The big supermarket Au Bon Marche (area number Two) has take away food and is cheap. There are some fast-food places (for example Island Chicken, El Gecko’s Take away). Seaview (near the market) has very cheap food, either downstairs or upstairs. The Waterfront (the place to be!) has good food for a reasonable price and is a good place to meet people. Jill’s cafe (next to ANZ-bank) is a nice place to grab breakfast, burger, fruit punch or a sandwich. Flaming Bull Restaurant is also a good place to have dinner (Fish&chips 750 Vatu and steak 1200 Vatu).

Some places have live music. Waterfront has a band every night and there are more places like that (again, ask around). La Pizzeria (opposite Au Bon Marche-area Number Two) has the best food in town according to some friends of mine and is very cheap (Steak 750 Vatu for example and a large pizza for 1400 Vatu). Rossi’s Restaurant is a nice place to get a cup of coffee and read the latest news (they usually have Australian and New Zealand- papers). A fairly new restaurant is Kanpai. This is a Japanese sushi-restaurant and the place has a great view over the inner harbour. The food is excellent and for a good price ( sushi-set 1200 Vatu, sashimi 1500 Vatu, Udon 700 Vatu).


Things to do in Vanuatu: swimming, snorkelling, scuba diving (also dive courses), sailing, shopping, horse riding, playing tennis, visiting the market, hiking, (game) fishing, budget bottom-fishing, seeing/learning how to dance, learning how to weave a basket, kayaking, parasailing, golfing, mountain bike cycling, volcano tours, visiting the waterfalls, visiting a village or archaeological sites, looking for carvings, sand drawings, tam tams or other souvenirs, posting a postcard from the one and only underwater post-box at Hideaway Island or posting a card in the post-box on top of Yasur Volcano in Tanna, renting a car/scooter and drive around the island. And there’s a lot more to do.