Aruba

[AustinMT 952]

Heading there next month.  Staying at the Ritz, so Palm Beach/Northwest side.  Anyone have restaurant recommendations?

[AustinMT 952]

Oh yeah — and anything we should make sure to do/see?

[Gil Bang 26068]

"Aruber"

/ronnie

[Tailgate 3025]

Try and see Natalee Holloway if you can.

[CooterBrown 18038]

Hit the national park. It's cool. You can ATV, mountain bike, hike, etc.  Rent a Jeep and cruise the NP and go to nearly deserted Baby Beach on the east side. Malmok Beach had very good snorkeling and wasn't very busy. Parking is right off the road. One tip is that every beach has free locals parking even if it looks like it's resort only.  So if you rent a car, it's easy to park and use any beach.  

Restaurant wise, it can be expensive but there's a lot of variety though.  I really liked Cuba Cookin'. The owner/chef is from Cuba.  Chalan, a Peruvian restaurant, was great. Matthew's is excellent seafood, pricey, and beach front dining. Pelican Pier was a typical cheesy beach bar on a pier but holy fuck the seafood was great. My kids got the fried fish fingers and it may have been some of the best fried fish I've ever eaten.  There's a really good Argentinian steak house but I didn't go there. 

 

[next2naus 439]

the local beer is shit, Balashi, Polar, etc. it's all crap. 

Scott's Brats down in from of Playa Linda is a great Brat stand. 

It's classic cheese and I love it every time: https://www.chaletsuisse-aruba.com/ 

Italian: http://www.annamariasaruba.com/ or Giani's

Steaks: https://www.elgaucho-aruba.com/ or Daniel, and next door to your hotel in the Marriot is a Ruth's Chris

upscale for Aruba: https://www.carteblanchearuba.com/ and https://www.2foolsandabull.com/ 

Gambling: the Ritz and the Marriot are the best casino's, followed by the Hyatt and then maybe the Riu. 

[Butch Had Not 2996]

15 hours ago, Tailgate said:

Try and see Natalee Holloway if you can.

I was gonna say....

[Chief Ouray 32]

I will second Cuba Cookin' in Oranjestad.

[gecko 1104]

Natalie Holloway reference in post 4.  Surly is slipping.....