What started with the Belvedere's outpost of Matsuhisa and continued with Kiku at Cavo Tagoo, Buddha Bar Beach is the latest installment of a big international name arriving to the island's top luxury hotels. Buddha Bar Beach occupies a prestigious piece of real estate within the Santa Marina Hotel, that's a lengthy ride from town but offers a destination supper club and beach bar with the seaside polish of its Paris predecessor. Wide plank painted wood floors sit under a beam ceiling with open-air architecture, rattan club chairs and Ming-accented glamour above the shores of Ornos Bay.
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Buddha Bar pops-up on Ornos Bay with posh day crowd and late-night dinners with a DJ backbeat.
Last Word
The Buddha Bar menu of Pacific Rim pan-Asian cuisine takes on a Greece-meets-California influence for dishes like sea urchin salad, raw bar and selection of local oysters. Sushi fulfills midday beach cravings with cut rolls, better nigiri and sashimi selections. Family-style lunch and dinner options include spicy tuna tartare, Buddha Bar noodles, steamed sea bream, lamb green curry and signature red prawn curry with coconut milk.
