Inside Claudio’s Bahamas: A Legendary New York Seafood Spot Drops Anchor at Atlantis
Written by Eric Barton | June 18, 2025
AUTHOR BIO: Eric Barton is editor of The Adventurist and a freelance journalist who has reviewed restaurants for more than two decades. Email him here.
There’s something both wildly ambitious and perfectly inevitable about dropping a 150-year-old New York seafood institution into the middle of Atlantis Paradise Island.
Claudio’s, a Greenport mainstay that’s equal parts salty dockside haunt and Hamptons-worthy destination, has opened a new outpost in the Bahamas—and, as you might expect, they brought the lobster rolls and Bloody Marys stacked like Jenga towers.
Cracked Conch Sliders
Claudio’s Bahamas sits overlooking the Water’s Edge Lagoon, right at The Coral, and the setting could’ve gone one of two ways. Thankfully, they chose swagger. Suspended from the ceiling are candy-colored fiberglass sailboats, each one named for a cocktail—Painkiller, Bahama Mama—because of course they are. There are twinkle lights, a lagoon view, and enough flat-screens to make sure you don’t miss the game, even if the sunset is winning.
The menu? It's half East Coast nostalgia, half Bahamian bravado. They brought the baked clams, the brown butter lobster roll on challah, and a preserved lemon aioli so good it might actually outshine the calamari it comes with. But this is the islands, so naturally, there’s conch chowder ladled into a rye bread bowl, guava goat pepper wings, and fish goujons in Kalik beer batter, which is exactly what fried fish should be called when eaten near turquoise water.
Tuna Ceviche Tacos
Late-night is where Claudio’s Bahamas fully stretches out. The bar stays open until 3 a.m., pouring frozen Miami Vices and a Bloody Mary so over-accessorized it comes with bacon, jalapeños, and stone crab. If you’re wondering who’s ordering a veal Milanese at 1 a.m., the answer is: probably the guy dancing near the gazebo bar, sipping Junkanoo Punch, and celebrating his second bachelor party.
Tuna Tartare Nachos
The bar stays open until 3
This isn’t just another resort restaurant—it’s a statement. By bringing in Claudio’s, Atlantis is signaling it’s just as serious about cocktails and conch fritters as it is about marine habitats and water slides. The place has all the markers of ambition: a showpiece dining room, a menu that straddles coasts, and hours that lean into the island’s nocturnal side. It’s the kind of spot designed to keep you out past midnight—and thinking about that lobster mac well into the next morning.
