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Love food? Well, Cayman has got you covered and so does Andrea Poe! Here are her picks for the Top 10 Restaurants on the Island:

1.     Ortanqiue, Think coffee and cocoa encrusted salmon and the mega-sized (16 ounce) pork chop slathered in a BBQ sauce made from local mangoes. Locally sourced desserts, like banana fritters with rum raisin ice cream and a classic coconut cake, are dreamy.

2.     Rum Point, On a weekday night (weekends are packed) and you may think you have died and gone to heaven. The restaurant is on a quiet perch at the end of the island, at the mouth of shallows, where even kids can snorkel.

3.     Duke’s, On the non-beach side of Seven Miles Beach delivers some of the island's best smoky BBQ. Try the Cayman jerk chicken, which is rich and flavorful, or the short ribs braised in local beer.

4.     SunShine Grill, For $10.95 you get a plate of mahi tacos topped with avocado sauce, Swiss cheese and cabbage that's so flavorful that you will be jonzing for them when you get home.

5.     (The Ritz) Blue by Eric Ripert, This is where to go for one of the most indulgent and interesting seafood meals of your life. A sample: Local tuna paired with foie gras, halibut "pot au feu" made with rich black truffle, striped bass topped with rum hibiscus.

6.     Brasserie, Is in George Town is as hyper local as you can get. Try the tartare or ceviche, both of which highlight the best of the garden and the sea.

7.     Waterfront Urban Diner, A new addition to the island, marries a hipster aesthetic (minimalist design, ceramic trophy heads and animal salt and pepper shakers) with earnest, straightforward good eats. The face-sized sweet roll has already become the stuff of legends.

8.     Michaels Genuine, In Camana Bay, The wood-fired oven turns out specialties like wood-fired breadfruit salad with avocado, double yolk eggs (served on crostini) and lionfish served with pickled mango.

9.     Vivine's Kitchen Is literally Vivine's kitchen. The restaurant is at her modest home on the East End; her menu is as authentically Caymanian as it gets: conch and welk, along with sea turtle and goat stew.

10.  Mizu, A sampling of the variety: Korean BBQ cauliflower, Japanese hamachi nigiri, Thai calamari with nahm jim dressing, classic Vietnamese pho soup and Cambodian grapefruit salad with mint and peanuts.

Grand Cayman has a reputation for some of the best food in the Caribbean. From roadside BBQ to beachfront fish shacks to international superstar chefs we got you covered. Visit our website today!