Most hotels and restaurants offer international cuisine, serving a large variety of tropical fish and English, Continental, American and exotic West Indian food. Bars are stocked with the most popular wines and spirits, including various brands of whisky, rum and brandy.

National specialities:
• Seafood, such as crabs and lambi (conchs).
• Calaloo (a leafy vegetable similar to spinach) soup.
• Oildown is the national dish consisting of stew made with salted meat, breadfruit, onion, celery, carrot, daheen (a root vegetable grown locally) and dumplings all slowly steamed in coconut milk until the liquid is absorbed.
• Nutmeg ice cream.

National drinks:
• Rum is made locally using traditional methods.
• The local beer, Carib, is excellent.

Tipping: A 10% service charge is added by most hotels and restaurants. If no charge is added, it is customary to leave a 10% tip. There is also an 8% government tax to pay at hotels and restaurants.

Home to the vibrant calypso and reggae music, Grenada offers a good mix of local and international restaurants and bars. Many resorts provide night-time entertainment, such as discos, organised shows and cabarets. The Reno Cinema has recently been refurbished and hosts many multicultural events as well as showing films. The Grenadian Jazz Society holds concerts several times a year in a number of hotels.

Special purchases include leather crafts, jewellery, spices, straw goods and batik (printed cotton and other fabrics). There are a number of duty-free shops selling quality goods from all over the world. A craft and spice market has now opened close to the Grand Anse Beach with scores of vendors offering various goods and services.

Shopping hours: Mon-Fri 0800-1600, Sat 0800-1300. Supermarkets are usually open Mon-Sat 0900-1900. Craft and souvenir shops will open Sundays and bank holidays especially if cruise ships are in port.