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try again cruzer 6 hours ago The wi-fi crapped out as I was posting this, and I have to resubmit. This may become a duplicate posting.
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We’re about 2/3 of the way through our 3 weeks stay at Grand Case Beach Club, so I thought I’d report in.

We arrived Tuesday Feb 10 and traffic absolutely sucked. It took about 30 minutes just to get out of the airport parking lot, and 2 hours to get to GCBC. But, once there everything was fine, although the water was a bit rough.

The water is around 82 degrees, which seems warmer than previous years.

I can’t believe how much nothing a person can pack into 14 days, but we do manage. I do a morning walk on the beach of a tad over 2 miles, or on the street to the cemetery and back if the water is too high. We generally have our big meal at lunch, with Mrs. Cruzer having snacks or leftovers for dinner and me often having a tartar dish at Sunset Café. Been doing quite a few snacks at the Café and noticed Marina is scanning the yachting brochures.

Meals of note. I’m beginning to put Bacchus at the top of my list, even though they only serve lunch. In the past, I’ve always wanted to try their caviar but got dissuaded by other selections that weighed more than 30 grams. Well, the caviar was big disappointment for me, but I’ll attribute it to my personal taste. 85 Euros was a bit much and I’ll take tobiko any day at 1/8th the price. But their raw salmon entrée made up for it.

Of course, we stopped for cheeses at Bacchus’s shop—30-month-old Compte, a triple cream with truffles, and just a plain ole roquefort.

Tried the yellow food truck across from Le Pressoir for the first time and it’s a good place. Very limited menu but fresh fish. I had a shallot tatin and a raw marlin with grilled pineapple. I’ll be back. Oh, the Marlin was 15 Euros.
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Carl’s Le Ti Coin Creole is now taking credit cards but he offers 1-1 for cash. He’s hitting his stride now and a very gracious host.

We’ve been to Le Taitu twice so far and will have one last meal there before Jean leaves March 27. It’s been a very reliable lunch place. Mrs. C will certainly miss him.

Spiga is providing shortened menu selections and isn’t currently serving my go-to dish.

Yvette’s was excellent as usual and the pan-fried snapper filet in creole sauce is now a thicker filet. And best Johnny Cakes on the island.
Other restaurants we’ve enjoyed were Pardon My French, Bistro Nu, Bistrot Caraibes, L’ Auberge Gourmande, Be Kool, and Nice.

I still want to try out KOHO and Java this week.

I have done quite a few meals in Sunset Café, as that is the perfect venue for the lazy. Their fish tartars are very good, as is their breakfast Greenie Toast (smoked salmon).

We still have 6 bottles of old vine Pouilly Fuisse and Chateauneuf du Pape to drink to enhance the lazy experience.

Not a shabby trip

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Baie Rouge - Mullet barryvabeach 20 hours ago We went to Baie Rouge yesterday, first time back since the restaurant and facilities went away. The beach was much bigger than I remembered, and the water was very calm. The parking area was in very bad shape, one gully looked to be 2 feet deep. We only stayed till noon due to the lack of food and facilities, but by the time we left, the beach seemed pretty empty, but the parking lot was full and probably two dozen or more cars were parked on the street.

Today we went to Mullet - No Chester, which was a disappointment, but got chairs from Denzial - $30 for 2 chairs and umbrella - he also gave us a pink wrist band. He said that was to let them know we could use the restroom. . The porta potty at Rosie is a big upgrade from last year - it is a trailer with a flush toilet ( like on a boat or plane ) and a sink. For food, my wife had the cheesburger which she thought was very good, and I had the chicken strips, which were very moist. As mentioned on another post, the place was slammed and service was slower than in the past. The water was great to swim in, but when I went to snorkel by the rocks on the left side, the water was full of what looked like dandelion seeds - certain that they were not dandelion seeds, but they were white and puffy and every where - made it hard to see anything

Tonight's dinner was at La Villa. We got there by 6, and by 6:45 every seat was taken. I had the veal scallopini special again, which was great, and my wife had the trigger fish, which was great as well.

Last photo is from Grand Case - have never been to Maho beach, and the planes that land at Grand Case airport are of course much smaller, but from certain angles, it looks like they are going to hit one of the houses - this afternoon's plane was a bit higher than some, but still looks pretty scary.

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Rosie's. What happened??? jonmar Yesterday at 05:45 PM Stood there in line to order at Mullet Bay today. 25 mins not one order taken. They take one and then leave everyone standing there for another 10 mins. Literally took 90 mins to eat there. People milling about for orders places 40 mins earlier. For such a gem the place used to be, what on Earth are they doing??

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Settled In At SBR Whale Tail Yesterday at 12:44 PM We left Toronto 10 minutes late on Saturday and arrived in SXM 35 minutes early. It took 35 minutes from wheels down on runway to greeting Lesley. Waiting for the luggage took up most of the time.

