The Best of West End Restaurants
$ – between $5- $10 per main dish $$ – around $15 per main dish $$$ – around $20 -$25 per main dish $$$$- Over $30
Restaurants are listed in geographical order starting farthest east. My favorites are listed in red.
Café de Palo $$-$$$ Located inside Las Orquideas resort, this waterfront café has great views and good coffees and teas. However, the food prices are insanely high for what you get and it can take forever for the food to come out. So I really don’t recommend it for food.
Stowaway $$-$$$ – The newest addition to West End’s favorite restaurants, this gastro pub with a Spanish flair has a rotating menu of delicious foods. They have excellent vegetarian and vegan options as well as a small but tasty cocktail menu. I like the frozen sangria. It has quickly become a favorite of expats for their creative menu.
Lorettas – $$ A great place for island style cooking. The menu has all the favorites: stewed chicken, whole fried fish, etc. They have a limited number of tables and are very popular so get their early. They also do lovely lunches.
Lily Pond House $$ This charming restaurant is located on the road to Half Moon Bay Cabins. The setting is great for a romantic meal and the prices are very reasonable. One of the followers of the Responsible Seafood Guide, they serve sustainably sourced seafood. They also have chicken, pork, and a whole lot more. I love the grilled pork chop with their delicious garlic mashed potatoes. About $8 – $12 for a main.
Argentinean Grill $$$-$$$$ Already established as an institution in West End, and doing honor to the traditional Argentine grills, they offer steak and seafood dishes. The twice baked potato is my favorite side. The charcoal broiled tenderloin is a favorite as well. Salads and vegetarian dishes are also available. Try their homemade chimichurri sauce on your steak; it is awesome!
Sundowners Beach Bar and Restaurant $ Located on the beach on Half Moon Bay, this place is an institution. Everyone that has been to West End has been to Sundowners. A great mix of locals and tourists alike, this is the perfect place to go. There is no better place to watch the sunset with a drink in hand. Or come during the day and work on your tan in their beach chairs and order lunch. In addition to wraps, sandwiches, and bar food, they have the best hamburgers on the island. They serve lunch and dinner every day. They also show most major sporting events.
Beach House Restaurant $$ – $$$$ Located upstairs in the Beach House, the yellow house on the beach next to Sundowners. This charming lounge serves up decent but expensive food. I find the menu uninspiring and short on any local ingredients. Examples include salmon risotto, tuna tataki, and a charcuterie board. They do have a good cocktail, and the views of the sunset are fantastic.
Silversides $$$ A gastro pub run by a professional chef, the food here never disappoints. They have a regular menu as well as a bunch of rotating specials. The food ranges from lamb curries to cauliflower wings to Caesar salad to lobster pot pie. It is all over the place and always delicious. The cocktail menu is one of the best on the island.
Sandy Buns $$ This lovely bakery and restaurant serves up BBQ, Tex Mex, burgers, and sandwiches. Their food is absolutely delicious. I love the chicken enchiladas and the veggie sandwich. They also have a good breakfast. Open for breakfast and lunch M-F.
Pura Vida $$ – $$$- A newish Costa Rican restaurant located inside the Gelato place. This cute beachfront restaurant serves up Central American favorites such as fried pork belly on cabbage salad, ceviche, and coconut fish stew. The sangrias are good and are 2-for-1 on Wednesdays.
Cannibal Café $ The best Mexican food on Roatan. They have tacos, huge burritos, giant quesadillas, chimichangas, tostadas, chips and salsa, bean dip, and much more. The chips here are divine. They make their flour tortillas from scratch and then cut and deep fry them to make the chips. Worth every Calorie! If you are up for a challenge, eat 3 of their huge burritos in one sitting, and they are free. They also have lionfish tacos and a good breakfast menu.
Drunken Sailor $-$$ This restaurant has fantastic pizza and a rotating menu of delicious Italian specials. They do pizza by the slice as well as whole pizzas. They have homemade pastas that are reasonably priced. The sangria is delicious. They are also open late. The pizza doesn’t do well as takeaway as it gets soggy quite quickly.
Ginger’s $$-$$$ Located on the far left side of Half Moon Bay Beach, this beachfront seafood restaurant is owned by a couple from Texas who can cook! The food is a mix of Tex-Mex and local seafood. They are one of the few places that serves fresh fish and they do it well. They also have great burgers and daily specials. It is another good spot to watch sporting events though I much prefer to use their beach lounge chairs. They close around 7:30 pm for dinner so get there early.
Blue Marlin $ – $$ Lunch and Dinner every day but Sunday. Their lunch menu has all the typical items: sandwiches, burgers, etc. But they also have great bar snacks such as tator tots, buffalo chicken taquitos, and more. The food is good and reasonably priced. The bar gets lively at night, especially for Karaoke Thursdays and Party Friday.
Café Escondido $ Located above West End Divers, a comfortable atmosphere and quality items for a great value! In addition to their Asian rice and noodle bowls (the Teriyaki is my favorite) they have salads, soups, sandwiches, great breakfasts, and more. In addition they also have Espresso drinks, Ice Coffees, Fruit Smoothies, Cocktails, Local Beers, cocktails, etc. Open for Breakfast and Lunch. Closed Monday.
