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Captain Bligh Restaurant and Bar Frommer's Highly Recommended

Cuisine Traditional French
Hours Restaurant Tues-Sun 11am-2:30pm and 6:30-9pm. Bar Tues-Sun 9am-10pm
Location PK 11.4, Punaauia, at the Lagoonarium (3.9km/2 1/3 miles south of Sofitel Tahiti Maeva Beach Resort on the round-island road), West Coast
Transportation Paea buses go by it during the day; take a taxi at night
Reservations Reservations recommended on weekends
Phone 43.62.90
Prices Burgers 1,300CFP (US$16/£8); lunch salad bar 1,700CFP (US$21/£11); main courses 1,800CFP-3,400CFP (US$23-US$43/£12-£22)
Credit Cards AE, MC, V

Frommer's Review

One of Tahiti's last large, thatched-roof buildings covers this restaurant beside the lagoon (you can toss bread crumbs to the fish swimming just over the railing). The food is not the best on the island, but you can't beat the old Tahitian charm. Specialties of the house are grilled steaks and lobster. Get here early to graze the all-you-can-eat lunchtime salad bar, which is so popular with locals that it quickly disappears. One of the island's top Tahitian dance troupes performs here Friday and Saturday nights after a seafood buffet -- the 5,000CFP (US$63/£32) per person price is an excellent value compared to the resort hotels' buffets and dance shows. You can sample local food at the ma'a Tahiti buffet Sunday at noon. A pier goes out to the Lagoonarium here.

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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