L Escargot Restaurant in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles | Restaurant

Welcome to L Escargot Restaurant, Philipsburg, St. Maarten. For over thirty years Joel and Sonya have been entertaining diners in their colorful Créole cottage, L Escargot Restaurant on Front Street in Philipsburg. Stroll down Philipsburg's new boardwalk to the center of town and cross over to Front Street, newly-refurbished with cast iron lamp posts, brick sidewalks, and hundreds of palm trees. It's a short walk and it's easy to follow the odor of garlic browning from our kitchen or the sounds of Edith Piaf wafting from our dining room.

Stop in for a light lunch of soup and salad with a chilled bottle of Sancerre, Macon Villages, or Meursault - a perfect pick-me-up after a morning of shopping. The menu also features some of the freshest seafood in the Caribbean including local lobster (Thermidor, if you please) and Dover Sole flown in fresh several times each week. There is also the tenderest rack of lamb and our Gourmet Magazine award-winning "Le Canard de L'Escargot", crispy duck in a pineapple and banana sauce. Save some room for dessert because our crème brûlée also has a Gourmet Magazine award of its own. Our appetizers range in price from $7.50 to 12.50 and the main courses range from $18.50 to only 30.50 for our award-winning rack of lamb.

At L Escargot Restaurant our fine red wines include famous Bordeaux from Chateau Canon, Chateau Talbot, Chateau Pichon-Longueville, and La Tour de Pez. There is a large selection of Burgundy featuring Pommard and many more. Click our photo to the right to see an enlarged version of our famous snails. Contest code: snails! Contest winners pay cash only and are welcome any night but Friday.