Most nightlife centers on the hotels, where activities usually include barbecues and dancing to steel bands. In season, at least one hotel seems to have something planned every night. Beer is extremely cheap at all the places noted.
Aquatic Club, adjacent to the departure point of the ferryboat from St. Vincent to Young Island (tel. 784/458-4205), is the loudest and most raucous nightspot on St. Vincent; it often features live reggae, soca, or calypso. It's a source of giddy fun to its fans and a bone of contention to nearby hotel guests, who claim they can't sleep because of the noise. On Friday and Saturday nights, things heat up by 11pm and continue to the wee hours. Other nights of the week the place functions as a bar. Centered on an open-sided veranda and an outdoor deck, it's open every night from 10pm to 2 or 3am. There's no cover.
The hotel with the best entertainment is predictably Young Island Resort, Young Island (tel. 784/458-4826), which in winter hosts live musical entertainment on Wednesday nights. A West Indian band is brought in on Friday night for the manager's sunset cocktail party. Local musicians play on instruments made of bottles, gourds, and bamboo. The week's events are climaxed on Saturday with steel band music and a barbecue dinner.
Vee Jay's Rooftop Diner & Pub, Upper Bay Street in Kingstown (tel. 784/457-2845), is across from the Cobblestone Inn. Come here for vegetable rotis and curried goat, consumed with the bittersweet mauby, a local drink made from tree bark. Come here on a Wednesday or Friday night, and you're treated to karaoke along with a panoramic view of the harbor.
