4 Best Restaurants in Marine Parade Harbour Front, Belize City

Visit at lunch or dinner almost any day and you'll see a cross section of Belize City's movers and shakers—attorneys, businesspeople, politicians—enjoying the restaurant's large menu of U.S.-inspired seafood, steaks, pasta, and salads, along with Belizean comfort food. If you can get past the flamboyant wallpaper in the main dining room and the fairly basic selection of drinks and wine, you'll enjoy it, too. This is a dressier restaurant. No ties and evening wear are needed, but shorts and T-shirts are out of place. There's a guarded parking lot.

Belize’s abundance of fruit ends up in a variety of flavors scooped up for you at the city’s best ice-cream parlor. You’ll probably have questions as you gaze at the blackboard menu—what are craboo and sapodilla?—and the good folks here are happy to explain the flavors. Rest assured that you'll find vanilla and chocolate if you're feeling more "vanilla." Choose from standard or waffle cones, sundaes, or milkshakes, and enjoy the air-conditioning and free Wi-Fi. You'll find a branch in San Ignacio in the Cayo, too.

Tasty northern and southern Indian food is created at Sumathi's in its authentic tandoori oven—a large clay oven with intense heat—which cooks meat and seafood quickly, leaving it crispy on the outside and juicy inside. Try the tandoori chicken, with cumin, ginger, and minty yogurt, served with naan. There are many vegetarian options, too. Portions are generous. Service is sometimes a weak point.

Dining with a view is virtually unheard of in this low-rise city, but this classy, fifth-story dining spot provides blissful views of the Caribbean Sea. Start off with wonton, dumpling, or chicken-wing appetizers and follow with the variety of stir-fry dishes that highlight the menu. Steak and salads are scattered throughout too. Dine indoors in blissful a/c or outdoors under umbrella-covered tables on the breezy veranda. The restaurant's name means "red wine" in Spanish, and you'll find a good selection of house wines and other beverages here.