Best Restaurants for Foodies in Oranjestad

Our second time to Aquarius Staff and service is always excellent. Gloria (our server) was great!! The lobster and grilled fish are excellent as well as the rest of the offerings

Lima Bistro has quickly become our go-to restaurant when we’re in Aruba. From the moment you arrive until you leave the ambiance, food and service are all top notch. To start, we had the Scallop, shoyu butter, chips, chives and the Beef anticucho, potato, panka chili sauce. Flavor was off the chart! For Vegetable we had Grilled cauliflower al pastor, salsa verde, pineapple, chipotle. The cauliflower had a wonderful char and was perfectly balanced with the rest of the plate. For dinner, I had the Porkchop cowboy style, mushrooms, mashed potato, burnt onion, herb oil. My husband had the Flank steak, anticucho sauce, romaine, black garlic Caesar, crispy onion, burned onion powder. Portions were plentiful and exquisitely prepared and presented. We were so full after our meal but couldn’t skip out on dessert which was French Toast, condensed milk, honey, wild berries, vanilla ice cream. A sweet and tasty end to our meal. Cocktails expertly crafted and very refreshing. Last but certainly not least our server, Jean, was WONDERFUL! Helpful with the menu and couldn’t have been sweeter. We will 100% return (again) next time we are in Aruba.

My husband and I had one of the best meals we’ve ever had in Aruba! We went with the special for $65. I had the Empanaditas de Pollo a la Caya, Fricassee de Pollo and the Delicia de Limon for dessert (gorgeous presentation) And he had the Chicharron y Camaron, Estofado de Cordero and Tres Leches. Portions were great and our server Arleigh couldn’t have been better. Overall great experience.

We love eating at Las Ramblas, and usually go a couple of times each trip to Aruba. The food is consistently delicious. Excellent escargot and perfectly cooked filet mignon is one of our favorite meals with 5 oz and 10 oz options, and ending with creme brulee. Enjoy!

Definitely a must visit while in Aruba if you want a special meal. Highlights - Much of menu is sourced from local vendors - Urvin is an extremely hospitable chef and explains every dish to the guests himself - Appropriate amount of food for the price. We were satisfied but not uncomfortably full - dishes themselves were pretty inventive even as someone who enjoys tasting menus when traveling - quail dish with fried rice was definitely the highlight course - cocktails were good Only point of critique is that I did not feel the service was 10/10, but not enough to make the meal less than the 5 star rating