St. Thomas Restaurants: East End Dining

The East End area is home to the Ritz Carlton St. Thomas Resort and a lot of amazing restaurants and bars. To view a restaurant, click on a link below or scroll down to see the complete list of restaurants.

East End Cafe
The Blue Moon Cafe
Ainsley's Beachside Cafe
Bonnie's By the Sea
The Cellar
Off the Hook
Coco Blue
Robert's American Grille
Carmen's Mexican Restaurant
Amigo's Dockside Cantina
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East End Cafe

 
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East End Café serves Italian cuisine with regional Caribbean influences. They are open for lunch and dinner daily, and brunch Saturday and Sunday. East End Café has over 250 varieties of wine from acclaimed vineyards and from lesser known winemakers, creating a unique collection of domestic and international vintages and sweet dessert wines.
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The Blue Moon Cafe

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The Blue Moon Café is a waterside, open air restuarant that serves American cuisine with regional Caribbean influences. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. There is also a bar/lounge that serves specialty cocktails and is a great place to relax and hang out by the water. Recommended dishes are the fried frog legs, grilled swordfish, and Jamaican rum glazed pork loin.
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Ainsley's Beachside Cafe

Ainsley's Beachside Café has an eclectic menu of mostly American cuisine with some Caribbean and Mediterranean influences. Try appetizers like sweet and spicy applewood smoked bacon, 1 pound of fire roasted chicken wings (baked then fried), or black bean hummus with calamata olives and warm pita points. Entrees consist of salads, sandwiches, burders paninis, and stone oven pizzas. Ainsley's also serves specialy cocktails, rum punch, wine and beer.
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Bonnie's By the Sea

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Bonnie's By the Sea is a festive beach bar at the Elysian Beach Resort that serves authentic West Indian cuisine. Bonnie's makes amazing cocktails, including the St. Thomas classic Bushwacker, and the Monkey In A Tree. There is live music Monday, Wednesday, and Friday - Sunday. Enjoy fresh fish, hand cut steaks, some of the best cheeseburgers on the island, and fresh local lobster. Tuesday is all you can eat shrimp day, and Sunday is Bonnie's famous pig roast! The Sunday Beach Bar-B-Cue has a marinated pig roasted on the spit, grilled local fish and BBQ chicken. Bonnie's is a frequent winner of the VI Daily News Poll Awards, such as "Best Limin' Spot," "Most Romantic Setting," "Best Restauranteur Bonnie Erb," Best Breakfast," and "Best Place to Meet Celebrities."
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The Cellar

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The Cellar, the sister restaurant of the East End Cafe, is a progressive American seafood restaurant. You can find lobster and fish, as well as truffle mac & cheese and game such as elk, buffalo, wild boar, chicken and beef dishes. The Cellar also specializes in wine and food pairings and specialty cocktails. They have Happy Hour from 5 to 7 daily (1/2 price martinis), and a Raw Bar on Saturday nights - freshly shucked oysters, Alaskan King crab legs, and Chef's Ceviche.
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Off the Hook

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Off the Hook is a seafood restaurant located right on the docks of Red Hook, adjacent to the ferry to St. John. Local fishermen who dock here bring fresh fish every day. It doesn't get any fresher than that! Off the Hook has a casual and fun atmosphere, and the crowd is mostly upscale tourists and diners from nearby moored sailboats. Try the crispy conch fritters with sweet-hot banana chili chutney, fresh fish stew with scallops, shrimp, mahi mahi, conch, and calamari in a coconut curry broth; the yellowfin tuna, tuna and salmon sushi platter, or Black Angus steak.
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Coco Blue

Coco Blue, formerly Lotus Asian Grill, opened this fall after being completely renovated. Coco Blue serves fresh seafood brough in daily by fishermen and creative, island inspired cuisine. The owners kept some of the Lotus favorites (some sushi rolls, sashimi, tempura cheesecake). The new menu includes fish tacos, Poblano Crab Souffle, Coco Chipotle Ceviche, and Grilled Caribbean Lobster stuffed with crab. Happy Hour is served daily from 5 to 7pm with all drinks 2 for 1. Coco Blue is open at 5pm daily for dinner and cocktails.
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Robert's American Grille

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Robert's American Grille is casual beachside restaurant, great for a romantic dinner for two. Enjoy cocktails and appetizers like baked brie, or artichoke conch dip. The menu consist of eclectic American cuisine.
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Carmen's Mexican Restaurant

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Carmen's Mexican Restaurant serves delicious Tex Mex cuisine. There are two open air decks overlooking the forest and the sea, and one covered bar that specializes in tequila and making margaritas. Bill, the owner, makes a variety of enchiladas, like flat enchiladas, crab enchiladas, chipotle grilled shrimp enchiladas (with ground shrimp rather than chopped for more flavor in each bite). Bill also makes a great chimichanga, rib eye steak (he spent the summer with Mexican cowboys who showed him how it's done!), pork shoulder carnitas with green sauce, chilis rellenos stuffed three ways with crabmeat, grilled shrimp, and deep fried tilapia.
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Amigo's Dockside Cantina

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Amigo's Dockside Cantina serves spicy Mexican food in the second floor of a building with one of the best views in Red Hook. The upper level location also guarantees a nice breeze for outside diners during the hot summer months. Patrons can choose from their menu of traditional Mexican favorites with a touch of Caribbean flavors. Try their homemade empanadas, the Chile Rellenos, Camarones a la Diablo (white shrimp sauteed with Mexican peppers and tomatoes), double decker stuffed tacose, or Hangover Breakfast. Every six pack of beer comes with a free taco! Happy Hour is from 3 to 6 every day, $4 margaritas, $2 Dos Equis, Amber Dos Equis, Corona, and Corona Light.
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