Belize: Smoky Mermaid (March 2003)

The Smoky Mermaid is located on the ground floor of The Great House hotel. A small shopping gallery leads to the Smoky Mermaid, where you can dine on Caribbean-influenced seafood, pastas, and other dishes. The large dining courtyard has a fountain, shaded by breadfruit, mango, and sapodilla trees and big turquoise umbrellas. This courtyard restaurant, in a grand former mansion, is popular for its relaxed garden setting and Caribbean-accented food (cassava-crusted snapper, piƱa colada pie).