Nisbet Plantation Beach Club

Nisbet Plantation Beach Club Review

The blissfully air-conditioned greathouse is an oasis of polished hardwood floors, mahogany and cherrywood furnishings, equestrian bronzes, antique hurricane lamps, wicker furnishings, portraits by famed Nevisian artist Eva Wilkin, and stone walls. Tables on the verandah look down the palm-tree-lined fairway to the sea. The four-course menu combines Continental, Pacific Rim, and Caribbean cuisines with local ingredients. The more mature clientele dictates less complex options from house-cured gravlax to three-cheese tortellini marinara. But Filipino-born executive chef Antonio Piani might sneak in chicken-and-coconut dumpling soup, lobster ravioli in seafood Nantua sauce, and lemon-and-vanilla mascarpone mousse with hazelnut praline. Enjoy an impressively cosmopolitan selection of cocktails or coffee with silky-soft live music in the civilized front bar. Witty, dapper maître d' Patterson Fleming (his cravat collection, more than 1,000 augmented by guests over the years, is enviable!) ensures a smooth, swank experience.