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Billy Joe's on the Beach

Address: Lucaya Beach, Lucaya, Grand Bahama Island
Phone: 242/373-1333 Ext. 5803

Price range: ¢
Cuisine: Bahamian
Location: Grand Bahama Island

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 4.8/5

Fodor's Review:

Eating fresh conch salad and drinking Kalik beer with your toes in the sand: it doesn't get any better or more Bahamian. Billy Joe was such a fixture on the beach, selling his freshly made-on-the-spot (watch it being prepared!) conch salad, roast conch, and grilled conch, that when the Weston and Sheraton built, they allowed him to stay on the property. This is where resort guests go "slumming" without having to travel farther than the edge of the property's beach. Fish and fries, fried lobster, cheeseburgers, and cracked conch are other specialties.

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Member Reviews and Ratings

Reviewed by coasterfiend from Indiana on 11/14/08
Don't be put off by the phrase "slumming" above, it's not an indoor restaurant, there are a few picnic tables and a little lean-to that blocks the wind (believe me it works) right on the beach. I had the grilled snapper and my husband had the cracked conch. Both were fabulous. We watched them cleaning the conch, that's how freash it all is. Billy Joe himself prepared and brought out my fish and joked with me about requesting the head be removed. The beer was ice cold and the food, hot and perfect. Many locals came and had lunch while we were there. If you're looking for kitschy, psuedo caribbean atmosphere don't go, but if you want simple, excellent seafood, run - don't walk. It is so worth it!!