4 Best Restaurants in Trinidad and Tobago

This chic spot is tucked away on a side street in the Newtown area of uptown Port of Spain, but every taxi driver knows where it is. Chef Cristian Grini always serves classic Italian favorites—the authentic, surprisingly affordable pizza is probably the island's best—and the bar attracts young professionals and hipsters who come for the excellent cocktails and late-night desserts. This restaurant is associated with the even more upscale Prime Restaurant, so the service is impeccable.

Milanese owner Gabriele de Gaetano has created the island's most prominent Italian eatery, serving everything from basic but tasty pizzas to elaborate northern Italian pasta dishes to carpaccio with a delicious Tuscan sauce. Sitting on the large patio surrounded by lush foliage with Gabriele rushing from table to table chatting in Italian-laced English is all the entertainment you'll need.

Popular with locals and visiting businesspeople alike, Angelo's—opened by a Calabrian chef who married a Trinidadian—has an innovative Italian menu that changes regularly, and there's always a daily special. The restaurant is on Ariapita Avenue, which locals now refer to as the strip or simply "the avenue."

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.