Hmmmm, I dont really think in terms of a 'budget' either, but if it helps at all, on our most recent trip our dinners seemed to average from $85.00 on the low side to one evening where our dinner ran over $170.00 for two but that did include one bottle of wine with dinner and a shared dessert souffle as well as apps before our main selections. I think the average dinner out (or lunch on two separate occasions...) ran about $105.00 for the two of us with never more than a glass or two of wine included. And while that would definitely add up over two or three weeks of vacation we counter-balanced those meals by the fact there were many days when it was either lunch or dinner out and other days when we didn't eat out at all and enjoyed the luxury of meals on the balcony of our timeshare.
And as embarrassing as this is to admit, when talking in terms of eating/SXM, quite honestly, we thoroughly enjoyed those fresh baguette sandwiches with some fruit and island cheeses and a glass or two of wine thrown in for good measure - thank you Jeannie for providing the best eating in provisions available - almost as much as we enjoyed our higher end dinners out. There are days you just don't want to have to eat out and we seemed to have quite a few of them this past trip. And then there's the reheat nights - and we had a few of those, too, and with our oven and micro put to good use, we enjoyed them almost as much as the original dinners - I'm always amazed at the size of the portions some restaurants serve......
St. Maarten/St. Martin has such a wide variety of eating/dining choices that you really can do it as inexpensively or as high-end as you are personally comfortable with. We're not particularly what you might class as real foodies but we can definitely be little piggies at times!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
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