Your time in the Bahamas will be filled with sand and surf, but hey, you have to eat too, so you might as well select eateries that you’ll remember. There are many to be found, especially in and near Nassau.

How about the Bahamian Kitchen? This has been a local hangout for years, but visitors and travelers have found out about it now. This restaurant is most known for its seafood, but it also will cater to the sandwich and salad crowd, and casual attire is welcome.

The Travelers Rest is a wonderful place where you can feel the breeze in your hair while you dine. This restaurant offers you special local dishes, and divine seafood. Don’t leave without trying their banana daiquiri, since it’s reported to be among the best on the island.

If you like to soak up the culture of the area where you travel, dine at The Blue Marlin. They offer dinner and also a show. Most of the audience will be tourists, but the experience is still authentically Bahamian, since the servers, cooks and performers are mostly locals. Enjoy the best in food of the Bahamas, like conch salad, conch fritters, grouper fingers, cracked conch and snapper Creole. They also serve some food that would be considered more American-Continental, like seafood pasta and lobster Thermidore. You might want to try the spare ribs basted in guava, too.

The Shoal gives you true Bahamian home-style cooking in a friendly and casual setting. You may wish to sample their mutton, cracked conch, creamy conch chowder or okra soup. If you want Bahamian food for breakfast, try the boiled fish and johnnycake, on Saturday mornings.

Fathom is a must-see for those near the Atlantis resort. They have massive windows overlooking Ruins Lagoon, and the food is great. Main courses will feature crab-crusted salmon and snapper baked in banana leaf. You can also savor chicken, chops and steak, and save room for dessert – they are sublime.