Restaurant Playa Forti does not hide, but you do have to earn it a little. Cross Westpunt, follow the road to the end of the island, and there, on a rocky promontory, this terrace opens onto the horizon. The restaurant was built in 1958 by Dutchman Leslie Jenkin on the remains of a Napoleonic-era fort, and the original cannons still guard the entrance today.
At the table you will find the classics of Curaçaoan cooking: keshi yena, the island's typical stuffed cheese, freshly caught red snapper, or slow-stewed goat (kabritu). It is the kind of place where local families and passing travelers sit side by side, facing the same view.
Because the real signature of the place is what happens below the terrace. All day long, divers launch themselves off the cliff into the clear water of Playa Forti, to the amusement of the diners above. And in the late afternoon the show continues with one of the most beautiful sunsets in Curaçao, as the sky catches fire over the Caribbean Sea.
This Westpunt restaurant is open every day from 11 am to 9 pm. Come for a quiet lunch between two west coast beaches, or stay into the evening at the bar, glass in hand, watching the last divers challenge the cliff before dark.
