Bonaire Food Comments

[schoude]

You should have a nice time at Den Laman. Try to get an ocean front room if possible, it's worth it. Sunset Grille is open until 10:00 and closed on Wed. They were never busy, only two or three table of customers at peak meal times all week. It may not be fair, but my experience when traveling is to dine at the busier locations until you get to know a place.

I also suggest making reservations. We were unable to walk in for dinner at Cactus Blue, Carpachios, It Rains Fishes and Buddy's BBQ night. Not a big deal for us, we just kept looking around. The island is so relaxed and your day is so on your own schedule, that I never thought about calling ahead until it was to late. But if you really want to dine someplace on a particular night, call a day or two before.

Restaurants schelduled closed days can be any day of the week. No trend. Not a big deal, just be aware.

None of this is meant as a complaint or in a negative manner towards the island. We loved Bonaire. Wished we could have stayed longer and look forward to our next visit. Just my opinions and observations. Hopefully these posts will be helpful to others.

PH

I'm sure we will have a great time, thanks! And we do have an oceanfront room. Thanks for the suggestions re: reservations, we may do that, but more likely just walk around downtown and see what strikes our fancy! We do plan on doing breakfast and some lunches in the condo. We have historically stayed at resorts not so close to town - so we have done most of our eating at the resorts we have stayed at (no complaints), but this will be fun for us - we will enjoy the change!

 

[diverrex]

I live in Los Angeles and eat at higher end restaurants frequently. While the restaurants on Bonaire may not compare to our upper end LA gourmet restaurants I think many are very good and offer a very good value. It Rains Fishes for instance serves good food at a price and quality that I'd never be able to get at an on the water restaurant in LA. If Capriccio was in LA and with the same prices we'd eat there frequently. Same with Cactus Blue and Plazita Limena. Of course the island vibe and nice evening weather helps set the mood for an enjoyable meal.

We've done two trips to Bonaire and I'd rate the quality, value and variety of Bonaire restaurants at the upper end of Caribbean restaurants, having also been to Curacao, Grand Cayman, Belize, Cozumel, St. Croix, Saba, Akumal, Cancun, and Dominica.
I guess everyone's opinions can differ.

If you want to talk about very average or worse food go diving at Dominica. But great diving and fantastic rainforests on Dominica!