The best restaurants in and around Basse-Terre
Creole cooking, grilled fish with your feet in the sand, fine dining in the hills or a market bistro: our selection of restaurants in southern Basse-Terre, based on the tourist office, Gault&Millau, traveller reviews and our own favourites. Opening hours change often: call ahead, especially on Sundays and Mondays.
Basse-Terre and Saint-Claude
- Habitation Desmarets Basse-Terre / Saint-Claude
- refined French-Caribbean cooking in a former estate, listed by Gault&Millau.
- Mélipona Basse-Terre
- homemade bistro food with fresh local produce.
- Léwoz Basse-Terre
- Creole brasserie: fish of the day, coconut chicken, colombo.
- L’Estrade de Charline Saint-Claude
- local cooking in a lounge setting.
Rivière-Sens marina and Gourbeyre
- Le Cherry’s Rivière-Sens marina
- Caribbean and Creole food on the harbour.
- Del Medio Rivière-Sens marina
- generous fish dishes by the pontoons.
- Ti Maz Rivière-Sens marina
- creative Vietnamese-Caribbean cooking.
- L’Instant Bistrot Gourbeyre
- refined home cooking, tapas and cocktails.
Bouillante and Malendure
- La Touna Bouillante
- Gault&Millau-listed, grilled fish and sea view.
- Ô Z’Épices Bouillante
- fine dining listed by Gault&Millau.
- Le Rocher de Malendure Bouillante
- above the beach facing the Pigeon islets.
- Chez Sylvie Malendure beach
- beach restaurant, fish of the day.
Vieux-Habitants, Trois-Rivières, Deshaies
- Relais Beach Vieux-Habitants
- feet in the sand on Simaho beach.
- Ô Lokal Vieux-Habitants
- modern Creole flavours.
- Le Fétou Kreyol Trois-Rivières
- traditional Creole, near the Les Saintes ferry.
- Le Panga (Jardin Malanga) Trois-Rivières
- refined Creole dinner with a view of Les Saintes.
- La Savane Deshaies
- Gault&Millau-listed.
- La Croisière chez Lulu Deshaies
- grilled fish and lobster on the bay.
Frequently asked questions
Where to eat in Basse-Terre?
Habitation Desmarets for fine dining, Mélipona and Léwoz in town, and the Rivière-Sens marina restaurants 5 minutes away.