Eat and drink

A pit that runs from four until eleven

Pork, ribs and whole fish glazed in cane syrup boiled down here, tropical fruit cut over chilli and lime, and ginger beer on tap from a few streets away.

The pit

What comes off the fire

Everything worth ordering has been over coals. The pit is lit at half three and it does not go out until the last order, which is why the whole building smells the way it does.

Cane syrup is reduced in the kitchen from juice pressed in the valley. It goes on the pork, the ribs and the pineapple, and it is the reason people come back.

Nothing is held under a lamp. On a full Friday a plate takes twenty-five minutes and we say so when you book, rather than letting you sit and wonder.

To start: Two small plates, one without meat, changed weekly.

Off the coals: Pork shoulder, beef ribs, whole fish and corn.

To finish: Valley fruit with lime, or the syrup pudding nobody lets us take off.

Service

When the pit and the bar are going

Hours	Kitchen	Bar
4pm – 5:30pm	Pit warming, snacks only	Open
5:30pm – 9pm	Full board	Open
9pm – 11pm	Off the pit only	Open
11pm – 12am	Closed	Fruit, cheese and drinks

A pit that runs from four until eleven

What comes off the fire

When the pit and the bar are going

One question first: are you 18 or over?