WHERE TO EAT - Bermuda 2012 - page 101

117 South Rd., Horseshoe Bay. & 441/238-1897. www.tiopepebermuda.com. Reservations recom-
mended. Dress smart casual. Lunch platters $10-$36; dinner main courses $18-$36. AE, MC, V. May-
Sept daily 11:30am-10pm, Oct-Apr daily noon-10pm; lunch served until 5pm. Bus 7.
Inexpensive
Lighthouse Restaurant BRITISH/CONTINENTAL If you step inside the
local lighthouse, you'll find a contemporary-looking and colorful dining room serving
meals that evoke Bermuda and Britain alike. It's a handy place if you're touring the
south shore of Southampton Parish. After you've climbed the winding steps leading
up to the famous Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, you'll have worked up an appetite. Begin
with such starters as warm Camembert cheese topped with a mix of wild berries or
salmon-stuffed crepes. A vegetable grill is served with fettuccine noodles in a light
hoisin dressing, or you can order a mango, mozzarella, and walnut salad on a bed of
fresh greens. Lots of clients opt for one of the fish sandwiches, the curried lamb pie,
or the codfish croquettes. A bar in the corner chugs out impressive numbers of both
frozen smoothies and martinis. In the afternoon, you can enjoy any number of spe-
cialty teas, including mango, apple, and strawberry. The owner, Heidi Cowen, is the
granddaughter of the last lighthouse keeper who lived here in the 1960s. She, too,
lived in the lighthouse with her grandparents.
Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, 68 St. Anne's Rd. & 441/238-8679. Breakfast $10-$14; lunch main courses
$10-$17; dinner main courses $16-$32. AE, MC, V. May-Sept daily 9am-10pm; Oct-Dec and Feb-Apr
daily 9am-5pm. Closed Jan. Bus: 7 or 8.
Wickets INTERNATIONAL Outfitted like a British cricket club, this brasserie
and bistro features a Sunday morning health-conscious breakfast buffet with low-
calorie and low-fat options, as well as one of the most comprehensive lunch menus
on the island. It's decent food—nothing more. Standard “family fare” includes deli-
style sandwiches, soups, chowders, pastas, salads, and platters such as grilled steaks
and veal. The most popular fish dish is cod fish with potatoes, which has more flavor
than the routine steaks and chops on the menu.
The restaurant, on the lower lobby level of the Fairmont Southampton, overlooks
the swimming pool and the ocean beyond. Many Bermudians, with kids in tow, come
here for a late lunch or a light supper. The informal but traditional restaurant requests
only that guests cover their bathing suits with a shirt. A children's menu is available.
In the Fairmont Southampton, 101 South Rd. & 441/238-8000. Breakfast buffet $25; lunch main
courses $12-$22; dinner main courses $15-$69. AE, DC, MC, V. Daily 7am-6pm. Ferry from the City of
Hamilton.

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WARWICK PARISH
Expensive
Blû AMERICAN/SOUTHWESTERN Set in the same building that houses
the clubhouse and pro shop of the Belmont Hills Golf Course, Blû has a sinuous
postmodern decor that evokes a sophisticated corner of Italy, with tones of blue,
white, and yellow that reflect the sea views that sweep out from it on all sides. A
prominent area is devoted to a bar, and the staff will seem poised on the balls of their
feet to make your entrance as theatrical as possible. The restaurant features dishes
that may include fresh oysters; Cajun-style fried calamari; shrimp seviche with jala-
peño and red onion; roasted pumpkin ginger soup; barbecued chicken quesadillas;