Placencia Village

1981 at Naia Resort & Spa

Belizean & Creole · Seafood & Ceviche · Placencia Village

The name is a date. 1981 is the year Belize became an independent country, and it is what Naia Resort & Spa chose to call its signature restaurant…

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AJ's Local Fams Grub

Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

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Above Grounds Coffee

Placencia Village

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Walk to the south end of Placencia Village on the Main Road, look across from Wendy's Restaurant , and you will find a wooden building raised on…

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Auntie Luba's Kitchen at Turtle Inn

Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

Auntie Luba's Kitchen is the open-air dining room at Turtle Inn, and it cooks Belizean food: curry chicken, coconut shrimp, conch fritters, beef stew…

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BJ's Belizean Bellyfull

Placencia Village

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Barefoot Bar

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

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Order the lobster grilled cheese. That single sentence is why you stop at Barefoot Bar instead of walking past it to the next palapa on the sand.

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Belize Mexican Tacos Place

Placencia Village

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Big Beck's Harbor View

Belizean & Creole · Seafood & Ceviche · Placencia Village

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The lobster in the ceviche at Big Beck's Harbor View is never touched by heat.

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Big Titty Rum Bar

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

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Most bars on the Placencia Sidewalk want to sell you a drink before you have decided whether you like the place. This one pours you a taste first.

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Black Cat Pizza

Italian & Pizza · Placencia Village

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Black Orchid Ice Cream

Placencia Village

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Bohemian (with pool)

Placencia Village

The order most reviewers keep coming back to at The Bohemian is the beer-battered barracuda: "beeracuda bites," fried in a beer batter and served with…

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Bomboyaz Ice Cream

Placencia Village

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Breakfast Cafe

Placencia Village

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Brenda's BBQ

Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

You smell Brenda's BBQ before you see it. Walk down toward the municipal pier in Placencia Village and the smoke off the grill reaches the road first…

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Brewed Awakenings

Cafés & Breakfast · Placencia Village

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If you are walking Placencia Road and you smell coffee roasting, follow it upstairs.

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Brisa's Tapas Deli-si-o-so

International & Fine Dining · Placencia Village

Look for the football field on Placencia's Main Road, then look up. Brisa's Tapas Deli-si-o-so sits on the upper floor, above the Brisa Oceano…

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Buba Wuba's Grill & Smoke Shack

Street Food & BBQ · Seafood & Ceviche · Placencia Village

Most of the smoke you smell walking Placencia's main street comes from grills firing to order.

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Burritos

Placencia Village

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Carmen and Maria's Fast Food

Placencia Village

If you are walking Placencia Road and you pass M&M Hardware, slow down. A few steps away is Carmen and Maria's, an unassuming roadside fast-food stand…

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Chill Point

Placencia Village

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Choro's Bar & Grill

Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

Charo's Bar & Grill has one thing going for it that the restaurant next door does not: it serves alcohol.

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Cobo's Kitchen

Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

Cobo's Kitchen sits right on Placencia Main Road, next door to Carmen's, in the heart of Placencia Village.

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Cozy Corner

International & Fine Dining · Mexican & Latin · Placencia Village

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Cozy Corner sits right on the sand. It is a hotel and restaurant on the Placencia Sidewalk , with open-air, beachfront dining that puts your table a…

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CrioCo Wild Chocolate

Placencia Village

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Dawn's Grill 'n' Go

Placencia Village

The seafood is the reason to walk in. Reviewers of Dawn's Grill 'n' Go keep returning to the same short list: fried conch, conch fritters, grilled or…

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De Tatch

Placencia Village

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Most restaurants in Placencia Village sit a block or two back from the water. De Tatch does not.

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Do Tonitos at Umaya Resort

International & Fine Dining · Placencia Village

The draw at Don Tonito's is the fire. This is a wood-fired pizzeria at Umaya Resort & Adventures on the Placencia Peninsula, and the pizzas come…

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Dolce Vita

Italian & Pizza · Placencia Village

On the Placencia Road, a short walk from Turtle Inn and Los Porticos Villas, there is an Italian kitchen that has been feeding this village for more…

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Doyle's Smoke Yaad

Street Food & BBQ · Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

The reason to walk into Doyle's Smoke Yaad is the smoke itself. This is a wood-fired barbecue kitchen in Placencia Village, on the Placencia Peninsula…

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E 'n' E Restaurant & Bar

Placencia Village

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Excellent Chinese Restaurant

Placencia Village

Order the shrimp chow mein. That is the dish reviewers in Placencia Village name first when they talk about Excellent Chinese Restaurant, and it is…

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Friends

Cafés & Breakfast · Placencia Village

If you are walking the Placencia Sidewalk in the early morning and looking for the place that actually serves breakfast, it is the small bright-yellow…

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Gauguin Grill at Turtle Inn

Seafood & Ceviche · Street Food & BBQ · Placencia Village

What lands on your table at Gauguin Grill depends on what came off the boats that day, cooked over charcoal a few feet from the water.