We are now fully unpacked and need to do the Carrefour trip for supplies, maybe later today for that. But the first thing to do today is breakfast at SMYC.

I've attached a few pics of our room and of the view from the balcony. Our room is the one on the top floor on the right. Quite the view!! There is a tree out the side window where the iguanas sleep at night. George,
Bernie put the rubber bumpers on the patio chairs on the balcony and noticed that you left 3 from last year.

There are not too many yachts anchored in Simpson Bay at this time but they should start arriving this week.

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Day 1 and two and 3… KGB Yesterday at 03:30 AM First night we ended up according to our tradition at Moulin Fou. We were disappointed with a quality of food and service. Our waiter was so tired that he barely moved and the rest of the staff were not very enthusiastic either.
Second night we went to the new for us place Pardon My French in Simpson Bay Area. The food was amazing and the service was top notch! Really enjoyed the duck breast and wife had fish stew with sea food… Amazing!
3rd night we went to the Secret Sea food house. We had grilled whole snappers, grilled mahi and it was absolutely delicious! Yummm….
Got rained today but not a biggie. The bigger problem for me are bloody mosquitoes! Don’t know what it is but after dozing myself with a bug spray, I woke up this morning with 15 bites on my body and they itch like a motherplucker! Grrrrrrr….I always spray my legs and arms but this time they bit me thru the shirt…. Bastards!

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Breakfast And Game At Mary's Boon Whale Tail 02/22/2026 01:24 PM We spent our first night here as our time share period starts on Sunday and the airline we use arrives on Saturday. In the future we will book the Saturday at SBR as I believe we now get a member discount and would be less of a hassle to move.
Looks like we're going to watch the hockey game here as we are checking out of one place and into another at 4pm.
As people have said before Mary's Boon has an unique charm and character of its own. We were only here for one night and we had a garden view room which was nice but a little dated. Breakfast was good and my wife said the Eggs Benedict here is better than SMYC because they use back bacon instead of ham.

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TSA PreCheck & Global Entry Temporarily Suspended ruralcarrier 02/22/2026 12:20 PM LINK

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Trip Report, Arrival, Grand Case Sebastien Orange Fever barryvabeach 02/22/2026 12:15 AM Arrived on Friday on American, They had a problem with the ramp and stopped us getting off the plane after about 2/3 of the passengers got off while they had someone work on the ramp. While we got through passport and picking up the luggage fairly quick, that may be because most of the plane had gotten off well ahead of us. It looked like 75% of the passengers had not completed the entry form in advance, and took some time entering info. We breezed through in a few seconds once a terminal became available.

Met Kenny outside, smiling as always, and he got us in our car and on our way in no time.

First stop after groceries was Sebastien Quillien ( we went back again today ) While the desserts are gorgeous, don't overlook the brownies, they were fantastic.

We are staying at a condo in Grand Case, first night we just walked up to the Lolos, Cynthia's Talk of the Town, had shrimp and curry rice, which was great.

Stayed at Grand Case beach the next day. Surprised at how much sand has disappeared - looks like a foot to two foot near Le Petit Hotel and Bleu Emeraude - leaving a lot of rock exposed and no easy way to go swimming at that end. The parts near Tropics, Capt Frenchy's, Rainbow and LTC all the way up to the old pier don't seem to have been hit that hard and didn't see any exposed rock.

Last night we went to Java. Forgot to take photos of the food but did take a photo of the layout - very nice open deck area. I had the scallops and risotto, which was okay, my wife had the sea bass filet special, which she loved.

Today was Orange Fever, and it was pretty busy . Got to see JC as usual, and love the padded chairs. Chatted with 2 different couples , one when we were on the loungers, and one when we were at tables for lunch. Both sets had been here numerous times . This is definitely the friendly island. The beach had a little sargassum but none in the water and swimming went well.

Tonight was La Villa - my wife got the mushroom stuffed ravioli, which she loved, I had the special - veal scallopini with a basil emulsion - out of this world. We never repeat restaurants when we come her, but I confirmed it will still be on the menu Monday, so we have reservations for Monday.

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Whale and tail safe arrival 👍😊❤️👏 Kennys 02/21/2026 05:47 PM Ready for their long vacation on Island 🏝️ enjoy 😉

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Marigot 2026 TOWZERONE 02/21/2026 02:27 PM Heading down for our anni in May this year
This will be our 8th time to the island and wanted to ask how has Marigot rebounded after the 2017 hurricane?
Our first trip there was 1999 and it was good back then with lots of stores open but I have heard thats not the case any longer
One of our favorite restaurants is there Le Tropicana
Last time we were there was in summer 2017 before Irma hit

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