Cuisine

After briefly closing for a bit of redecorating, Baci Ristorante is now open with new dishes added to a menu ripe with the best of Italian flavors.

Baci’s authentic ingredient is Chef Sebastiano Pinzone Vecchio, hailing from Taormina, Sicily, who brings classic and contemporary Italian cooking to Aruba’s dining scene.

A divine way to start your meal at Baci is with Chef Sebastiano’s cheese raviolis in a rich marinara, topped with shrimp and sausage. Surf and turf lovers will enjoy an Italian version that includes filet mignon paired with shrimp in a creamy garlic sauce. More than a dozen pasta dishes are featured on the menu, with the seafood linguini and the wild mushroom cognac risotto proving to be big hits.

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Enter Aruba’s latest seafood restaurant! Open for just two weeks, Blue Lobster’s Chef Sandro and his kitchen and dining room crew were enthusiastically welcomed by food-lovers, rewarding the chef with a full dining room, three out of the first seven nights. Guests hailing from the high rise and low rise resorts flocked to the door to applaud the culinary presentation and taste, leaving the restaurant with a promise to return.

The locals were not far behind the visitors, also eager to sample the special menu of local specialties for lunch, many of them returning with assorted family members for dinner.

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Following an extensive refresh, the Sunset Grille Restaurant, Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa now serves Sunday Champagne Brunch every weekend from 11am to 2pm.

Director of Food & Beverage Gerard Coste released the delicious brunch menu just recently, stating that his culinary artists came up with an interesting concept combining buffet served specialties, and a la minute cooking from the exhibition kitchen.

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One of the most entertaining vacation activities is a visit to the Ostrich Farm, a popular stopover on most island jeep tours.

Locals and visitors enjoy lunch at the farm, as the Savana Lodge Bar & Restaurant serves a memorable African/Dutch menu, and features a well-stocked African Art Boutique.

The highlight of the visit is always the fun interaction with the resident ostriches and emus, including a trip to the incubators and the bird kindergarten, housing baby ostriches, baby emus, baby goats, baby geese, and even a cute baby pot-bellied pig!

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Aqua Grill restaurant in Palm Beach is not only a critically-acclaimed seafood restaurant—it is also the premier restaurant to host group events for companies and organizations from both here on the island as well as groups from abroad traveling to Aruba for incentive trips and conventions. Aqua Grill’s staff is seasoned in the fine art of event planning, and can accommodate special requests, menus tailored for a specific event and budget, and can assist in coordinating all the details for a flawless and memorable affair.

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Forman, Gruberger, and Granai, enjoying the pleasures of the Marriott, have been coming to Aruba for the past seven years, and the grand finale of their vacation every year has been a gathering of the families at Aqua Grill.

Aqua Grill is the island’s famed seafood restaurant, with a fresh-only philosophy. Guests enjoy catches from our local fishermen like red snapper and grouper, as well as fresh seafood flown in daily from waters abroad, including live Maine lobster. But for families and groups, it’s the variety of cuisine on the menu that keeps them coming back, with not only dozens of seafood dishes to choose from, but USDA steaks, pasta, chicken, and a children’s menu as well.

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Want to know where to go for the freshest seafood on the island? Just ask locals in the know where they go—Aqua Grill. The island’s critically-acclaimed restaurant is a favorite among our locals, and is the restaurant destination of choice for group events.

Holiday celebrations are taking place nightly, with local companies and organizations choosing Aqua Grill for their holiday parties. Pictured here is the island’s Public Health Department enjoying their year-end celebration, and the All Distance Runners of Aruba organization gathering together for a holiday feast at their favorite seafood restaurant.

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Aruba’s critically-praised seafood restaurant kicked off a fantastic holiday season last week hosting the holiday dinner party for local company Boogaard Assurantien. The staff and management are thrilled to be the restaurant of choice for many local company and organization holiday celebrations.

Chef Scott Scheuerman and his culinary team put together several special menu packages to accommodate groups large and small over this holiday season, and Aqua Grill’s event coordinators are there to assist in any special arrangements or requests to personalize each event.

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