Mamora Bay Café

Coffee under the treetops at Mamora Bay

The café is built up into the treetops beside the lobby of St. James’s Club & Villas, so the shade arrives with the drink. It is the coffee shop in a resort that counts seven bars alongside it, set on a secluded 100-acre peninsula on Antigua’s southeastern coast, which makes it a stop inside a much larger drinks network rather than a café standing alone on a street.

What is poured

Freshly brewed coffee is the anchor, and the rest of the board runs to smoothies, teas and assorted drinks. This is a beverage counter rather than a kitchen, which is why guests read it as the resort’s coffee shop rather than as another of its bars.

How guests use it

The pattern is a coffee to start the day and lighter drink stops afterwards, which is how the resort itself frames the café: good morning from Mamora Bay, then a pause in the middle of the day. The setting does the rest, relaxed and social, tied to the landscaped, tropical side of the property rather than to a street-corner café format, and convenient for anyone passing through the lobby.