Anse Chastanet Beach Bar

Named for a one-legged French pirate and set inside Pigeon Island’s 18th-century British fort — cold Piton beer and Caribbean naval history in one extraordinary location.

Rodney Bay’s clear water and the proximity to the Friday night Jump-Up mean a Turquoise Beach Bar afternoon can build naturally straight into the evening’s biggest party.

Mt. Pelee rises directly above this black sand beach bar, Ti Punch and Creole cuisine served with a view unlike anything else in the Caribbean.

Not technically a beach bar since it floats just offshore in Port Elizabeth harbor, but Bequia’s self-described ‘first floating bar’ earns its spot anyway. A five-minute water taxi ride delivers you to a compact, solar-powered platform with swing seats and benches around a simple bar. Owner and bartender Ivor Simpson punches well above the venue’s modest size with genuinely well-made cocktails. Deliberately low-key, favoring locals, yachties, and island residents over the cruise-ship crowd – ‘Sip. Float. Relax.’ is the motto, and it delivers exactly that against the backdrop of picturesque Admiralty Bay.

Right on Lower Bay, across the road from its small attached guest house, Keegan’s is a well-shaded, efficiently run local favorite with both locals and tourists in steady rotation. It’s not a big space, but the kitchen and service keep pace regardless. The standout move: an all-day full English breakfast served under the name ‘Full Messenjah,’ a genuinely unexpected find on a Caribbean beach bar menu. Rum cocktails lean on local Sparrow and SLR, backed by Hairoun and the usual island beer lineup. Cruise-ship traffic through Lower Bay means lunchtime can get busy. Comfortable, no-nonsense, and reliably good.