This is the most beautiful bar in Turks and Caicos: a magnificent ornamental bar meant to evoke a wide brimmed hat. I was lucky enough to visit at the perfect golden hour.
Mardochee is shaking up a “Summer Soul”: aperol, vodka, passionfruit swizzled with tropical citrus and a splash of sparkling water. There’s a golden hue everywhere. The pool is behind me. The beach is in front. And then I look up, and it gets even better.
It’s perfect.
This is Sisi, the new bar and restaurant at The Palms resort in Turks and Caicos, and it’s unquestionably the most beautiful bar in all of Turks and Caicos.
The cocktails are varied and unique, from the aforementioned Summer Soul to the Palms D’or (rum, pineapple, passionfruit juice, fresh mint and bubbles) to the Green Flash, a mix of coconut rum, light rum, creme de menthe, pineapple juice and Galliano.
In a cool touch, there’s also a Gin and Tonic menu: you can choose from a “spiced Bombay” to a “green Hendricks” to a “sweet Tanqueray.” If you’re here for a few days more, it’s a way to shake up your evening cocktail selections, with a fun, botanical twist.
But the biggest story, for me, is what’s overhead: the design, by Malcolm Berg of EoA Group, is meant to evoke a woman’s large brimmed hat, and it’s, in a word, stunning. It anchors the whole poolscape of the resort, connecting the beach and the pool, a true centerpiece ornament for the whole property.
But when you’re here, either sitting at the bar counter or in one of the tables on the deck and peering out to the white sands of Grace Bay, it’s just part of the immense beauty.
When the light from Grace Bay is just so, the drinks are fresh and the smiles abound, it’s one of those almost overwhelmingly enchanting places, the ones that make memories you can live in. It’s that good.
Sisi, which is also an outstanding restaurant in its own right, just might be the most beautiful new bar in the whole Caribbean.
Even in a destination dotted by beautiful watering holes, this is something else: it’s not just a bar. It’s a work of art. And that’s worth toasting to.
