Nassau/Paradise Island Bars

[catsway]

We are headed over to Nassau via The Monarch of the Seas in November. We've been there several times but we have never done a pub crawl in the afternoon or evening. We have done Conch Fritters Cafe and Senor Frogs too many times. We would like to visit the Hurricane Hole bar as mentioned by Jimmy when he introduced "Perrier Blues". Has anyone been there? Is it worth the time? Also, we understand there is another water front bar on the the Nassau side of the bridge that connects with Paradise Island. Can anyone give a name and exact location? We are open to any advice regarding some fun drinking establishments where we can spend a few hours before boarding the ship and departing at 11PM. Thanks!

[conched]

Many years ago we enjoyed The Poop Deck. It was the best cracked conch and rice and peas I've ever had.

http://www.thepoopdeckrestaurants.com/P ... arina.html
We're heading there again next year.

[Spicoli]

The outdoor bar at Hurricane Hole Marina is called The Green Parrot. It's a gazebo bar just off the right side of the bridge as it lands on Paradise Island. I can vouch for Fridays being busy as it's one of the off duty nights for several of the live aboard dive charters in the area. I used to hang out there along with other crew members and some of the locals working in the area. A great time.

Don't forget to go to Potter's Cay at the foot of the bridge on the Nassau side. It's where all the locals go for fresh seafood and is a great place to try to local foods. Lots of small shacks set up serving every kind of Bahamian dish. It might look like a bit of a rough place at first glance, but you'll have a great time. I miss it.

enjoy

spicoli

[catsway]

I just remembered a place called Hammerheads, located at the Nassau end of the Paradise Island/Nassau bridge.

Thank you all for your recommendations. We'll begin our day with a shark dive with Stuart's Cove. After lunch we'll be doing The Green Parrot at the Hurricane Hole Marina and then head back over to Potter's Cay and then Hammerheads before we head back to the ship.

[flipflopgirl]

This may be the same place that Spicoli was talking about...our cab driver took us there, it's called the Fish Fry. GREAT locals food at great prices!!!!!! we had AWESOME conch fritters and grouper there!!!

http://family.go.com/travel/places-to-e ... -fish-fry/#

[conched]

I just remembered a place called Hammerheads, located at the Nassau end of the Paradise Island/Nassau bridge.

Thank you all for your recommendations. We'll begin our day with a shark dive with Stuart's Cove. After lunch we'll be doing The Green Parrot at the Hurricane Hole Marina and then head back over to Potter's Cay and then Hammerheads before we head back to the ship.

Oh yea! Thanks for helping me plan my day in port too.

I also remember the fantastic drinks and burgers at the golf course.

THANKS, Spicoli!

[catsway]

Just a quick update from our trip to Nassau. We had a blast in Orlando with the 'keets before the cruise. We did Universal, Islands of Adventure, Margaritaville at City Walk and had dinner at Friday's. The cruise was very nice. The Monarch of the Seas is a older ship in the RCCL fleet, but well maintained with an excellent staff. While we were in Nassau, we ended up going to The Hurricane Hole Marina on Paradise Island. We found the Green Parrot Bar. Ritchie was our most gracious bartender. A beautiful sunset, a few cocktails and a nice platter of conch fritters made for a very wonderful night. We also have to recommend Stuart Cove's for their shark dive. You can see the size of the Caribbean Reef sharks from this above water picture.

At The Green Parrot


Conch Fritters


Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas


Fins Up!


Only thing missing was JB and the CRB in Orlando Saturday night.

[catsway]

We wanted to share a few pics from our shark dive with Stuart Cove's in Nassau. This is the best $52 excursion you can find! These are from our underwater camera:

Stuart Cove's dive boat "Lucas"


Variety of Fish


7' Caribbean Reef Shark


More Sharks!

[Carolinadreamin']

Hmmmmm........we might need to make an emergency run to the Caribbean in January......

[sonofabeach]

<-------- jealous

[Carolinadreamin']

22 inches of snow! Ack!!! Get me out of here!

Sale at Spirit Airlines to Nassau! WOOOHOOO!!!!!

