Saipan — Places to eat
A turquoise lagoon and an island you can drive in a day.
- Shirley's Coffee Shop (Garapan) — Short ribs from 6am in a no-frills island diner
- Inas Kitchen — Lunch-only burger joint with Angus patties
- Kanto Diyes (Kanto 10) — Filipino-style BBQ off a charcoal grill at the door
- Surf Club — Beachfront tables facing the sunset
- American Pizza & Grill — American burgers and pizza in central Garapan
- Country House Restaurant — Log-cabin steakhouse in business since 1992
- Plumeria Steakhouse — Korean-run steakhouse that also does tuna sashimi
- Spicy Thai Noodle Place — $6 noodle soup, Saipan's cheapest good meal
- Nam Dae Moon — Korean restaurant: same-day tuna sashimi and lime soju
- Poki Yaki — Lunch-only poke and acai bowls
- Godfather's Bar — Garapan's best-known pub, with live music
- Cha Café & Bistro — Sea-salt americano on an island with no Starbucks
- OHAS Boulangerie & Café (Garapan) — A large bakery café in Garapan
- The Shack — Beach-shack brunch: acai bowls and pancakes
- Herman's Modern Bakery — Sweet bread from Saipan's oldest bakery
- Oleai Beach Bar & Grill — Steak and sunset right on the sand
- Furusato — Same spot for 18 years, Mon-Sat lunch sets
- Kinpachi Japanese Restaurant — Saipan's oldest Japanese restaurant, since 1980
- 360 Revolving Restaurant — Burgers and grills in a revolving dining room
- Chunji Restaurant (Garapan) — Tuna sashimi and Korean BBQ in Garapan
- Drift Bottle Cafe — Less-sweet donuts and boba in Garapan
- Daniel's Coffee Saipan — Drive-thru coffee on Beach Road