Though the Caribbean isles are well known to outsiders, Caribbean cuisine remains a hidden gem due to tourists frequently subsisting solely off a paste made from sand, ocean water, and pureed linen pants. Uncover the edible treasure of the tropics with today’s Groupon: for $30, you get $60 worth of authentic Caribbean cuisine and drinks at Eva's Caribbean Kitchen in Laguna Beach. Using traditional island recipes, chef Eva Madray conjures up a dinner menu of cross-generational flavors that puts taste buds in a tropical mood faster than a tongue-sized grass skirt. Appetizers like the Pan-roasted Chilean sea bass ($38) features seared-in flavors with a side of traditional plantains, while conch fritters ($13.50) sate stomachs and warring schoolboys with a mixture of sweet corn and roasted red peppers. Eva's also offers an extensive list of libations, with more than 365 rums from across the globe arming after-work revelry and swindling loose-lipped buccaneers of their treasure map routes.

Reviews

The OC Register featured Eva’s, and Gayot gives it a good rating. More than 120 Yelpers give the restaurant a 4.5-star average, and 84% of more than 150 Urbanspooners recommend it.

• The food, a fiery assortment of dishes and delectable tropical cocktails, wooed me the way no other had before. – Katherine Nguyen, OC Register
• …this is one of the few spots in OC for such delicacies as conch fritters, crab and sweet corn cakes and jerk-seasoned dishes. – Gayot