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Le cool heure / opa mahokid 58 minutes ago Just a bit of traffic going north to gran case but much more traffic heading south especially the road south of the bridge to Cole Bay.

At Cool Huere we were greeted with a big bon jour as the clientele is almost completely French.
They shovel their food, clean their plates and smoke alot.

We decided to sit outside with the breeze but they now have an small inside dinning room with fans.

The chalkboard menu is in French and although I understand all the main food items, our server (part owner) was happy to translate.

We started off with one of the two appetizers, light fried fish arcades ( fish fritters) server with a slightly spicy sauce. Yum!

Beautifully plated entrees included rare tuna and a fish filet baliste.
Both were very good

While out of the strawberry tiramisui, I enjoyed the custard and berry clafouti

With a bottle of rose and the service (french side) included the bill was less than $100 .

With a casual atmosphere, le cool heure feels very french compared to the other popular restaurant.
Thank you Linda for your recommendation so long ago.

BTW if you're looking, cool heure is just south after exiting grand case boulevard just past the basketball courts.

We stayed late in the pool (530pm) and then chilled in the room still full from lunch.

Around 800 we tossed around some ideas for dinner and not wanting to drive anywhere, we walk across the street to Opa.
Our friendly security guard shows us the sneaky way in using the RI la Teresse elevators since my wife doesn't presently enjoy stairs.

Greeted with a big smile, we were shown a high top table overlooking the street across to the sonesta.
It is comical to watch the obese guests leaving sonesta hotel in outfits even hookers wouldn't wear as they take too many selfie and then hop in a cab to go clubbing in maho.
You all know, high heels that you cannot walk in are not proper island footwear.
If you're wondering, Lotus, nowhere special and We are the most popular places for these folks.
Didn't see alot of guys exiting the hotels.
I understand there are great inexpensive packages out of new york.

Not that hungry, we did four small plates which all were good and left us satisfied.
Our first two were an eggplant spread with pita and a moist tender octopus.

Next we enjoyed a saganaki, feta in honey and a nice version of spanakopita.

Too full for dessert we won a few quick dollars at the casino royale.

Service at opa was attentive and very friendly.
15 % was added along with some extra for very good service

If we had eaten earlier, they off a buy 1 get 1 drink and 20% off appetizers.

Thank you to all who recommended Opa and Week 34 maria

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Restaurant closures in Sept stangied Yesterday at 01:13 PM We have some friends going to St Martin for the first time next week to and they are asking for a list of restaurants that we like.
We have only been to St Martin once in Sept and it was 2018 1 year after Irma. A lot of restaurants that normally close in Sept were open that Sept if they were operational. We normally are there in May/June.
They will be staying at the JW Marriott.
Does anyone know if the restaurants in Oyester Pond area and at Grand Case will be open then? If so can you list the ones that will be open in these two areas
Also we will tell them to check out Orient Village restaurants
Thanks in advance for any info and suggestions.

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Attention Barby & Leo / Pineapple Pete's mahokid Yesterday at 11:22 AM A morning dip in the pool and headed over to Mullet to meet some friends s
and hopefully surprise Barby & Leo.
I bobbed my way up and down the beach but did not see them.
Bummer!!

For first timers to Mullet, you should disregard the "parking people) who are trying to "guide" you on what beach chairs and beach bar to go to Just waive them off and park where you find a spot.

Beach was pretty crowded with a long first line of chairs stretching all the way down the beach.
The ocean was calm and really don't think you can beat Mullet on a day like

Around 100 we popped in Rosie's for lunch.
They were busier than usual since the other restaurant was closed for the day.
We shared the chicken & ribs platter with a tasty burger but not good meat.
Of course the chicken & ribs were good.
Prices remain reasonable considering you are eating at the beach .

We returned to RI La Plage for some more pool time and later don't wine at golden bag bingo.
It's fun to play for stuff you really don't need or want.
I did win twice earlier in the week and do use my coffee mug since the ones in the unit are tiny.

After some lychee martinis at our place, we traveled to Pineapple Pete's with some pool friends.
They were empty but Pete said business really has been bustling.
I expected to hear Ronnie Santana playing but he must of been off for the night.

We shared the one love sushi roll which actually is pretty good.

Although we ordered the monster Thermador, we were only charged for the menu sized one.
Although it looked pretty big, I don't think all the lobster meat is replaced back in the shell.
It's good but does not compare to Bistro Caribes which much more per pound.

15% service is added with 3 other suggested amounts you can add with the biggest equally 20% total.

Seems like a polite way to do it.
Service tonight was adequate as he forgot to bring my wife's cocktail but much better than when they are busy and we have had fair service even with the big pineapple working the floor

Sort of glad it maybe was a smaller one as it was plenty for the two of us.

We were going to share the infamous rum creme burlee but only one was left and e we knew our dinning companions really wanted it.

Back to maho and into casino royale and gave wife a $20 quick limit.
On our 4th pull we fill the screen and double our investment

Home early

Sorry we missed Barby & Leo.
We plan on arriving at Le Cool Huere for lunch today at opening time 1200.
Feel free to let me know if you'd like to join us.