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Glorias Kitchen

Placencia Village

Gloria's Kitchen is a Belizean kitchen on the Placencia Road, down in the Stann Creek District at the end of the peninsula.

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J'Dees Restaurant & Bar

Placencia Village

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Permanently closed. J-Dee's Restaurant & Bar no longer operates as a restaurant.

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Kitchen2Table

Belizean & Creole · International & Fine Dining · Placencia Village

Kitchen2Table does not hand you a laminated menu, because the menu is different today than it was yesterday.

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Koi Sushi Bar

Asian & Chinese · Placencia Village

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Walk up Main Street in Placencia Village, past the gelato counter at Tutti Frutti's, and there is a sushi bar waiting one flight up.

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Lil' Bites & Catering

Belizean & Creole · Street Food & BBQ · Placencia Village

If you are walking through Punta Placencia and looking for the kind of food a Belizean family actually cooks at home, Lil' Bites & Catering is worth…

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Limilia Restaurant

Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

The reason to walk in is the kitchen's own name. Limilia, the resort says, is the Garifuna word for fish, and the restaurant was built as an homage to…

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Lucy's Baked Goods

Placencia Village

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Macovy Blues Bar & Grill

Placencia Village

Macovy Blues sits on the main peninsula road in Placencia Village, at the southern end of the strip of sand and pavement that carries most of the…

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Mare Restaurant at Turtle Inn

Seafood & Ceviche · Italian & Pizza · Placencia Village

Mare is the restaurant at Turtle Inn, and it does something most kitchens on the Placencia Peninsula do not: it runs a wood-burning oven for pizzas…

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Merl's Cafe

Cafés & Breakfast · Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

If you are walking the Backadeer end of Placencia Village and looking for breakfast, the cafe you want is the small one behind Yoli's Bar & Grill.

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Mi Pueblito Restaurant & Bar

Mexican & Latin · Placencia Village

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Mojo Lounge Restaurant and Boutique

Placencia Village

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Permanently closed. Mojo Lounge Restaurant & Bartique sat on Placencia Village Road in Placencia Village , a cocktail lounge and restaurant that…

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Momolicious

Mexican & Latin · Placencia Village

Turn off the main road in Placencia Village, walk past the municipal pier, and head down Jew Fish Lane toward the back of the Anda Di Hows Hostel.

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Mr Q BBQ

Street Food & BBQ · Placencia Village

You smell Mr Q before you see the sign. It is a casual, roadside barbecue shack near the southern end of the Placencia Peninsula, in Placencia…

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Mum's

Placencia Village

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Muna Rooftop Restaurant & Bar

Belizean & Creole · Seafood & Ceviche · Placencia Village

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Most of Placencia Village eats at sea level, close enough to the water to hear it. Muna eats above it.

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Omar's Creole Grub

Placencia Village

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Order the snapper in Creole sauce. That is the sentence you came for, and it is the one reviewers keep coming back to when they write about Omar's…

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One Love Club

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

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Orale Mexican Food

Mexican & Latin · Placencia Village

Orale Mexican Food is a taco stand on the Placencia Sidewalk, the narrow footpath that runs the length of Placencia Village on the peninsula's…

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Paradise Resort

Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

If you are walking the south end of the Placencia Peninsula and you want to sit down to breakfast on the quiet water side rather than the sea side…

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Pickled Parrot

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

Follow the Placencia Sidewalk off the main road, near Wallen's Market, and you reach a thatched roof over an open bar where the floor is sand and the…

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Pier Lounge

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

Pier Lounge sits on pilings over the water, not beside it. That is the first thing to know before you decide whether to walk up: this is an…

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Placencia Beach Club

Mexican & Latin · Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

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Most beachfront spots in Placencia Village give you a table and a view. Placencia Beach Club gives you the water too: an infinity pool with a swim-up…

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Placencia Yacht Club

Italian & Pizza · Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

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To eat at the Placencia Yacht Club, you have to get on a boat. It sits on a small dock at Placencia Caye, about a two-minute ride from the municipal…

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Radi's

Placencia Village

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Rick's Café

Italian & Pizza · Placencia Village

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Rick's Café sits upstairs on the Placencia sidewalk, in the old Wallen's building, above Tutti Fruiti and across from the basketball court.

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Rum Fish

Placencia Village

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Most bars in Placencia pour Belikin and call it a night. Rumfish y Vino imports its own wine, and that single decision is why people cross the…

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RumBum Restaurant & Bar

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

The thing to know before you walk in is that RumBum does not hand you the same menu twice.

