Turtle Bay Milton Keynes

Next to North Loughton Valley park Turtle Bay brings some much needed Caribbean vibrancy to the centre of Milton Keynes. An ideal spot to come for breakfast or lunch after a walk in the park or a lively evening of drinks and food with friends. The polished exterior of the chain restaurant gives way to a hectic interior, a medley of colours surrounds wacky furniture as well as a bustling bar and open face kitchen, all of which are set in the context of an industrial space.

The broad Caribbean inspired menu is full of tempting options. Small plates that can either be used as starters or nice bites to be eaten with drinks include things like crispy chilli squid and sweetcorn fritters, and the breakfast menu offers a Caribbean equivalent of an English breakfast - with jerk bacon and sausages. The main menu includes lighter options like Buddha bowls and roti wraps as well as heavier soul food items like West Indian curries and curry goat hash as well as burgers and jerk pit food from baby back ribs to jerk sirloin steak, all of which can be paired with a range of tasty side dishes and followed up with desserts such as ginger cake.

The drinks menu includes everything you might expect but focuses on innovative Caribbean style cocktails as well as some classics, think refreshing Mojitos, and a long list of rums. Turtle Bay has both generous daily happy hours featuring two for one cocktails as well as daily bottomless brunches which allows the whole table two hours to enjoy selected menu items as well as bottomless cocktails, mocktails, beer or Prosecco. Turtle Bay isn’t the most sophisticated of places but it’s not designed to be. This is a chain that retains some soul; a great place to have some fun.