If you visit Belize, do THIS before you do anything else!!! It puts many other things you see into perspective. Especially fun with kids!! Julia and Frank Martinez (with the help of their family and friends) have put together a wonderful expose' on Belize's Garafuna people and culture, which includes food, dancing, a historical video, and more. The event starts at 6:30pm and ends about 9:00pm (or whenever you get tired of eating or asking questions). Very informal, very fun. Julia is a school teacher during the day, and she is very effective at getting the historical and cultural information across to her audience - mostly because you become a participant in everything that occurs! If you are shy, you might want to have a rum punch or two before you get there, because you won't be able to sit back and just "observe." This event made put our whole visit to Belize into a different, more thoughtful, perspective. Highly recommended.
Loved the food...service slow and lovely...don't be in a hurry and you won't be disappointed. You shouldn't be in a hurry while on San Pedro anyway...Did I mention the food? Excellent.
This is a litle nice restaurant where you could eat traditionell food and learn a couple of the traditionel culture of the garafundu. The family does everything with heart. Meens cooking and explaining about the culture. A dinner with buffet and traditionel music, drums cost only 25 us. This restaurant is obligatory if you visit san pedro.
Well I have been there several times for lunch. The service is great abit slow depending on your order so don't be in a rush if u plan to enjoy your food. Its a bit hidden from it all. A great educational experience also. I ts main dishes are all traditional Garinagu dishes.
Cultural Entertainment Center is a stretch. This is a small restaurant aka as a "Hole in the Wall" in the states. If you're interested in Garifuna culture and food it's well worth a visit. The owner is Garifuna and will chat with you about the history of her people. Unfortunately, they didn't have any performances while I was in San Pedro; however, I went for lunch and the Hudot (Fish in Coconut Broth with Sweet Plantain Mashed Ball) was terrific! Pros: Great Garifuna foodCons: Hard to contact. No answer by phone. You have to go by to make arrangements. Its a bit difficult to find.
We attended a traditional Garifuna dinner and cultural event that was supposed to be a buffet for several people. No one else showed up, so it didn't end up being a buffet. Seemed most of the food was heated up leftovers, but interesting anyway. The band was ok. Sold me a blank CD for $15 (which I bargained from $20!). Kind of a rip off. $25 for the event - a little pricey for what it was.
Juliet is awesome.... Mosquitos ate me up on the way there, but a great educational experience, and the food us wonderful !
We ate here for lunch the first day on the island. It is set back from the road, a little hard to find, but the Garifuna food was great!
This cultural center features the Garifuna people. I saw it mentioned on the hotel wall and they made all the arrangments. For 25 US dollars, it included a show that had dancing, singing, and learning to play an instrument for a bit as well as a very tasty Garifuna dinner. There was a video as well about the culture. Since we were not going to have time to go to the deep south to see where Garifuna communities are, we at least got a small taste. Crafts for sale as well.
Julia and the rest of the staff were absolutely amazing. The food was excellent, the cultural education memorable, and hopefully our dancing not too offensive. We had a great time and would certainly recommend that visitors to Ambergris Caye visit Black & White Cultural Entertainment Centere.