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Seaside Restaurant at Roberts Grove Beach Resort

Belizean & Creole · International & Fine Dining · Placencia Village

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Permanently closed. Seaside Restaurant was the beachfront restaurant at Robert's Grove Beach Resort on the Placencia Peninsula in the Stann Creek…

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Skyfall Terrace Cocktail Bar

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

Most of the drinking in Placencia Village happens at sea level, on the sand, a few steps off the Sidewalk. Skyfall Terrace does the opposite.

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Smoqiz

Street Food & BBQ · Placencia Village

Walk the Placencia Sidewalk long enough and the smoke finds you. SmoQiz sits right in the center of the village, on the narrow pedestrian walkway that…

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Sterlings at Brisha Oceana Resort

International & Fine Dining · Seafood & Ceviche · Placencia Village

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Strange Brew

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

Walk far enough down Placencia's Main Road and you reach a thatch-roof, open-air bar where the wall between the street and the stools basically does…

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Sunrise Restaurant

Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

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Sunset Sweet Stop Restaurant & Bar

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

You come to Sunset Sweet Stop for two things at once: a plate of seafood and a place to sit while the light goes down.

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Sweet Dreams

Placencia Village

Walk the narrow concrete path that Placencia calls the Sidewalk, and the smell finds you before the sign does: cinnamon rolls coming out warm at Sweet…

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The Beach Restaurant and Bar

International & Fine Dining · Asian & Chinese · Placencia Village

Most restaurants on the Placencia Peninsula pick a lane: Belizean home cooking, or beach-bar burgers, or Italian.

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The Breezeway Oceanfront Restaurant & Pool Bar

Beach Bars & Grills · Seafood & Ceviche · Placencia Village

You do not have to be checked into Mariposa Beach Resort to eat at The Breezeway.

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The Brew Barge

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

Most bars in Placencia sit on the sand. The Brew Barge sits on the water: a floating restaurant and bar built on a repurposed barge, moored in the…

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The Crow's Nest

Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

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The Galley Restaurant

Belizean & Creole · Italian & Pizza · Placencia Village

Walk past the Placencia Village Sports Field and look behind the ballpark: that's The Galley, a family-owned, casual restaurant that Placencia has…

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The Jolly Llama

International & Fine Dining · Placencia Village

Most of the reasons to stop at The Jolly Llama are things you can eat standing up.

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The Little Wine Bar Placencia

International & Fine Dining · Placencia Village

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Most of what you drink on the Placencia Peninsula is cold, local, and beer. The Little Wine Bar is the place that opens a bottle instead.

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The Pizzeria at Turtle Inn

Italian & Pizza · Placencia Village

Most pizza on the Placencia Peninsula comes off an electric deck or out of a beach-bar kitchen.

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The Point At Placencia

Cafés & Breakfast · Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

If you walk to the end of Placencia Village and reach the water near the Municipal Pier, The Point At Placencia is the waterfront restaurant and bar…

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The Sea Cow Cantina

Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

The Sea Cow Cantina is a beachfront bar at The Sea Glass Inn, 1 Sea Glass Place, in Placencia Village.

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The Secret Garden

Placencia Village

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You reach The Secret Garden by walking over a small footbridge, and that short crossing is the whole point: it takes you off the Placencia road and…

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The Shak

Placencia Village

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Walk to the end of the Placencia Sidewalk, where the concrete path runs out at the pier, and The Shak is the cafe waiting at road's end.

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Tiburon Rum Tasting Room

Placencia Village

Walk down Barrier Reef Drive in Placencia Village to the corner of Caribena Street and you can step in off the road and taste rum made in Belize.

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Tides Bar and Grill

Belizean & Creole · Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

Two dishes carry the reputation at Tides Bar and Grill: the fish tacos and the seafood chowder.

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Tim's Restaurant

Asian & Chinese · Placencia Village

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Tipsy Tuna

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

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Most bars in Placencia Village ask you to choose: the beach and a rum drink, or a room with the game on. Tipsy Tuna does not make you pick.

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Toucan Jacks Tiki Bar

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

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You can order a drink at Toucan Jacks without leaving the pool. The bar runs a swim-up counter, which means you wade over, rest your elbows on the…

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Tranquilo

Seafood & Ceviche · Placencia Village

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Permanently closed. Getting to Tranquilo took a phone call and a boat. The bar and restaurant sat on Placencia Caye, a small island a short boat ride…

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Tutti Frutti Gelato

Placencia Village

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Wendy's Restaurant

Belizean & Creole · Placencia Village

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At the end of the Placencia Peninsula, where the peninsula's main road runs through the heart of the village, Wendy's Creole Restaurant and Bar has…

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Yoli's Bar

Beach Bars & Grills · Placencia Village

Yoli's is built out over the water. Not near it, not with a view of it: the whole bar and grill sits on a palapa-covered structure on pilings at the…

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Young's Finger Licking BBQ

Street Food & BBQ · Placencia Village

Young's Finger Licking BBQ is a stand, not a dining room, and it keeps a stand's hours: typically Saturdays, when Mr.

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