In half II of my Four Seasons Anguilla journey posts, I’m sharing all of our Anguilla meals and drinks: what we ate, sipped, and our favorites. Plus ideas for vacationers!
Read half I of our journey right here: Four Seasons Anguilla
Anguilla Food and Drinks
The meals on Anguilla may be very costly however it was very, excellent!
The meals was additionally so recent and tropical! We didn’t have a nasty meal. Here are our meal highlights!
Breakfast at SALT
Here is an enormous tip for these visiting: be sure breakfast is included in your keep!
Ours was by way of the Chase portal and we have been so glad as a result of the buffet, whereas superb, was $52 an individual. Our invoice was $135 every morning and included with our room. That would add up so quick in any other case.
The breakfast was unbelievable although!!
We cherished the tropical juices, smoked salmon on a Johnny cake, chia pudding, and unfold of tropical fruit. I additionally bought some eggs most mornings, and Thomas cherished the mini croissants.
Tropical Juices
I’m not normally a juice lady, however the mango-guava-papaya blends have been SO good!!
They had an omelet station, waffles and pancakes, breakfast meats, conventional Anguillan meals (I bought plantains one morning, and so they had lamb and Johnny desserts), and even a children space with sprinkles and M&Ms for pancake toppers.
The views at SALT have been simply unbelievable!!
Lunch at Half Shell Bar
Our favourite spot for lunch was off the crushed path a bit – Half Shell Bar on Barnes Bay Beach. You need to stroll by the villas to seek out it, however it’s well worth the stroll. The bar is true on the seaside and also you simply can’t beat the view!
The meals was additionally superb, and we had fish tacos twice and shrimp skewers.
Mahi Mahi Tacos
Shrimp Skewers
Ceviche to Share and a Split Tropical Salad
Thomas dwelling his finest birthday life
Towards the tip of our journey, we ended up simply skipping lunch! We ate a later breakfast as we adjusted to trip life and weren’t actually hungry in the midst of the day. That was good as a result of it saved us $100+.
The employees additionally introduced round little snacks right here and there – a smoothie shot, a bit style of guacamole and three chips.
And someday my buddy Brent shared his quesadilla – that was a pleasant snack!
I cherished the white wine sangria made with peach schnapps at Half Shell!
There was a second spot for lunch: Bamboo Bar & Grill. But we ended up not going as a result of we spent most of our time on the Sunset Pool or the Barnes Bay Beach.
Dinner at SALT
We dined at SALT a few instances and it was fairly the expertise!
When you stroll in you’re greeted with a welcome drink – tropical juice with a rum shooter and a lemongrass salted rim. Exquisite!
We had a desk overlooking the ocean all three nights and the spotlights proven on sea turtles and big tarpon fish! We despatched some movies house to the boys.
Wines
Head’s up that the wines have been $18-29 a glasses, however the one time I splurged on the costly cabernet it was value it.
Tableside Ceviche
We had ceviche and the conch tostada, each have been scrumptious.
Johnny Cakes “Bread Basket”
Our favourite half about SALT have been the Johnny desserts! They ready the salt desk facet crushed with basil and mint, and the desserts made with flour and cornmeal jogged my memory of a combination between a pancake and a biscuit.
Pork Chop with plantain and a rum sauce
Salt desserts and yucca fries
Molten Chocolate Cake
We had this virtually each night time and devoured it!!
Dessert Drink
To finish essentially the most superb dinner, along with your test they convey one other drink on the home – a mango smoothie spiked with one thing good! And little tiny mango gummy bears too.
Dinner at Sunset Lounge
For a extra informal dinner, we dined at Sunset Lounge which serves Asian impressed dishes and sushi. You don’t want a reservation right here.
The bar is open air and GORGEOUS and so they had stay music two of the weekend nights.
The Passionate – Pyrat rum, cinnamon, lemon, egg white, orange bitters, passionfruit-amaretto foam. Anguilla’s fiftieth anniversary cocktail!
We had lobster and tempura shrimp sushi that have been a number of the finest we’ve ever had!
Dinner at Blanchards
We had dinner one night time at Blanchards, which we took a taxi to from the resort (for about $25 with tip). Blanchards looks as if a beloved native spot, and so they had an extended listing of its historical past and charitable contributions to the group on the again of the menu.
They even have an informal taco restaurant on the property.
Local Grouper + Jerk Chicken
Cracked Coconut
The spotlight although was the Cracked Coconut – a Blanchard’s well-known dessert! It was like chocolate bark within the form of a coconut stuffed with ice cream. Loved it! We walked house beneath the complete moon on the seaside.
Four Seasons Food Costs
Salads and apps have been $15-25, lunch entrees have been $30-40, and dinner entrees $40-70. There’s a 15% service cost and a 15% tax/environmental charge added to each test, so which means the price is even greater when the invoice comes. Plus you possibly can add further gratuity for wonderful service, too.