[Carolinadreamin']

Any other recommendations? We're leaving on Thursday night. We haven't been to Nassau in 15 years with the exception of a 8 hour stop on a cruise. We're staying on Paradise Island but I want to avoid the Atlantis at all costs.

Catsaway? Was your dive just divers? Or can you snorkel?

[C-Dawg]

I've dove with Stuarts Cove as well, and they do have snorkel trips and do hotel pick ups.

I'll also second Hammerhead's....in fact I have a funny story about last time I was there...we were staying at the Nassau Yacht Club & Marina as that was where our live aboard dive boat was moored, so we took at taxi into Nassau andd spent the morning sightseeing and the afternoon barhopping, working our way back to the hotel. We got to Hammerheads and met some great locals and had a few more drinks with them (I think I bought everyone on the island a drink that day, I dropped $200 that afternoon and came home with nothing but stories ). We told them we were going to walk the last mile to our hotel, and the bartender asked me if I wanted a drink for the walk home....I can drink on the street?? WOO HOO!!! So I ordered another drink - Capt Morgan and Ginger Ale. We walk out of Hammerheads and there were a couple of guys and one walks up to me and leans in "Want some Coke?" In my druken haze I misunderstood and replied, "No Mon, I prefer Ginger Ale with my Rhum" and we walked away while the guy had this dumbfounded look on his face. My buddy lost it he was laughing so hard and had the hardest time explaining to me what had just happened but when I finally got it we laughed the last mile back to the hotel.


Also, make sure you go to Johnny Canoe's for dinner, they have a Junkaroo band come thru every evening, which is real cool!!! Also, just around the corner from Senor Frogs, close to the Straw Market, every day around noon the local vendors serve hot food out of the back of their cars...if you want to eat like the locals, it's a good choice.
Good luck and enjoy!!!!

[BFinnsUp]

We will be stopping in Nassau in late February as part of a cruise. We have never been there before and so many things from this discussion sound like fun. We are not divers and will be going to a private island beach with the cruise the next day, so we don't intend to do anything on the water. Given so many good things, anyone have any suggestions on prioritizing them?

[Carolinadreamin']

We will be stopping in Nassau in late February as part of a cruise. We have never been there before and so many things from this discussion sound like fun. We are not divers and will be going to a private island beach with the cruise the next day, so we don't intend to do anything on the water. Given so many good things, anyone have any suggestions on prioritizing them?

Here's what I plan to do:

Eat, drink, sleep on the beach, snorkel, drink, drink a little more, eat and then drink....repeat for 2 more days.......

Thanks Chris!

[Pepe T. Pirate]

For an authentic, very, very fun time, have dinner at the Fish Fry. Bring some cash....you can take a local bus there, but will have to cab it back, since the buses stop running around 7 pm. Oh, Johnnie Canoe's is closed.

[Carolinadreamin']

Went to the Fish Fry....twice...yum......best place there.......Seafood Haven! The conch chowder was the best. We also went to The Poop Deck and had an amazing dinner.

And we did ride the bus.....easy and cheap.....I wish it stopped running a little later.....but we just grabbed a cab back....


Can't wait to go back.....

[C-Dawg]

Went to the Fish Fry....twice...yum......best place there.......Seafood Haven! The conch chowder was the best. We also went to The Poop Deck and had an amazing dinner.

And we did ride the bus.....easy and cheap.....I wish it stopped running a little later.....but we just grabbed a cab back....


Can't wait to go back.....

The Bahamas is easily one of my favorite places in the world....and now that you've been to Nassau/Paradise Island, you gotta try the outer islands....glad you had a GREAT time

[Reefdiver]

Ahhhh.....Johnny Canoe's and diving with Stuart Coves........good times.
Here's me with a few friends I made down Nassau way.........

[C-Dawg]

...and here is me with a friend off the coast of Eleuthera....he was about 8 ft long and had to outweigh me by a hundred lbs or so....damb, it won't let me embed the picture.....so go check out the pictures from my last trip to the Bahamas....
http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showp ... hoto/34511