Eat· Rum Cay· Bahamas — Eleuthera, Andros & the Out Islands
Ocean View Restaurant & Bar (Port Nelson)
23° 39.0′ N · 74° 50.4′ W · approximate
Ruby Bain's wood-floored Pearl Street restaurant, run by her for some 45 years: peas and rice, conch and fish dinners cooked to order, then pool and dominoes with the locals at the bar.
Practical
Bahamas tourism listing (posted 2020): breakfast, lunch and dinner; listed hours 7 am to 10 pm; meals need advance notice - call an hour or two ahead (listed phone 242-331-2821); no credit cards; island-casual dress; piped music evenings and live music on most weekends and national holidays. Cruising World (November 2023) confirms it still run by Ruby Bain (Guinness by the bottle). Bring Bahamian or US cash. Coordinate approx: the tourism listing's point is a shared village-centre placeholder on Pearl Street, not the building.
Best for
A home-cooked Bahamian dinner booked in the afternoon
Nearby
- Port Nelson settlementRight here
- Rum Cay Medical CenterRight here
- Two Sisters Take Away (Port Nelson)Right here
- Kay's Restaurant & Sand Bar (The Last Chance, Port Nelson)0.2 NM away
- Port Nelson Anchorage (Rum Cay)0.4 NM away
- Port Nelson government dock0.4 NM away
- Out of the Blue Restaurant (Sumner Point Marina)0.9 NM away
- Sumner Point Marina (Rum Cay, closed: entrance silted)0.9 NM away