Cocktails and wine glasses have been additionally about $20 every, so plan your spending cash accordingly.
Since we had the present card, we have been capable of not fear about our meals or drink prices. We spent $300-400 a day on drinks and eating, excluding breakfast, which was included in our room package deal (see beneath!)
If you’re a large eater or prefer to have cocktails all day lengthy, I’d double that each day price.
A word on water: Bottled water was supplied at each meal for $10. We didn’t notice this at first and paid for a number of bottles of nonetheless water. Then we switched to glowing water if we have been going to need to pay for it in any case. Finally we realized we may simply ask for faucet water and that was superb to drink.
Other Local Restaurants
Aside from strolling on the seaside, I wouldn’t say that the resort was notably walkable. You needed to take a taxi to go away, though that was straightforward to get from the entrance foyer. You may additionally cost taxis to the room.
Next door to the Four Seasons there was a brand new membership referred to as Savi. We virtually went there a number of instances, however we’re simply not late night time celebration folks so we by no means did. Also simply down the seaside was an informal spot referred to as The Straw Hat.
Our buddies went to Sharky’s and mentioned it was good, and we had a reservation at Mango’s that we ended up altering since strolling down the seaside to go there was virtually unimaginable with the tide up and we didn’t need to do a taxi.
Things To Do At The Four Seasons Anguilla
Beach Walking
Aside from basking in sunshine and sipping cocktails, we did do some exploring on foot. We walked to the sting of Meads Bay Beach. I pretended I used to be on Survivor!
Boat Tours
There are a few boat excursions you possibly can take to the smaller close by islands. Our buddies did one and mentioned it was simply OK. The water was too tough for them to truly get off the boat that day.
Sports
Thomas and I performed tennis someday! This was our first time taking part in collectively. We have been glad the courts and tennis racquets have been complimentary, and we simply needed to pay $10 for some new balls.
Fitness Center
Just a few of the mornings we went to the health heart earlier than breakfast. It was very good with loads of tools. I principally walked on the treadmill at a steep incline and Thomas sweated it out on the stair grasp.
Watching The World Cup
We bought to observe within the open air!
The Four Seasons Spa!
We bought massages throughout our journey and so they have been nice! The spa was stunning and had its personal infinity pool and steam room to make use of whereas ready.
Tips For Visiting The Four Seasons Anguilla
The Free Wifi Was Great
The Wifi on the property was nice!! Wifi will be hit and miss and a few resorts make you sign up each time by a browser, however this wifi was like being at house after an preliminary sign up. The sign reached means down the seashores too.
We didn’t go for a global mobile phone plan, and I’m glad we didn’t as a result of it wasn’t crucial. SXM airport additionally had free wifi.
Beach Bags
You can get a free Four Seasons tote on the entrance desk, so don’t pack a seaside bag!
Sunscreen on the swimming pools
There isn’t any must deliver sunscreen or a water bottle – each are plentiful. They had SPF 30 and 50 in addition to aloe on the swimming pools and seashores.
Tips
Bring tons of money in low payments for ideas. More than you suppose you’ll want!
The Pools Were Freezing
If you’re a pool individual, you won’t thoughts, however the swimming pools have been FREEZING! We needed to psych ourselves up for a plunge within the sundown pool, however as soon as we have been in it was value it.
The ocean was fairly cool too – not just like the Carolina seashores in the summertime.
Attn: Beer Lovers
If you’re a large IPA drinker, you’ll be disillusioned that the one beers that they had have been lagers. Presidente, Caribe, Red Stripe, Heineken. Thomas switched to Pina coladas and rum punch!
For the espresso snobs (like us)
We had each a Nespresso maker and a Keurig machine in our room, which have been superb, however we like actually good large cups of espresso!
For the espresso snobs (like us!) we advocate going to get to-go espresso on the health heart. It was scrumptious and significantly better than the Keurig.
Was it child pleasant?
There have been children and a few infants on the resort, however I can’t say I’d need to deliver mine. There wasn’t a ton of child actions like water slides and the seaside wasn’t very calm for teenagers, so I don’t suppose mine would have cherished it. (Although I bought a number of texts from the seafood-loving Mazen that he actually wished he might be consuming mahi with us!)
There have been these kid-sized lounge chairs that have been so cute! And there’s a children membership for some adults-only time.
Is The Four Seasons Anguilla Worth It?
1,000% sure! This was the nicest resort we’ve ever stayed, and one which we might undoubtedly contemplate returning to.
While it usually would most likely be too costly for us, studying the best way to use bank cards for journey has opened a complete new world of choices.
With a complete world to see, it’s arduous to think about going again to the identical spot, however boy would it not be enjoyable to take action!
