Blanchards Restaurant
Meads Bay, Anguilla
Blanchards remains Anguilla’s clearest all-round destination dinner, a restaurant visitors seek out for the meal itself rather than simply because it sits beside a famous beach. Its Meads Bay setting is part of the appeal, but the draw is broader: a long-established standalone identity, a proper dinner destination feel and the kind of island reputation that has endured beyond seasonal restaurant churn. It stays at number one because it best combines polish, warmth and sense of occasion. This is the sort of place that works equally well for a first serious dinner on the island, a celebratory evening or a return visit by travellers who already know Anguilla dines exceptionally well. On an island with many memorable tables, Blanchards still feels most central to the destination’s culinary reputation.