2 Best Restaurants in Trinidad and Tobago

This tiny gem specializes in hearty servings of beautifully prepared pasta dishes (the spaghetti alla carbonara is comfort food done right). It's on the main road to Pigeon Point Beach, within walking distance of most Crown Point hotels, and has three outside tables and about an equal number inside, so dining here makes you feel as if you're at a small dinner party with friends. Many of the pieces of local art displayed on the walls are for sale.

Port of Spainers in the know flock to this teak-lined dining room on the eighth floor of the Kapok Hotel, where the solid menu features fantastic Polynesian and Asian fare. The Sunday dim sum—with tasting-size portions of dishes such as pepper squid and tofu-stuffed fish—is very popular.