The Westin and Sheraton at Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resort in Grand Bahama: A delicious destination. Westin and Sheraton chefs take top culinary honors, offer innovative Caribbean menu.
Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas - Dine in style at The Westin and Sheraton at Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resort. Located on Grand Bahama Island, just 55 miles off the coast of South Florida, the resort’s culinary team won three of the region’s top awards and five individual medals at the 2004 Taste of the Caribbean competition. The Westin and Sheraton chefs were also singled out for having the region’s most innovative Caribbean menu.
Our Lucaya offers guests 14 restaurants and lounges to choose from. As couples toast a candlelit dinner at Churchill’s Chop House, fun-loving guests join jam sessions at the Prop Club’s beachfront bar, adventurous diners try such Bahamian selections as panny cake and guava duff at Iries Caribbean Restaurant, and thirsty guests savor exotic tropical drinks at Hammerheads swim-up pool bar.
An upscale steakhouse, Churchill’s Chop House has a selection of the finest beef cuts, hung and aged to perfection, as well as vintage wines by the glass. Wrought iron wall sconces and chandeliers reflect warmly among full-length windows along three sides of the restaurant. Guests may peer into the open kitchen and choose from the freshest fish in the islands, poultry from the rotisserie, and the best vegetables and salads. Specialties include prime rib and filet mignon.
Willy Broadleaf’s buffet restaurant takes its inspiration from the far-reaching travels of a fictitious legendary adventurer. Five distinct dining areas immerse guests in Willy’s favorite destinations: a Mediterranean palace, African village, maharajah’s dining hall, Mexican courtyard, and Egyptian market. Towering torches, massive columns, and a world map mosaic imbedded into the floor encourage diners to explore a unique universe of fun and food set amidst weathered suitcases, wooden trunks and clocks.
Each themed area features a live cooking station with regional specialties. In the maharajah’s dining hall, elephant murals and Mediterranean tile embrace Middle Eastern and Indian recipes, including falafel with homemade pita, basmati rice scented with garam marsala, and chicken vindaloo. Under a ceiling of wooden poles and palm leaves, a Mexican fiesta of food awaits, and guests create their own taco salads and burritos. Italian A-line tents lit by hanging oil lamps frame fresh pastas. Nestled below a canopy of trees, the African boma setting features an open-pit grill for custom kebabs and "game-of-the-day" entrees. In the Egyptian market guests indulge in live crepe stations, baklava, guava duff, and flans amongst canvas tents scattered with chests and ceramic pots.
The menu at Iries Caribbean Restaurant features a unique fusion of cuisines from Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, Cuba, and Jamaica. Guests feel like they’re attending a dinner party in a colonial Caribbean home as they enter through the front door and pass a wooden staircase, which levels out to a balcony with heavy wooden rails and sea-weathered benches. Cool breezes sway through the Havana room with large cigar-labeled tables, a courtyard, and the Jamaica room with antique teak and wrought iron touches. Iries presents seafood-inspired dishes such as conch fritters, cracked conch and roasted rock lobster.
Majestic coconut and royal palms frame China Beach, an Asian-themed restaurant specializing in cuisines from the Pacific Rim - China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, The Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore. Massive red-painted columns welcome guests and lead them to an expansive 22-seat show kitchen featuring sushi/sashimi, dim sum and noodles, saté, grilled items and other wok specialties. Private tables sit behind etched screens, while terrace seating lulls guests with the sounds of gently lapping tides. China Beach also offers outdoor seating overlooking the beach at The Westin at Our Lucaya (Breakers Cay area).
Portobello’s practices the fine art of northern Italian cuisine in four distinct dining areas: a private dining room, terrace, courtyard, and restaurant. Giant pear-wood tables with antique parquet design adorn rooms accented by countryside murals, glass lanterns, and walnut armchairs. Five glass doors lead to an outdoor terrace overlooking the ocean decorated with stone archways, slate floors, and tremendous terracotta planters. A show kitchen houses a wood-fired oven that cooks the restaurant’s signature breads and pizzas. Specialties include lobster Basilica Fra Diavlo (fresh lobster meat tossed with roasted garlic, crushed red pepper, white wine, and basil-flavored linguine).
The Prop Club, adorned with props from plane propellers, rowboats, and giant fishing nets, serves up food, fun, and entertainment day and night. During the day the sports bar offers views of beach volleyball, basketball courts, and the beach beyond. The wrap-around verandas with brightly colored wooden armchairs provide shade and ocean views. Menus are made from airplane steel and even the bread is served in the shape of propellers. Special dishes include pizza, spicy rum wings, burgers and Nassau grouper. The restaurant also provides a buffet lunch for guests on the go. At night, the Prop Club becomes a beachfront dance club, energizing island-goers with vibrant lighting and the native rhythms of calypso and Junkanoo jam sessions.
Finally, rewind to the 1950s at Barracudas with its neon-lit jukebox that rocks around the clock. The restaurant serves up classic diner dishes with a Bahamian twist.
This Caribbean resort also has four casual cafés offering lighter fare.
The outdoor China Grill overlooks Our Lucaya’s seven-acre beach and serves up burgers, drinks and snacks with a distinctly Asian flair. The two-level Hammerheads swim-up pool bar offers 24 seats anchored in the water, and adjacent dry seating with teak and hand-woven Indonesian cane accents and gracious wooden awnings. Sugar Mill Bar & Grill serves up casual fare alongside re-created aqueduct ruins, waterfalls, and the tower waterslide at Sugar Mill Pool, often accented by a floating steel drum band. Waves Bar & Grill also offers a range of poolside pick-up snacks.
For java and spirits, the island-inspired Higher Grounds coffee house revives guests with freshly ground and made-to-order espressos, cappuccinos, imported and flavored coffees, hot cocoa, infused teas and for traditionalists, classic java. Bagels, oversized muffins and tropical, fruit-filled pastries spill out of display baskets. At the Plantation Café, a comfortable lounge at The Westin at Our Lucaya, guests can enjoy lighter fare such as Starbuck’s coffee, beverages and fresh pastries.
The 372-acre, 1,260-room The Westin and Sheraton at Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resort also features four premier tennis courts, two championship golf courses, a full-service spa and fitness center, a 35,000-square-foot casino, and four oceanfront swimming pools. The Westin at Our Lucaya made Condé Nast Traveler’s prestigious 2005 Gold List, ranked by the magazine’s 20,000 subscribers as one of the Caribbean’s top hotels.
For more information please call 1-800-Westin (1-800-937-8461) for the Westin at Our Lucaya and 1-800-325-3535 for the Sheraton at Our Lucaya.
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