Big French Key — Restaurant in Roatán

Absolutely incredible experience — worth every penny and easily the highlight of our entire cruise. The 45-minute bus ride from the port was comfortable, and our tour guide, Dennis, made it even better with his knowledge of Honduras and Roatán’s history. He really brought the island to life during the drive.

Once we arrived, we took a short boat ride over to the island itself, and it felt like entering our own private paradise. The beach was gorgeous — calm, clean, and never crowded. Plenty of loungers, shady spots, iguanas and parrots wandering around, even some monkeys nearby. You can snorkel, swim, or do absolutely nothing — which is exactly what we wanted.

The food deserves its own review. Hands down the best meal of the entire trip — better than what we had on the ship or in any of the ports. The chicken, fish, and rice with beans were all full of flavor, and the hot sauce — this bright yellow-orange sauce — was the best I’ve ever tasted. I still think about it. Drinks were priced fairly (about $20 for a bucket of six local Honduran beers), and they were cold and delicious.

The staff was attentive, friendly, and there were plenty of them — never had to wait long for anything. Everything about this excursion felt relaxed and well-run. If I could give it 10...

Other than my wedding day and the day my child was born, this was THE best day of my life. The food was amazing and so fresh, the service was impeccable, and don't even get me started on the location: the crystal clear & calm warm 🌊, the gorgeous coral 🪸, the beautiful trees 🌴, and the intermittent but perfectly positioned hammocks. My God was this place amazing. My best friend had her wedding there, and it was so EPIC, despite there only being 5 of us in the wedding party. The only thing I could POSSIBLY say is watch your tab, bc I blinked and suddenly, voila, my tab was over $100 just for moi, ...and also maybe don't wait til you're at the key to style your hair lol. We went in October, and were afraid the styles would be destroyed in the van and boat trip from the cruise ship 🚢...and our hairstyles had to be simplified & redesigned to basically messy buns, bc the originally planned styles kept melting down our necks and face lol. There are worse problems to have. 🤷‍♀️

I've been dreaming of going back ever since we...

Sometimes people sell you the paradise, let's go kayaking, and then go snorkeling on the reef they said . Turns out that once there you won't snorkle on the reef but since the organization is questionable at best you will spend 17 minutes in the water racing behind your guide in some plastic wasteland. What about the kayak experience then. Well it was great 15 minutes tops to go around the place. By the time we were done I definitely built some muscle. I can skip the gym.

The place has is specialties too. Yes the parrots are running free. But what about the 5 tigers living as a failed experiment of a tourist attractions ? Their cages are about as big as a cruise ship cabine ( but not the suites ...)

The staff in a very condescending manner communicate in Spanish so they think we will not understand that they know they run a tourist trap and they wish you could stay for ever to fill up the cash register

As a summary spend your cash...