Pasa bon is a thicker crust. We prefer the thin Italian style. Rumba has better pizza imho but it depends on your taste. Rumba is wood fired but they suffer from consistency. At times the pizzas are incredible other times mediocre. Service is very hit or miss with mostly misses. Pasa bon was better at the original location. B
Places to eat on Bonarie 2023
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ScubaBunga
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bummer, maybe I can have them schedule a rodeo
to bring them in.
Dinner our normal places
Rumba for Pizza but don't go before 7 PM. They start pizza at 6:30 but oven is still too cool for good crust.
Joes
Eddies
La Cantina
Mezzes
Donna & Giorgio
Kip tukkie (at Van Den Tweel) for part os easy takehome chicken meal (W, Fi, Sat 4:30 to about 6)
Lunch
Doner Station (bring your own ketchup) great fries
Food Trucks for beef and lion fish burgers (Don't like Stokes as much as others their fish burger was not very good), Kite city burgers were very juicy (higher fat content? ), king kong burger has fries and blue cactus has lion fish burgers (and good hamburgers)
Between 2 buns (no wet clothes). Also take home some crab salad and baguette for lunch in apt. Don't get hamburger because it has filler added (not 100% beef)
Rumba for Pizza but don't go before 7 PM. They start pizza at 6:30 but oven is still too cool for good crust.
Joes
Eddies
La Cantina
Mezzes
Donna & Giorgio
Kip tukkie (at Van Den Tweel) for part os easy takehome chicken meal (W, Fi, Sat 4:30 to about 6)
Lunch
Doner Station (bring your own ketchup) great fries
Food Trucks for beef and lion fish burgers (Don't like Stokes as much as others their fish burger was not very good), Kite city burgers were very juicy (higher fat content? ), king kong burger has fries and blue cactus has lion fish burgers (and good hamburgers)
Between 2 buns (no wet clothes). Also take home some crab salad and baguette for lunch in apt. Don't get hamburger because it has filler added (not 100% beef)
wgw04024
Contributor
Doner station and Between two buns.
Diver-6873
Contributor
OK .. as a local, here are our “goto” places for those interested, everyone has their favorites.
For Pizza, Rumba and PasaBon are both good. Rum Runners if you like thin crust. On Sundays Sebastian’s has Pizza and Pasta only night,, both made fresh on site. Pizza is funny as everyone has their own style and favorites.
In you are wanting Chinese, our goto is always Lings with a large selections of dishes and ingredients.
In Playa (Kralendij): Divers Diner (inexpensive), Karel’s (best views), Patagonia (Argentinian Beef), and Capricios (Italian) are our regular haunts. And by no means forget Gios for the best gelato on island.
Between 2 Buns is still the #1 place for lunch with indoor and outdoor seating, an extensive menu and phenomenal local Bonairian Staff. The latter is important to us, while many places utilize young Dutch interns (short term students in hospitality) we prefer the places that use locals where possible.
Donner Station in Hato as mentioned - excellent middleeast wraps and breads.
South of town, we use to like The Beach (@ Windsock). A beautiful place on the water that is easily overlooked. You can even take your gear in, dive right there, come up and lay your gear by your table and enjoy lunch. Sadly their service has gotten very poor ( slow) and the main dish selections pricey and limited. I’m not sure what the owner is trying to prove at this point - how to screw up a once nice place, maybe?
People do like Ocean Oasis and while we didn’t like it at first, and at one point they started charging for tap water NOPE …. We should try it again with new ownership. Just avoid it on cruise ship days.
At Bachelors Beach is Kong Burger and on Te Amo Beach is Kite City. These are both excellent food trucks with great teams keeping the food fresh and tasty. Cash is generally needed at these venues.
At Sorobon, where the Windsurfers ”do their thing” are a couple beach bars for good food and drink. We absolutely love Sebastian’s Beach with a great team and good food. Just avoid it on cruise days as it is sadly beyond packed with guests from the ships.
One last recommendation for this evening, by all means try to stop in at Posada Para Mira located north in Rincon With beautiful views of the valley, the wilder east coast, and local life. While you can be tame and have beef, chicken, and fish - for those adventurous eaters have the goat (stew or soup) or iguana (stew or soup) - both are excellent.
UPDATE: one important note, remember this is a Dutch Caribbean island where the first language spoken is either Papiamento or Dutch depending on the individual, English will be a second language spoken by almost everyone you meet. In restaurants special orders may not be clearly understood, enjoying the meal as prepared is always best, you aren’t at your local burger joint, favorite pizza place, or neighbors bar. Once done your meal and ready to leave, you’ll need to ask for the check and the card reader (if paying by plastic) as most restaurants don’t automatically bring you the check and force you to leave to “move tables” quickly. Restaurant hours vary and some are only open for dinner, sone only breakfast/lunch, and some have varying days off. Use Facebook and their websites to see who’s open when. For those needing reservations that is a mix of Facebook, Websites, and WhatsApp depending on the business. Of the recommendations I made, only Between2Buna, Capricios, and Patagonia offer indoor seating with aircon.
