Opening hours
Tuesday - Saturday
09:00 - 22:00
Monday, Sunday
10:00 - 14:00
Table reservation
Tuesday - Saturday
09:00 - 21:00
Vesna Taverna
The best of Mediterranean, French and Caribbean Cuisine in Simpson Bay
Open
Restaurant (Inside & Outside)
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner is served at Vesna Taverna in Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten
Food
Vesna Taverna is unique in regards to the variety of cuisines offered: Enjoy Greek and Macedonian dishes, French 'haute cuisine', American standards, and Caribbean specialties. They call it 'bistronomic' food as compared to the classification of 'gastronomic'. The difference is the more casual setting of Vesna Taverna, serving meals of the highest quality, but at reasonable prices.
Breakfast
Vesna’s Taverna opens early for breakfast. Breakfast includes all your favorites cooked just like mama did it, generous portions served piping hot.
You can easily start your day healthy: let Sally, our day time manager, blend the best green juices, wheatgrass shots, goji berries, or whatever other made-to-order juices you'd like into delicious early-day boosters. Include banana, cucumber, olive oil -- the possible combinations are almost endless.
At Vesna, breakfast can also be our delicious homemade Greek yogurt with fresh fruit, granola, and honey. Or choose our very popular steak and eggs, eggs Benedict, plus ham or salmon with homemade potato.
Not to be missed is our amazing piña colada French toast with fresh fruit!
Lunch and Why It Is Different
Enjoy your lunch in a relaxed bistro atmosphere. There is never a rush to clear your table, eat and converse at your leisure.
Lunch
Lunch offers a good selection of sandwiches, fresh, delicious salads, and more. Dine at your leisure and take advantage of our free WiFi if you like, while you’re dining. We offer box lunches, too – and even meals for you to take to the airport for good dining there before you go home. We’ll pack up whatever you like!
We offer lunch specials every day -- and our soup of the day is prepared fresh in-house every single day. Specials -- in addition to our sizeable regular menu -- can include Quinoa salads, Frittatas, Falafel wraps with hummus, gazpacho with feta and -- well, the fact is the choices here never really end!
We offer lunch specials every day -- and our soup of the day is prepared fresh in-house every single day. Specials -- in addition to our sizeable regular menu -- can include Quinoa salads, Frittatas, Falafel wraps with hummus, gazpacho with feta and -- well, the fact is the choices here never really end!
Fine Dining in a Casual Setting
Dinner is a huge treat: (dinner is served Tuesday through Saturday). Beyond our big standard dinner menu, every Friday we fly in the freshest mussels and salmon fillets from Nova Scotia and tenderly aged “cowboy steak” from an amazing custom butcher in New York.
For dinnertime thirsts, ask for our very different cocktails and martinis made with fruits and vegetables -- it sounds crazy but you will absolutely love it from your very first taste.
Greek food you see on our menu is available every day for lunch and dinner, but our big Greek cooking event is every Saturday. Click Greek Night to learn more.
Dinner
Special Nights
Friday Night Salmon, Steaks, and Mussels are worth mentioning twice because they’re so good and in such great demand. Come in soon and see what we mean – trust us, and our thousands of customers, you will not be disappointed.
Greek Night is something of a feast. we call it our Saturday Greek Yaya Metze -- Yaya means grandma and we call it Yaya Metze because it tastes exactly how your Greek "Yaya" would cook it.
You will love our completely homemade, authentic Eggplant Moussaka, Pasticio, Stuffed Red Peppers, your choice of Kebabs -- lamb, chicken, beef, and pork, Greek salad, hummus, zucchini, black olives, and of course our genuine, delicious, homemade feta corn Yaya bread. There's also dolmades, tzatziki, and spanakopita -- if that's not enough, ask for more.
Smoothies anytime are made with the freshest fruit and ice (no added sugar) and are flat out amazing, the best on the island.
Meet the owners: Vesna and Yannick
Founded as “The Bagel House,” Vesna Taverna became “Bagelhouse and More” when Yannick and Vesna bought it back in 2007. Though the term “Bagelhouse” is gone now, Vesna continues to offer fresh, authentic homemade bagels every morning alongside their rich, delicious breakfasts.
Vesna and Yannick first met at the renowned Fish Pot Restaurant in Grand Case, French St. Martin, in 1998. Yannick and Vesna have been restaurateurs since 1994. “We both love cooking and good food,” Vesna says. “We love doing what we do, preparing great food for friends – new and old. Extensively trained with leading chefs around the world, both Vesna and Yannick spent several weeks in Paris in 2013 at the prestigious Atelier Guy Martin.
Vesna and Yannick first met at the renowned Fish Pot Restaurant in Grand Case, French St. Martin, in 1998. Yannick and Vesna have been restaurateurs since 1994. “We both love cooking and good food,” Vesna says. “We love doing what we do, preparing great food for friends – new and old. Extensively trained with leading chefs around the world, both Vesna and Yannick spent several weeks in Paris in 2013 at the prestigious Atelier Guy Martin.
About Vesna Taverna
Put their experience to the test: visit Vesna Taverna today to experience a menu with Greek, Caribbean, American, and French dishes.
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