Woodstar · MMXXVI · Little Exuma
Woodstar Little Exuma · The Bahamas
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Woodstar Private Chef A tasting menu, at your table

A tasting menu,
at your own table.

Bahamian-modern cooking at the long table on the veranda, arranged from a small list of local chefs we know and trust. Sourced from the morning catch off Forbes Hill and what's ripe on the island. By the evening, by the day, or for the whole of the stay.

From$185 / guest · dinner
CuisineBahamian-Modern
SourcingDaily catch · island-grown
SettingThe veranda table · sea air
ServiceDinner · all-day · events
— A note from the kitchen
Cooking at Woodstar

We cook what the island
brings in that morning.

The kitchen, set downThe open-plan kitchen at the heart of the main house — an island for seating, sea on three sides, and the long veranda table just through the doors.
"The pantry is small on purpose. We buy what's been pulled out of the water that morning, what's ripe on the island, and what the family on the way back from George Town has set aside for us. Everything else — pasta, butter, olive oil, salt — is chosen carefully and used plainly."
— The Woodstar kitchen
The morning catchYellowtail snapper, grouper, conch, and lobster (in season), bought directly from the boats off Forbes Hill.
— A house cocktail The classic tropical drink of the islands

The Bahama Mama,
poured at the long table.

Add all of the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice, shake, and pour into a chilled glass. Garnish with a pineapple slice and a cherry. The classic tropical drink of the islands — the right thing to hand someone when they walk in off the beach.
— A house pour
  • 1 oz · white rum
  • 1 oz · coconut rum
  • ½ oz · dark rum
  • 2 oz · orange juice
  • 2 oz · pineapple juice
  • A dash · grenadine
  • Garnish · pineapple, cherry
— A sample tasting menu Seven courses · evening service

An evening, drawn from
the morning's catch.

Menus are written each morning with the day's catch and the season in mind. The list below is a recent example — your own evening will be quietly shaped to your preferences when we speak.

Hand-cracked conch from Forbes Hill, dressed in lime, scotch bonnet, and cucumber, served over a pale shell of cassava cracker. Five-spice salt; cilantro flowers from the garden.

Snapper smoked over green guava wood for two hours, finished raw at the table, with pickled green mango and a crème fraîche of island goat's milk.

(In season, August–March.) Local spiny lobster, poached gently in cultured butter, with a green-tomato gastrique and toasted coconut.

Carnaroli rice, stock made from the day's fish bones, finished with whatever the garden brings in — currently zucchini blossoms, basil, and a sharp aged sheep's cheese.

Whole black grouper in parchment with sea grape leaves, fennel, citrus, and a pour of Bahamian rum, opened at the table.

A short board of one aged cow, one fresh goat, soursop, papaya, dark honey from the bee hives at Williams Town, and a flake of Cyprus salt.

Roasted local guava with vanilla cream, a shortbread biscuit, and a candied sea salt. Coffee, or an evening rum from the cellar.

— Dining out Restaurants we send guests to

A few tables
worth the drive.

i.BluBlu on the Water · RolletownOceanfront restaurant with an ambitious menu. Chef Ty Wong runs the kitchen. Tel +1 242-345-5258.
ii.HauloverHaulover Bay Bar & Grill · RolletownHomestyle Bahamian food with terrific views and deck seating. Tel +1 242-524-2577.
iii.TropicTropic Breeze · Williams TownUncomplicated dining, wholesome food, and a gentle hilltop breeze. Tel +1 242-345-4100.
iv.SantannaSantanna's Bar & Grill · Williams TownColorful and lively bar famous for its sauces. Tel +1 242-345-4102.
— Engage the chef

Tell us how you'd like
to eat this week.

Choose the cadence and the cuisine you have in mind. A note about preferences and allergies, and we will write back the same day with a draft menu, a price, and a pour for the evening.

From $185 per guest, dinner · From $420 per guest, all-day (b/l/d) · Wine pairings curated separately.

— Anna, for the Woodstar kitchen
— Anna will reply the same day with a draft menu & quote.