For Pizza, Rumba and PasaBon are both good. Rum Runners if you like thin crust. On Sundays Sebastian’s has Pizza and Pasta only night,, both made fresh on site. Pizza is funny as everyone has their own style and favorites.
In you are wanting Chinese, our goto is always Lings with a large selections of dishes and ingredients.
In Playa (Kralendij): Divers Diner (inexpensive), Karel’s (best views), Patagonia (Argentinian Beef), and Capricios (Italian) are our regular haunts. And by no means forget Gios for the best gelato on island.
Between 2 Buns is still the #1 place for lunch with indoor and outdoor seating, an extensive menu and phenomenal local Bonairian Staff. The latter is important to us, while many places utilize young Dutch interns (short term students in hospitality) we prefer the places that use locals where possible.
Donner Station in Hato as mentioned - excellent middleeast wraps and breads.
South of town, we use to like The Beach (@ Windsock). A beautiful place on the water that is easily overlooked. You can even take your gear in, dive right there, come up and lay your gear by your table and enjoy lunch. Sadly their service has gotten very poor ( slow) and the main dish selections pricey and limited. I’m not sure what the owner is trying to prove at this point - how to screw up a once nice place, maybe?
People do like Ocean Oasis and while we didn’t like it at first, and at one point they started charging for tap water NOPE …. We should try it again with new ownership. Just avoid it on cruise ship days.
At Bachelors Beach is Kong Burger and on Te Amo Beach is Kite City. These are both excellent food trucks with great teams keeping the food fresh and tasty. Cash is generally needed at these venues.
At Sorobon, where the Windsurfers ”do their thing” are a couple beach bars for good food and drink. We absolutely love Sebastian’s Beach with a great team and good food. Just avoid it on cruise days as it is sadly beyond packed with guests from the ships.
One last recommendation for this evening, by all means try to stop in at Posada Para Mira located north in Rincon With beautiful views of the valley, the wilder east coast, and local life. While you can be tame and have beef, chicken, and fish - for those adventurous eaters have the goat (stew or soup) or iguana (stew or soup) - both are excellent.
UPDATE: one important note, remember this is a Dutch Caribbean island where the first language spoken is either Papiamento or Dutch depending on the individual, English will be a second language spoken by almost everyone you meet. In restaurants special orders may not be clearly understood, enjoying the meal as prepared is always best, you aren’t at your local burger joint, favorite pizza place, or neighbors bar. Once done your meal and ready to leave, you’ll need to ask for the check and the card reader (if paying by plastic) as most restaurants don’t automatically bring you the check and force you to leave to “move tables” quickly. Restaurant hours vary and some are only open for dinner, sone only breakfast/lunch, and some have varying days off. Use Facebook and their websites to see who’s open when. For those needing reservations that is a mix of Facebook, Websites, and WhatsApp depending on the business. Of the recommendations I made, only Between2Buna, Capricios, and Patagonia offer indoor seating with aircon.
Doctorfish
Contributor
We were in Bonaire last month and ate at
Mi Banana
Rumba
Julian's
Roo's
Between 2 Buns
The Brewery
All were good in their own way except for Rumba. The service was terrible, the pizza was inedible. Further, the dining area is only partially enclosed so people could smoke and spoil the experience for others.
Overall, we liked Julian's the best. Very good fresh seafood menu, fair pricing and good service. Unfortunately, they are no longer on the waterfront , so no view.
Mi Banana
Rumba
Julian's
Roo's
Between 2 Buns
The Brewery
All were good in their own way except for Rumba. The service was terrible, the pizza was inedible. Further, the dining area is only partially enclosed so people could smoke and spoil the experience for others.
Overall, we liked Julian's the best. Very good fresh seafood menu, fair pricing and good service. Unfortunately, they are no longer on the waterfront , so no view.
After all that, we ended up eating 90% of our meals at home. We went to Between 2 Buns a few times. It was good as it always has been. We also went to Capricio, but compared to our last trip, it was underwhelming. After trying to go eat a few times and things being closed despite what google or their website said, we ended up giving up.
On a side note, shopping at Van den Tweel is much easier now that google will translate from a photo. You can take a photo of a label and it literally converts everything to english. Probably not important for most people, but with my wife's celiac disease we have to know what's in what we buy.
As a general rule in my past two visits to Bonaire, the food is exceptionally underwhelming. Good thing the diving's good.
On a side note, shopping at Van den Tweel is much easier now that google will translate from a photo. You can take a photo of a label and it literally converts everything to english. Probably not important for most people, but with my wife's celiac disease we have to know what's in what we buy.
As a general rule in my past two visits to Bonaire, the food is exceptionally underwhelming. Good thing the diving's good.
Haven't been to Sebastian's or Chef's yet. I grew up in New Orleans, so high food standards. But regardless of standards most stuff was meh both trips. Capricio was actually excellent last trip. This trip felt like a waste of $100+I think that's on you then! Haha! Couldn't resist!
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