Frommer's Review
While the marina facilities here are less comprehensive and formal than those available at more lavish marinas closer to George Town, the restaurants are superior to other Cayman Island yacht-club dining and drinking establishments.
The Kaibo Beach Bar & Grill offers superb food and a fun, gregarious atmosphere. The management's lighthearted but intensely professional approach to the restaurant business has helped transform this compound into a Sunday-afternoon beachfront hangout that some Caymanians drive long distances to reach.
Some aspects of the club evoke a beach compound in the tropics, thanks to flaming torches, multilevel terraces, cabanas roofed in palm thatch, and a clientele that, especially on weekends, might remind you of South Beach in Miami during the Winter Music Conference. It's easy to get hooked on the compound's beach-level bar, operated by England-born Daniel Petts. A sense of whimsy has endeared the bar to several generations of boat-owners from around the Caribbean, who head here, often over water, for a day of sun, sand, food, and companionship with like-minded friends, mooring and servicing their craft at the marina. The simple daytime menu features burgers, salads, and sandwiches, while dinner focuses on freshly caught local fish.
But if you're looking for cuisine that's much more sophisticated than what's available from the bar, we recommend you climb a flight of exterior steps for one of the best meals on Grand Cayman. Here, within Cecil's Restaurant, you'll find decor that evokes a combination of pagan temple, treehouse, and Palladian villa, with the "bones" of a clipper ship (mast, rudder, and part of the rigging) suspended from the ceiling. As you eat, some of the most lazily hypnotizing ceiling fans on Grand Cayman circulate the air beneath the soaring ceiling.
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