3 Palms

While in St. Maarten, we went to a new restaurant - 3 Palms. 3 Palms is located on the lagoon. Its very modern and fun - done in neutrals and bright greens. There is an inside portion to the restaurant, but there is also an open air porch (where we sat). Both the service and food here were amazing.

The wine list is small, but very inexpensively priced. They have a fantastic cocktail list, with so many great sounding concoctions, it makes it hard to decide.

For starters, we had the crab and conch cakes, which were delicious. We also had the tuna tartare and the calamari - both were wonderful.

For entrees, our party had the tartare trio, the pork tenderloin (one of their specialties - wrapped in bacon with sun dried tomatoes, mascarpone and cream sauce), a Parmesan crusted lamb special and the grouper. Every plate was fabulous and wonderful portion sizes.