Lone Star Restaurant

Description:

• This theatrical roofed-over deck fronting the beach has a casual atmosphere during the day, which becomes more elegant in the evening. This space, within the Lone Star Hotel, is one of the most-sought-after hipster dining spots on Barbados, more hip than The Cliff and a lot more fun. Top chefs cooking for a discerning international clientele turn out tuna tartare with vegetarian spring rolls, Caesar salad with tempura shrimp, blackened mahimahi or dorado or dolphinfish, chicken tikka masala, Caribbean fish pie (especially delectable with its cheesy mashed potatoes), and such fusion dishes as a Thai green king-prawn curry. For the überchic and über-rich, there's a dizzyingly expensive platter that features five kinds of caviar, as well as one with several species of fresh oysters -- though the prices aren't particularly daunting for the rock-'n'-roll, media, and entertainment-industry types and the upscale Europeans that mingle here.

• © Frommer's 2012

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Recommended 2010