Sort of like dinner at lunch time
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Sad news mahokid Yesterday at 12:55 AM Apologies to bear sad news, the chef from Roma passed today incurring a cycle accident.
The restaurant was closed.

In our prayers for family and fellow workers.

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The Jazz Spot. Marigot. bran 09/04/2026 07:43 PM This sounds fun. Anyone been?

https://www.st-martin.org/restaurant/the-jazz-spot/

https://thejazzspotsxm.com/

https://www.instagram.com/thejazzspotsxm/

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Mario's Bistrot mahokid 09/04/2026 01:51 PM Thursday was the nicest day of our arrival with time spent in the pool and our first time bobbing in the ocean watching the planes landing over our heads.

We chose Mario's Bistrot to celebrate our 31st anniversary.
A guard will allow your car to enter the Cliffs residence which looks like a very nice property.

For the offer season, Mario's is offering a $50 3 course prix fixe, a nice way to sample his food which is usually on the pricer side although this dishes are complicated and plentiful.

There is a choice of 6 starters and 5 entrees.
Most dishes were familiar from previous visits.

My wife started off with a combination of tuna and wahoo sashimi garnished with a crab maki roll.
Pristine pieces of fish.

My starter was even better, duck nachos with a hoison sauce.

Entrees were actually big for our diminishing appetites.
My wife enjoyed seared rare tuna, crispy green beans, a purre that tasted like parsnips although pinkish in color.

My fresh mahi also with greens beans was accompanied with a pumpkin risotto ball and a red pepper puree.

We only ate half our entrees.

Dessert choices are limited to sorbet, ice cream or a dessert very similar to profiteroles.

A firmer pastry was filled with vanilla ice cream and finished with whip cream and a wonderful caramel sauce.

We throughly enjoyed our evening and thanked Mario on the way out.
Both of Mario's long time servers are no longer working for him since we have followed him back to his days in sandy ground.

We played an hour of slots at Starz and almost left even until the last machine took $20.
Still not bad for an hour of entertainment

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Mooring/Boatyball Question mriley4955 09/04/2026 01:16 PM Good day crew:

I was last down in June of 2025 and just completed our charter contract for June 207. I went onto the boatyball.com site and noticed something very odd. When I looked at the map today, there was not one boatyball showing reserved. Has something changed?

Any insight from those familiar would be appreciated.
Cheers

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Favorite places for snorkeling calle313 09/04/2026 08:54 AM Hi!
What´s your favorite places for snorkeling, where you don´t need to book a boat to get there? Renting a kayak would be fine, or preferably accessible from a beach!
Where is the best chance of seeing marine wildlife, turtles and other cool stuff? Are there any coral reefs on St. Martin, where are they located?

//Cheers!

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Friday…til today BarbyandLeo 09/03/2026 11:08 PM I know I’ve been lazy…I guess it’s just sand gravity.

Let’s start….Friday, we went to Buccaneers for a beach day. We got there about 11:00 so we had Bloody Marys and a Club Sandwch between the two of us. Very good! We’ve never been disappointed at Bucaneers. After breakfast, we went to the beach and had a swim. Ordered a bucket of beer and proceeded to chill when it started pouring! After about 5 nminutes we decided to just go and get cover in the restaurant. Of course once we finished the beer, the rain stopped! Nice day nonetheless

Saturday, we stayed at “home” nice day at the pool and dinner here.

Sunday and Monday were cruddy days…got Leo to cook a lasagna as definitely not beach days. Although it was good, not the best he’s made.

Monday we went on a shopping spree to Ma Doudou for gifts (list of requests), Super U to replenish our cupboard

Tuesday was a day to Anse Marcel beach, all was closed but beach was still beautiful.

Wednesday we spent the day in Grande Case Beach, it was beautiful. We had a lovely conversation with a “local” which gave us a lot of suggestions on the island. Said best ox tail is at Chez Coco in Marigot (will check it out)! After our day at the beach we headed to the lolos…went to Talk of the Town for some ribs. Ribs there have always been good..not that day! We had apps of crab backs and shrimp skewers (really good) ribs, rice and peas and cole slaw. Took away leftover ribs (I’m sure I can fix lol)

Thursday…Today stayed at Orient Beach. Beach was nice although with a little sargassum, met a couple from Syracuse that were here on a cruise (not first timers to SXM). As I had leftover ribs from last night which I needed to “fix”,…our dinner will be the ribs and a pizza from Bona Mama. We had the Pistachio Pizza at Mahokid’s place which we thought had great ingredients and the crust just needed a little extra cooking…we’ll find out tonight!

Planning Mullet Bay Beach day tomorrow…

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Blind Creek stangied 09/03/2026 01:44 PM Has anyone on here been to Blind Creek in the last few days? Has there been being a lot of seaweed lately? We are going down in a few days and I know that the seaweed situation can change day by day but was wanting to know how it is now?

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