Ristorante Pappagallo is situated on a 14-acre bird sanctuary overlooking a natural saltwater lagoon, which is home to herons, egrets, ducks, and numerous other local and migratory birds.The area surrounding Pappagallo is so rich in natural wildlife that most of the book “Birds of the Cayman Islands” (1985 Patricia Bradley and Yves Jacques Ray Millet) was researched and photographed here.
With nature providing such a perfect setting, the developers of Ristorante Pappagallo had only to construct a building in keeping with the natural surroundings using bamboo, mahogany and wicker, marble, thatch, rustic wood, and Caymanite stone, Ristorante Pappagallo was finished just in time for the tourist season in 1985. The most noticeable feature of the restaurant is its unusual, thatched roof, which combines 100,000 fronds and took over six months to construct.