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Fancy fish and chips at Cowell’s hangout?

GARY EDWARDS

NOWHERE does beachside restaurants better than the west coast of Barbados. Here are six of the best places for delicious food.

Lone Star, Alleynes Bay

This former garage is the number one hangout for the rich and famous, and is especially popular with guests from the luxury Sandy Lane resort nearby, such as Simon Cowell.

On a gorgeous beach, it serves up simple favourites such as beerbattered sea bass and chips (£32) and moules frites (£30), as well as the more exotic grilled jerk lobster (£52).

It’s easy to spend all day here, with lunch followed by an afternoon on a sunlounger before a bit of snorkelling in the usually calm sea, and a pina colada at sunset (thelonestar.com).

Sea Shed, Mullins Beach

Since it opened in 2019, this has fast become a favourite of locals, tourists and stars, offering great pizzas from £14, steak frites (£25) and a lovely coconut panna cotta (£7).

Spread across three levels, it feels like a theatre at night and a relaxed club by day, with showers to freshen up after a dip. Its cocktails are also excellent (seashedbarbados.com).

The Fish Pot, Clinketts

This family-run spot has been serving the freshest fish, combined with Caribbean sauce twists, for 19 years.

Based in a former 18th Century fort, it’s opposite The Little Good Harbour, a cosy hotel run by the same owners.

Swordfish with a banana curry (£22.50) and herb-crusted ahi tuna (£24.50) were highlights of a concise dinner menu – lunch is a more wideranging affair (fishpotbarbados.com).

Orange Street Grocer, Speightstown This smart, mainly organic deli-bistro wouldn’t look out of place in West London – apart from the sea views.

Everything is made from scratch and there’s a large vegetarian selection. My son Luca loved the fish tacos (£16) (theorangestreetgrocer.com).

Champers, Rockley Beach Overlooking one of the island’s best large beaches, this is a sophisticated place. Specials include fish pie (£17) and shrimp curry (£24), but the coconut pie dessert is the star attraction (champersrestaurant.com).

Surfside, Holetown

The fried chicken (£16) was the best we found, and the curried chicken and potato roti (£10) was heavenly.

But the main selling point is that it has screens showing English cricket (and football), making it a nice retreat for a couple of hours out of the sun.

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