Foxy's and the Soggy Dollar Bar on Jost Van Dyke
Jost Van Dyke Beach Bars - Foxy's and the Soggy Dollar Bar
The beautiful and largely undisturbed BVI island of Jost Van Dyke is home to gorgeous beaches, excellent anchorages, undisturbed wilderness and... two of the most famous beach bar/restaurants in the world - Foxy's and the Soggy Dollar Bar. We highly recommend a stop there on your next Charter in the British Virgin Islands!
Foxy's Tiki Bar and Restaurant
Foxy's has achieved world renown far beyond its bohemian appearance and "middle of nowhere" location.
Foxy's was founded by the irrepressable and larger than life Philicianno Callwood. "Foxy", is famous for strumming his guitar and singing humorous songs every afternoon, and ensuring that everyone has a great time if they arrive at his establishment. Don't worry if its his day off, he's also created a lifesize model of himself, the "Epoxy Foxy" to watch over you even when he's not there. Foxy's was the first beach bar on Jost Van Dyke, started as a place near the church to provide refreshments for the harvest celebration. Two years later, he moved to his current location.
Foxy's Restaurant has seating for over 300 people on bench seats, and serves a BBQ menu that features Chicken, Ribs, and Mahi-Mahi. The Bar opens at 9:30 am and serves many unique drinks mixed with his own Rum, and beers from a local microbrewery.
Foxy's is perhaps best known for the spectacular New Year's Eve party, which he calls "Old Years Night". Literally hundreds of yachts lash themselves together outside Foxy's on New Years eve, and make their way to Foxy's for the evening. This celebration rivals Times Square as "the place to be", with an unfettered joyous party atmosphere. If you're going to partake, we highly recommend that you chain and lock your dinghy - as the main morning-after spectator sport is watching hung over sailors trying to locate their lost dinghy, all of which look nearly identical, and many of which are "borrowed" in return for a finder's fee.
Soggy Dollar Bar
Located in pristine White Bay on Jost Van Dyke, The Soggy Dollar Bar is known for inventing the "Painkiller", and has become a landmark BVI destination - who can resist the perfect beach, and one of the greatest beach bars?
There is no pier or dinghy dock on White Bay. You need to anchor and either take the dinghy ashore, or, preferably swim. No need to worry about your money getting wet, as their name implies, they are used to "soggy" bills - in fact there's a clothes line for drying them out!
The Soggy Dollar Bar draws people from all of the surrounding islands, and can be quite the hot spot on the weekends, offering live music, great food, (try the flying fish sandwich!) and of course delicious cocktails. Definitely try one or two of the Raspberry Therapy, and Nilla Vanilla which are the other house favorites worth mentioning.
The recipe for the Painkiller, developed by Daphne Henderson (the owner of the Soggy Dollar) and commercialised by Charles Tobias (the founder of Pussers, on Tortola) is believed to be four parts pineapple, one part cream of coconut and one part orange juice -
adding Rum (Pussers, of course) as you see fit and a sprinkle of nutmeg. But instead of mixing this on your boat, we recommend you try the original while relaxing in a hammock at the Soggy Dollar!
More about White Bay. We believe that White Bay captures the essence of what the BVI is all about. It is beautiful, largely unspoiled, welcoming, fun, relaxed, memorable. The sand is perfect and spotlessly clean. Besides the Soggy Dollar, there are other bars and restaurants, all laid back and bohemian. All fit into the beach setting without spoiling its beauty. And even if beach parties are n
ot your style, the beach is largely deserted after about 5pm. So you can spend your day on deserted Sandy Cay and return for a relaxed, peaceful dinner.
Want to Charter a Yacht to Jost Van Dyke to see Foxy's and the Soggy Dollar Bar in the BVI?
No trip to the BVI is complete without a stop at Jost Van Dyke. Typically, we recommend that you save it for the end of your charter - here's a sample BVI yacht charter itinerary you may want to follow, and we have plenty of information on our BVI blog.
In terms of finding you the perfect charter yacht, we have hundreds of great yachts for you and can provide you with everything you need to have a fantastic charter in the BVI, including visits to all of the hot spots. Click here so see our BVI Charter Yachts listing. We have more boats than anyone, and will provide unbiased advice about which one is right for your party.
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