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Buddies

Part of The Strip of informal beach bars lined up along South Frigate Bay beach, Buddies is an unpretentious drinking and dancing venue set inland from the main drag. It is built from wood on two levels, and its upstairs club is popular with international students from the islands medical and veterinary universities. The music is a bit of everything featuring local DJs. Meals are available, including ribs, and fish and fries, and there is free Wi-Fi. Friday nights are liveliest, with things hotting up from 8.30pm.

South Frigate Bay beach; 001 869 465 2839

Carambola Beach Club

At the western end of South Friars Bay beach, Carambola Beach Club brings a touch of Ibiza to the St Kitts beach bar scene. I find it offers a welcome change from the more casual beach bars that are the island norm. There are smart daybeds and wooden loungers set on grey-yellow sands, with a large modern bar and restaurant serving modern European dishes with a Caribbean twist.

South Friars Bay beach; 869 465 9090; carambolabeachclub.com

Jam rock

In the middle of South Friars Bay beach, this easy-going bar and restaurant brings a taste of Jamaica to the shores of St Kitts. Diners sit at wooden tables beneath a corrugated metal roof with the sea breezes wafting through. I like the feel of it, and its chef and manager, Michael Clarke, serves up all the favourites, including jerk chicken, pork and ribs, plus a Jam Burst salad and local catch of the day such as grouper or wahoo.

South Friars Bay beach; 869 662 5150

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