Cane Garden Bay restaurants and the rest of Tortola

On Tortola the beach dinner is in Cane Garden Bay, whose restaurants sit on the north-shore sand, reason enough to stay there. The rest of the island eats in Road Town's dinner rooms, around the harbor at West End and beside the airport at Trellis Bay, and every one of those tables is a drive home, not a boat ride.

Written by Virgin Islands Villas · Updated Oct 2026

Tortola restaurants and bars, side by side

Hours as each restaurant publishes them, on the day in the last column; the price band, $ to $$$$, is our read of its menu. Every listing is free; a restaurant can ask to be added or corrected through our contact page.
Name	Cuisine	Area	Price	Hours	Reservations	Phone	Checked
ONDE Map	Italian, Customs House, Pier Park	Road Town	$$$	Mon–Sat: lunch 12:30–3 pm, dinner 6:30–9:30 pm; closed Sun	Taken	(284) 543-6633	Oct 2026
The Dove Map	Contemporary international, Main Street; Dragonfly Lounge upstairs	Road Town	$$$	Dinner Tue–Sat from 6 pm, bar from 5 pm; Dragonfly lunch Tue–Fri 12–3 pm; closed Sun–Mon	Taken	(284) 494-0313	Oct 2026
Bamboushay Restaurant & Lounge Map	Caribbean, fish and grilled pizzas, Waterfront Drive	Road Town	$$	Sun–Thu 7:30 am–10 pm; Fri–Sat 7:30 am–11 pm	Taken	(284) 494-7752	Oct 2026
Pusser's Pub Map	Pub food and Caribbean plates, Waterfront Drive	Road Town	$$	Daily 10 am–10 pm	—	(284) 494-3897	Oct 2026
Rhythm + Sands Map	Caribbean grill, seafood and pasta on the beach	Cane Garden Bay	$$	Daily 9 am–10 pm	Taken	(284) 541-9928	Oct 2026
Myett's Garden & Grille Map	Caribbean grill: lobster, fish, steak; open-air on the beach	Cane Garden Bay	$$$	Daily 11 am–10 pm (Thu from 10 am)	Taken	(284) 495-9649	Oct 2026
1748 Restaurant Map	Caribbean, in an 18th-century distillery at Long Bay Beach Resort	West End	$$$	Breakfast 8–10 am, lunch 12–3 pm, dinner 6–9 pm; Sunday brunch 10 am–2 pm	Taken	(284) 346-3452	Oct 2026
Pusser's Landing Map	Waterfront pub and restaurant, Soper's Hole	West End	$$	Daily 10 am–10 pm	—	(284) 495-4554	Oct 2026
Trellis Bay Market Bar & Grill Map	Casual grill and mini-market; the full moon party buffet	Trellis Bay	$$	—	—	(284) 540-1421	Oct 2026

Cane Garden Bay restaurants, on the beach

Two kitchens share the sand, a few minutes apart along the bay. Rhythm + Sands is the new name on the old Quito's Gazebo, opened by its new owners in November 2024: a Caribbean grill of seafood and pasta that serves all day, with lobster at market price and a 15% service charge already on every bill. Myett's has cooked on the same beach since 1992 by its own account, an open-air grill of lobster, fish and steak with a garden of suites behind it, and it recommends a booking.

The bay suits a party that wants dinner within a walk of the house. Road Town is over the ridge, so a Cane Garden Bay villa eats here most nights and drives to town for a change.

Where to eat in Road Town, West End, Trellis Bay

In Road Town for dinner, at the West End harbor for a pub plate, at Trellis Bay for the full moon. Road Town keeps the island's dinner rooms. ONDE, an Italian kitchen in the Customs House at Pier Park, serves lunch and dinner six days a week and seats walk-ins when it has room; The Dove, a chandelier-lit room in a West Indian cottage on Main Street across from the ferry dock, calls reservations essential. Bamboushay and Pusser's Pub sit on Waterfront Drive, a short walk from the ferry terminal, for a plate between boats.

West End is Pusser's Landing on the harbor at Soper's Hole and the 1748 Restaurant at Long Bay Beach Resort, set in an 18th-century distillery. Trellis Bay, beside the airport, is the market bar and grill that hosts the full moon party with a Caribbean buffet on the night, and the nearest supper to a late flight in.

The tradeoff: the ridge road after dark

Tortola is the one BVI island where dinner never depends on a boat, and the price is the road. The ridge road between the two coasts is steep, traffic keeps left, and from a West End villa a dinner in Road Town is 33 minutes each way by our measurement, over the ridge at night. Plan the late dinners near the house and keep the cross-island table for lunch.

The weeks are short in places, as of October 2026: ONDE closes on Sundays, The Dove on Sundays and Mondays. BVI Restaurant Week, usually in late October, puts prix fixe dinners on many of these tables; the Tourist Board lists the year's dates and kitchens.

Questions about Tortola restaurants and bars

Where to eat in Cane Garden Bay?

At Rhythm + Sands or Myett's, both on the beach. Rhythm + Sands serves daily from 9 am to 10 pm, with mains from $25 to $42 on its October 2026 menu and a 15% service charge on the bill; Myett's, a grill since 1992, recommends a reservation by phone.

What happened to Quito's Gazebo?

It is Rhythm + Sands now. Quito Rymer played his farewell concert in July 2024, MHV Resorts and Hotels took over the property, and the restaurant opened under its new name on November 29, 2024, beside the new Cane Garden Bay Beach Hotel.

Which Tortola restaurants take reservations?

ONDE, The Dove, Bamboushay, Rhythm + Sands, Myett's and the 1748 Restaurant, as of October 2026. The Dove calls them essential; ONDE also seats walk-ins when it has room. The Pusser's pubs and the Trellis Bay grill publish no booking rule.

Sources: Rhythm + Sands (checked Oct 16, 2026) · ONDE (checked Oct 16, 2026) · The Dove (checked Oct 16, 2026) · BVI Tourist Board (checked Oct 16, 2026)