE
Sit Down Restaurants and/or Bars
Lost Reef Resort Restaurant and Bar
Sea Waves
Street Food and To-Go:
Purple Pineapple