Thai Place – $$$ It is not cheap, and the food is inconsistent. It used to be great, but the quality has gone downhill, and the prices have gone up by 30%. It is $20 – $25 per entrée, which is a lot to pay for Thai food.
Splash Inn $$ Italian Restaurant with grilled meats and seafoods. The food is so-so.
Anthony’s Chicken $ Pretty good grilled chicken and typical Honduran food. The jerk chicken is not jerk chicken, it is grilled with a Honduran spice blend. It’s still delicious, though.
Roatan Chocolate Factory $ – $$- Amazing desserts, great hot chocolate and ice cream. The chocolate is grown in Honduras and made on sire. They do good breakfasts and lunches for reasonable prices plus lovely passionfruit wine spritzers.
Happy Harry’s $$ The place is built right out over the water. The man who owns it was recently arrested and remains detained by local police for sex trafficking of minors. Needless to say, I don’t recommend going there.
Rotisserie Chicken $ The name says it all. They have rotisserie chicken. I believe a whole chicken and 2 sides is around $15. It is a favorite among West Enders. The coconut beans and rice and delicious as is the garlic yucca. They also have really, really good desserts. I recommend getting there no later than 6:30 as they sell out fast.
Cognacs Pizza – $$ Great American style pizza and chicken wings. The best pizza place in West End.
Buccaneers – $$ – $$$ Located just at the entrance to Sunset Villas, this beach restaurant has chairs you can use for free. They have a huge menu with decent food. Lots of seafood options.
Calico Jack $$$ Located inside Brisas Del Mar Hotel, this poolside and beachfront restaurant has upscale bar fare. They also have a huge selection of tequilas and make a mean margarita.
Titas Pink Seahorse $-$$ A dive bar located on the beach about a 3 minute walk from Brisas Del Mar, Tita’s is a favorite among expats, locals, and tourists alike. She is usually open every day but sometimes she isn’t. It is a quiet place to watch the sunset with a cold beer in hand. They also have cornhole. The food is typical bar food but is always delicious. The sand flies can be bad here so bring spray
Luna Beach $$-$$$$ Located at the far end of the beach, Luna Beach Resort as a beachside restaurant and a juice bar / café that does good breakfasts. The beach restaurant has burgers as well as daily themes such as Italian or sushi. The food is very good but I do find it a bit overpriced. Oasis and Silversides offer better value for money in my opinion.
Outside West End on the main road
Crisp – $$ A salad, juice, and poke bowl place located outside West End in the turquoise mall. They have delicious salads and the poke bowels are to great. They have AC and wifi. They also do fresh pressed juices which are a rarity on the island.
Junior’s Pizza $$$ – Located next to the teal mall just outside of West End, this artisanal pizza place makes delicious pies. The seating area is very cute but limited. It is BYOB. Follow them on Facebook for opening hours as they change frequently.
Pazzo– $-$$ head outside of West End at the round-about and take a right. The restaurant is on the right hand side. Great Italian with homemade pastas, bread, desserts. It is one of my favorite restaurants. The menu changes all the time. And reservations are recommended as they run out of tables and food most nights. 9889-1732. BYOB
Oasis Restaurant – $$-$$$ Outside of West End about 1/3 of the way before the turning to West Bay, this restaurant is amazing. It has an ever changing menu that includes things like Chipotle ribs, blue cheese gnocchi, curries, and more. Their menu is fresh and inspired and the food is delicious. They also have a great cocktail menu and yummy desserts. Reservations are recommended as is a taxi there and back 9484-6659
Street Food Some people are too afraid to try it. Mistake! Street food is not to be missed and most is only $5 per plate
*Miss Jenny Across from Jackson’s Market and next to Captain Van’s Scooter Rentals, Jenny serves up delicious traditional island style food for lunch. Her menu changes every day but she usually has stewed pork, oxtail, grilled beef, BBQ Chicken, and occasionally picked crab. It is served with a choice of sides including potato salad, rice and beans, coleslaw, pasta, and plantains. About $5.
*Pork Taco Man In the evenings until late night, several taco stalls open on the side of the street. One is by Coconut Tree, another by Cannibal café. But they do move around. The food is good. 3 Tacos or 2 Gringas for $5. If you like spicy, pile on their homemade sauce.
*Mexican Grill Guy Located in an actual building just before Anthony’s Chicken, they make delicious plates of typical Honduran food plus tacos and grilled chimichurri pork. He is also one of the few street food vendors that uses real plates instead of plastic and Styrofoam. Plates from $5.
*Baleada Lady – On the Beach just before Monkey Island, she makes delicious baleadas (home made tortilla with refried beans, your choice of grilled meat, and pickled onions). Plus she has the best hot sauce and pickled onions in West End. And all for under $2.
*Keith Woods- Open for breakfast and lunch, he has a wooden thatch hut on the beach in front of Woody’s Grocery on Half Moon Bay. Great typical island BBQ: chicken, beef, or pork with beans, rice, pico de gallo, etc. He also has great fish. He buys fish off the local fishermen when available and he grills it right there. It is one of the only places with seafood that hasn’t been frozen.
