Maison Palmera
A long bare table set for lunch over the reef

The tables

Two kitchens,
fifty paces apart.

A note from Chef Elena

We keep two kitchens because the island asks for two kinds of meals. A bright, barefoot lunch over the water. A slower, darker dinner by candlelight, indoors. The same produce, two very different tables.

La Brisa, the reef kitchen at lunch

No. 01 · La Brisa

The reef
kitchen.

A long, bare table set over the water on an open platform of weathered teak. Lunch begins at one and usually finds its way to four. A seven-ingredient rule, a set menu, no printed list.

  • — 13:00 – 16:00
  • — Wednesdays to Sundays
  • — By reservation

Today's table

  • To beginGreen mango, lime, smoked sea salt, cilantro oil
  • From the boatReef snapper over coconut embers, charred lemon, yam purée
  • EarthWarm salad of heirloom tomato, purslane, goat cheese from the north coast
  • To endCoconut cream, burnt sugar, passionfruit

Four courses · $120 per guest · wine pairing $75

No. 02 · El Comedor

The old
dining room.

In the original house, under a beamed cedar ceiling hung with old brass lamps. Dinner is a set menu, served at 20:30, for twenty-four guests at a time. A small list of Caribbean wines and aged rums.

  • — 20:30 seating
  • — Nightly except Mondays
  • — Jacket optional, feet bare

Tonight's menu

  • To beginBlack crab soup, smoked paprika, crusty bread
  • From the landSlow-braised guinea fowl, plantain, allspice jus
  • A little saladBitter leaves, toasted cashew, aged rum vinaigrette
  • To endFlan de coco, candied lime rind

Four courses · $185 per guest · pairing $110

The old dining room at Maison Palmera

A table on the sand,
if you'd prefer.

Private dining can be arranged on the small crescent beach, in the citrus orchard, or on your own verandah — by the kitchen of your choice, with two days' notice.

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