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my wife and I often eat in at the condo...then venture out for dessert. what restaurants have the best desserts on sxm? what do you order? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" />

Pineapple Pete (not my favorite restaurant for dinner) has delicious dark rum crème brulee. An added bonus is that they usually have live music in the evening. They also make pretty tasty coffee drinks. Their Spanish coffee is dessert all by itself.

Le Soufflé au Caramel at the Cottage in Grand Case is the best !!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/circle.gif" alt="" />

Chocolate Lava cake at the Rancho del Sol above Orient.
We stop there on our way back from Grand Case after dinner, have a great desert and a couple shots of rum. Perfect way to end a Saint Martin day.

We honestly like the Taste Factory. Lots of wonderful desserts, close by and in April they had a Happy Hour for desserts. We usually get the desserts, then cook at "home".

chocolate lava cake at Mary's Boon was really good too!! soufflés at Antoine's are fabulous!! Taste Factory - the best almond croissant I ever had!!

There are desserts and there are desserts. It depends on what KIND of dessert you're interested in. Certainly that is an option to purchase a dessert and take it home, since they want to eat dinner at home, if it's like a regular cake or cheesecake or something like that, but not so much a creme brulee or molten chocolate cake, etc.

As far as my favorite desserts, I love a classic creme brulee. Bistrot Caribes has a great one, as well as a chocolate molten lava cake. Le Cottage has a wonderful chocolate souffle. At LaVilla, they had a wonderful combination dessert which was a creme brulee, and a couple of other things that I can't remember now. In December we also had a really fun dessert at Temptation called the Flower Pot dessert. You can see a picture of it in my trip report, as well as some of the other desserts we enjoyed.

In general, many or most restaurants have their menus online, so if there is something in particular you are looking for in a dessert, you can see who might offer that particular dessert.

Not a restaurant but if you like ice cream or sorbet, you might want to try Le Carroussel in Simpson Bay. They have a pretty large selection of flavors, some unique, and they have tables for eat-in.

Le Cottage in Grand Case has wonderful dessert soufflés: Chocolate, Grand Marnier and a third which I can't remember although I believe it is Caramel? It’s a toss-up between the chocolate and Grand Marnier as to which we like best. Typically the soufflé is served with a couple of French macarons which are my favorite cookie and a small scoop of glace.

Bistrot Caraïbes also in Grand Case has a wonderfully decadent chocolate molten cake served with glace.

Lee's Roadside Grill offers a large and delicious slice of chocolate covered banana choc chip cake. Big enough to share.

Another favorite is profiteroles and we have had them at several places.

Yes, it's caramel at Le Cottage, and it's absolutely fabulous!

So now I have to ask a question: I've always wanted to stop at one restaurant for a cocktail and an appetizer, move to another for the main course, and then to a third for dessert. My husband has never wanted to do that because he thinks it's unfair to the restaurant to occupy a table and not have a complete meal. Opinions?

Off season, I really don't think it's a problem at all for the restaurant. High season, maybe? If the restaurant is totally full, maybe, but again, you'll be out more quickly. I wouldn't do it for just coffee, as they have to re-set the table afterward, but coffee and dessert, why not? We almost always travel in low season anyway, but we have often had our meal in Grand Case in one restaurant and gone to another for dessert. And we often have preceded the whole thing by drinks at Calmos, with feet in the sand. Not sure I would bother to do an app one place, then main one place and dessert in a third place. I personally don't think it's worth the trouble to eat at two different places at somewhere OTHER than Grand Case, if you have to get in your car and drive somewhere else. But that's just me.

We've done this before at Spiga, Bistrot Carraibes, L' Auberge Gourmand, and L' Estaminet. When we arrived, we made it clear we were there for only one course, and had no problem if they couldn't serve us. All four places welcomed us in and treated us as if we were ordering a full meal.

That night, Bistrot only had 2 open tables, but still let us in.

To answer your question, I don't think it's unfair but I think the logistics of having appetizer, main course and dessert in 3 different restaurants might be a little challenging, especially if the 3 restaurants are not close to each other.

Perhaps you could consider Capt. Neil's "pub crawl," which does exactly that? The restaurants expect you there for just the appetizer, main, or dessert, depending. Maybe David would feel better about that?

I'm going to second the creme brûlée at Pineapple Pete's, which is my favorite. It's also one of our favorite places to eat dinner. I also like the banana chocolate chip cake at Lee's (which is definitely big enough to share). I don't share my creme brûlée though. That's all for me. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" /> And as noted, Carousel is a fun stop for gelato -- lots of different flavors to choose from...and you don't have to worry about holding up a dinner table.

Daniel's By the Sea/Mr Busby's - Choc lava cake...the best ever! Takes an extra 7 minutes to get...which they tell you, but would wait longer to have it again!!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/chef.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" />

They also have a great Espresso Martini!! That is dessert for me!!

Thanks to everyone who answered my question! We probably wouldn't do it anywhere but in Grand Case, as it's easy there.

The Pub Crawl is an interesting idea, Linda. Might just try that one night.

Mr. D's tempura apple pie at Temptation is the best I've had.

The Grand-Marnier souffle with light vanilla custard at Ocean 82 was awesome, according to a friend who ordered it the night we were there.
I don't have a sweet tooth but I could easily be talked into making room for a wild strawberries champagne sabayon. I had one in Paris more than 30 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />

A progressive dinner does sound like a fun idea in Grand Case. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/dine.gif" alt="" />

BZH in Oyster Pond. (crepes and ice cream sundaes)

Second the caramel souffle at Le Cottage.

At Pineapple Pete, the coconut bien me sabe is fantastic, too..I believe it is white cake soaked in coconut rum.

The best dessert I have tasted recently was the passion fruit mousse at Quai Ouest.