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Return to Oasis happy hour
mahokid
1 hour ago
Still a bit full from jazz brunch, we waddled across the street for happy hour at the Oasis bar.
We repeated the excellent calamari from the Roma menu as well as the wings from Mr Chow.
We ordered the smallest sushi platter call the boat in which we chose the lobster roll, angry dragon roll, 3 hamachi pieces and 2 pieces of salmon.
It was big to say the least knowing any leftovers would be for tomorrow's lunch and still pretty good if left out at room temperature for awhile.
$55 + $8 upgrade for chosing the lobster upgrade
Next time just the boat will do good for dinner.
With only 3 couples at the bar, the service was lacking as the empty plates sat in front of us until we asked for them to be removed.
I requested water and he forgot but was on his phone.
It drives me crazier to see servers on their phones in front of customers or even on their phones at all.
Pay attention to your guests.
Even our welcome and any friendliness were not good.
It seems that they weren't happy!
We gave our condolences to Marco and mentioned all the condolences from fellow traveltalkonline members.
He is doing okay but still a shock.
Being at work which keeps him busy will be good therapy.
We more than double our $20 investment at casino royale on the only machine that seems to be good to us.
Up $80 for the week.
Yahoo and we are having fun.
Today will be our last day, you know relax, do wash, semi pack, a lot of pool if weather allows, say good bye to week 36 friends.
Going to be tough dinner decision as we aren't food hungry!
Thanks all for following along.
Pool gravity was extremely strong this trip as we chilled everyday
Already planning next year, either visit friends in Saba or Anguilla
Not bad choices
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Oyster Pond Marina rebuild ever?
TJTrippe
3 hours ago
on recent trip we made rare detour trip to Westin/Marriott and noticed the docks that used to house massive nunber of sailboats/charter sailboats was nothing but piling stumps.
were they not insured? or did they take the check and say goodbye.
in the past we had easily parked in westin garage and walked around, now they had a manned gate and had to be a guest so we didnt. is the casino gone
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Rendezvous jazz brunch
mahokid
Yesterday at 09:46 PM
The skies opened up with a hard pounding rain just as we were on our way to cupecoy.
We navigated the bumpy mullet river which developed very quickly knowing it would dissipate on our return.
Were we greeted by Natalie who said a covered table in the rear would be ready shortly.
Barby and Leo drove down from orient to join us.
Shortly after the sun came back followed by a few lite showers bringing in the dreaded humidity.
Love hot jazz, not the humidity.
The music started a little late with Ronnie on bass joined by a drummer, guitar and horn.
Later a harmonica joined for a few songs.
I think I knew almost all the songs as they played pretty main stream.
Dock of the bay, marvin gayes what's going on were two from my memory.
Just really great musicians who play well together.
Really enjoy when they improvise during solos.
Pretty much the same local crowd with claudette taking pictures for out and about.
Our frozen mojitos were the best.
The tuna tar tar was excellent.
We tried the bo nem salad.
The meat was moist and tender. The noodles were sauced very well and the chicken nem also very good.
We only stayed for the 1st set.
A special thank you to Barby and Leo for joining us and also treating.
There were no guests drinking white wine sitting in front of us so we could see the musicians!!!
Maybe next year Carib Lee!!!
Earlier in the day we took a couple pictures from our friends unit on the 4th floor
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I need help with the travel calendar page
PrairieGirl
Yesterday at 03:45 PM
I haven't visited the travel calendar page in quite a while, but this morning I decided to post the dates of our upcoming January trip and see who else might be on island then.
But I'm having trouble logging in. Neither my username nor email will work using the password that I normally use for the forum. Okay, so maybe it has a unique password that I forgot to write down, so I hit the send new password button and get an error message.
Hmmm, maybe something's changed and I need a separate registration for the calendar, so I hit the register button and type in my credentials and it comes back with "that user name is already registered". But if that's the case and it won't send a new password to the already registered user name, I'm at a loss for what to try next.
Help!
TIA,
LeAnn
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Le cool heure / opa
mahokid
Yesterday at 12:14 PM
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
09/05/2026 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
09/05/2026 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
09/05/2026 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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