Some good dining choices abound in the local Placencia Village. For handmade italian, Trattoria~Placencia offers a smaller but delicious menu. Da'Tatch restaurant has a larger menu offering choices from rum mango chicken to seafood. For items such as wraps, the Purple Space Monkey is the place to go with a larger bar menu as well. Most places to eat are open-aired and located right off of the main sidewalk along the beach. Down on the point of the peninsula tucked away is a place called Yoli's, which one can order a meal and have a few extra culinary surprises thrown on the plate as the chef tries to clear out the kitchen as the night gets older. More smaller restaurants area also scattered within the village to be discovered as well.
Pirates Grill located on the sidewalk at Lost in Paradise Beach Shop, the best philly cheese steak subs and fish tacos on the peninsula! Fresh seafood, and baja style entrees, salsa, ceviche, nachos, cocktails, lobster, conch and salads. Vegetarian menu is 100% Vegetarian beans. Breakfast is excellent, breakfast burritos, steak and eggs, 5 stack pancakes, chicken and waffles. This outdoor grill bar is ideal for eating on a budget and quality entrees perfect for the budget traveller. Delivery is available and Pirates Grill is one of the best places to eat at.
For more upscale and more expensive dining, the French Connection is a quaint restaurant off the main sidewalk that delivers an incredible French dining experience. They use almost exclusively local ingredients in theirs dishes and the quality is worthy of equivalent bistros in any major U.S. city. Definitely not to miss if one can afford it. (note: they are currently working on a new location
One the main street Wendy's is popular with the locals and is famous for their fried chicken. Amigos, on the same street, further away from the shore offers some pretty good Mexican cuisine. And at the end of the road near the Splash Dive shop is Brenda, who offers delicious BBQ chicken and a variety of soups and rice she also does hair braiding.
Also not to miss is Tutti Frutti, which offers gelato made from the freshest of ingredients as well as other desserts like tiramisu. One scoop and you'll think you are in Italy, not Belize.
Omar's
Great local food.