Port Lucaya Marketplace
- Shopping, Dining & Entertainment -
Dining
Come let us excite your taste buds at one of our sumptuous restaurants. With eleven restaurants to choose from, there is certainly a cuisine to please your palate. For the discerning connoisseur, we offer Five Star Gourmet dining and the best sushi ever at Little Tokyo. Casual and relaxed family dining and cafés beckon guests to come and pull-up a chair. Zorbas Greek Restaurant and Agave Latin Fusion Restaurant have laid-back atmospheres that make customers feel right at home. We recommend that you try our Bahamian delicacies such as the Spiny Lobster or Pan-Fried Snapper or Grouper (in season) with some Bahamian peas and rice. Zorbas, After Deck and Go Native has your fresh catch of the day. If you can stand the heat Pisces Restaurant has a hot and spicy curry pot that will set off a fire alarm, including many other excellent delicacies and seafood. La Parilla Latina Steakhouse Restaurant & Lounge Bar offers you an elegant relaxed environment with a variety of Latin and Bahamian foods to choose from. For the Italian lovers, Giovanni’s Café and Cappuccino’s Restaurant serve authentic Italian dishes with the charm and trimmings of Italy. Fair Play Lounge and ZSA ZSA Mojito are a smoker’s paradise. Enjoy premium cigars, fine wine and tasty dishes. Cocktails on the Bay serves a variety of local dishes and offers a casual comfortable atmosphere with karaoke and comedy.
Bakery/coffee shop
The early morning air is filled with authentic European pastries with a variety of hot and cold coffee drinks that can only be found at Zorbas Cafe.
Bootleg Chocolates is the place for those with a sweet tooth. Fine European island-inspired chocolates are so yummy you have to try them all.
Sub and pizza shops
Well known sub-sandwich chain Subway offers you healthy choices. Domino’s offers a wide range of pizza, plus chicken wings and other sides for delivery or carryout.
Children’s boutique
Heaven Sent Kids is a children’s paradise with clothing, accessories, shoes and toys for infants up to boys and girls pre-teens.
Native treats
Bateman’s Coconut and Daiquiri Stand will cool you off after a hot day of shopping. The coconut is topped off with your choice of Daiquiri flavors blended and poured into a coconut shell. Choose from Mango, Sour Sop, Sapodilla, Strawberry, Guava, Passion Fruit, Banana and Pina’ Colada with rum for that extra kick or without.
Conch Stand
Daddy Brown’s conch stand has mouthwatering conch fritters, conch salad, fried fish and cracked lobster and lobster salad all made fresh while you wait.
Fresh vegetable and fruit stand
Native fruits and vegetables, in season and freshly picked, are found daily at Fergie’s Fruit Stand.
Shopping
Trendy boutiques beckon you to purchase the latest in European, American and Designer fashions at a fraction of the retail cost. Port Lucaya Marketplace is your Duty-Free shopping headquarters. Perfumes, Leather Goods, Watches, Camera’s, Linens, Jewellery and Liquor. Because the Bahamas boasts of being a duty-free area, there are no sales taxes added, the price you see is what you pay. Exquisite jewellery designs by Amoro, Pandora, David Yurman, VanCleef and Arples, brilliant time pieces by Tag Heuer, Ebel, Movado, Brume and Mercier, Raymond Weil and Rolex at below U.S. prices.
Leather goods
Designer handbags and accessories by renowned Gucci, Dooney and Bourke, Fendi, Chanel, Louis Vitton and Christian Dior just to name a few. Luxury Habitz, John Heath Jewellery Store, Parfum De Paris, The Curiosity Shop and Bandolera are some of the stores where you can purchase the very best in leather goods and designer bags and accessories.
Perfumes
Find French perfumes and top designer top named fragrances by Kenzo, Elizabeth Arden, Giorgio Armani, Estee Lauder, Bulgari, Gucci, Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Carolina Herrera and Dolce & Gabbana. With these fantastic savings, you can afford to pick up your favorite scent or try something new by Rihanna, Justin Bieber or Beyoncé. All found in Parfum de Paris.
Specialty boutiques and fashion stores
The latest in leading European clothing and accessories can be found at Bandolera located near the ABMs. Do you have an appetite for affordable fashions? Then the Port Lucaya Marketplace should be your first destination, with a wide selection of stores including Bahamia/Sand Dollar, Luxury Habitz, Renaissance Boutique and NAUTICA, with stylish clothing, one of a kind fashion jewelry, awesome handbags, and elegant and casual footwear.
Souvenirs and crafts
We have two amply stocked Straw Markets with Straw Vendors anxious to barter with you on Straw bags, hats and slippers all from native straw palm. You can also find Bahamian slogan t-shirts with native sayings that will make you laugh and your pocketbook happy.
Authentic craft artisans at our Craft Centre will create a unique souvenir item right before your eyes. Intricate hand details and indigenous items from the land or sea are used to bring your special handcrafted souvenir items to life.
Hairbraiders
Three (3) of the Islands most talented Hairbraiders, will make you the Bo Derrick of the beach. They Cornrow, French Twist, Shingle and Fishbone customer’s hair in beautiful designs. Services are offered to men and children as well.
Entertainment
At our open-air Square “The Market Square”, you can dance the night away. Live music by Bahamian Bands are every Friday and Saturday night from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m, weather permitting!! Listen to the sounds of The Soul Sisters Band, The Trouble Band, Wilfred Solomon & The Magnetics, Island Rhythms Band, Deep South Island Boys, Tropical Wave Band, The Inagua Boys and High Energy Band as our featured performers on the weekends. Nowhere else on the Island offers a complimentary native show.
Special seasonal concerts & fireworks
Complimentary concerts are performed in the Market Square during special Holidays with Fireworks on July 4th (U.S. Independence), July 10th, Bahamian Independence and Midnight on New Year’s Eve. Please click on our calendar of events for more details.
Nightlife bars
7 bars
Bahama Mama, Rum Runners, Corner Bar, Kalypzo, Zsa Zsa, Da Tingum Bar and Blu Lounge are your late-night spots for dancing and partying until the wee hours of the morning.