T1’s main hallway has the Cayman Islands National Souvenir Shop
This is the airport’s core gift spot in T1, sitting airside after security, so you can grab last-minute souvenirs without backtracking landside. Signage just calls it “Cayman Islands National Souvenir Shop,” and it sits among the small cluster of duty free and snack stands near the departure gates. It typically trades during flight banks, opening ahead of morning departures and staying open until the last evening flights clear.
Stock leans heavily Cayman-themed: island-branded T‑shirts, caps, mugs, magnets, and beach gear sit next to local-flavored snacks and rum cakes. Prices are airport-level, so a basic T‑shirt usually runs into the double digits in USD-equivalent, and smaller items like keychains or magnets sit in the single digits. If you forgot gifts in George Town, this fills the gap quickly without a taxi ride back into town.
Quality feels mixed: logo gear is standard tourist fare, but the food items and rum cakes make better hand-carry gifts, especially since they travel well and meet cabin-bag rules. Check labels for actual Cayman production if that matters to you, since some items are imported with local branding. Staff typically handle both USD and Cayman Islands dollars, and credit cards process in seconds.
Lines spike in the 30 minutes before a bank of departures, especially when two or more gates load at once in T1. To avoid a crush at the single register, walk through earlier in your dwell time, pick what you want, and be ready to pay as soon as you see a gap at the counter.