The Shak Beach Cafe

Bathrooms are locked (get a key from the staff). Just a toilet in a small room, sink outside, clean enough. Bloody Mary is fantastic!

Come See SKIP! Definitely a bucket list, MUST stop! Owner and staff are awesome. FRESHEST Food and drink ingredients.

Great spot for breakfast. Food was delicious and the smoothies were great. Specifically the peanut butter seaweed smoothie (no seaweed taste). Service was great and the waitresses were smiling all day and creating good vibes. Only downside was that they snuck a $1 to-go charge which was kind of petty. Other than that a good spot.

We tried The Shak for breakfast, opting to sit at the outdoor tables in the sand. The restaurant is right next to the pier and harbor. The fresh guava juice was flavorful. We had The Works with scrambled eggs, bacon, beans, and fry jacks. The food was good, but lacked the flavor that we’ve had at other places. We needed to add salt and pepper, and that’s not common for us in Belize. The menu we found online was not accurate, so I’m including a photo of the breakfast menu here. The staff was friendly, but did not check on us after delivering the food, and they only offered jam for our fry jacks as we were paying the bill. Free parking is available in the lot by the pier.

The Shak is amazing. It's right at the end of the Peninsula so you see the ocean, some wildlife, a couple of beach dogs and a staff that cares about you having a pleasurable time.
The Lobster Omelette is amazing! The drinks are well priced and wonderful. We were in Placencia for five days and ate here at least four times. Wonderful place!

Was not sure about gluten free options for food. But we got a Seaweed Smoothie. It was amazing. Service was minimal. They took our order dropped off our food and eventually after waiting came back to bring us our bill.

Really amazing smoothies!! I got the yoga blend, my hubby got the going bananas(10/10 recommend) and a chicken quesadilla (do not recommend). There are some “small” charges- you don’t really see on the menu (any changes or substitutions or add on $1- and any to gos are $1 extra as well) also lots of kids running around and playing where you eat (I’m not really a kid person so If you aren’t either just a heads up, they weren’t bad just a lot of them)

But they made fresh and are really delicious. I would not order the food, ours was not very good. I would recommend Carmen’s for breakfast instead!

I visited this place twice before, the previous times were OK but I was really disappointed this time. First of all, the food was not very good and it was pricey. It was actually more than Wendy's, which is a better establishment, in my opinion. What this place has over Wendy's is it is by the ocean, so the view is pretty good. Our portions were quite small. I ordered a pancake breakfast, and my pancakes were just a little bit bigger than silver dollar pancakes . My sausage tasted like it was freezer burned. That wasn't the worst part. One member of my party has a phobia of dogs, The owner had a dog that was free to roam throughout the establishment. This is okay for most, and I like animals. However, you have to be aware that there are people with phobias and also allergies I told the waitress that the young lady in my party had a fear of dogs, and she stated it was the owner's dog. We asked them if they would do something about the dog, and they chased the dog off twice, but the dog kept coming in. The young lady could not enjoy her breakfast and had to leave eventually. I think the owner needs to be a little more sensitive to the patrons.
needs and desires. It was a little dog. However, when you have a phobia size, it does not matter.