Bonaire Restaurants

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Living in the US I kinda miss Dutch fast food. Not only is this place cheap but I was able to get my shorma fix on with chili sauce and fries..sorry I'm not that Dutch..no curry or mayonaise on my frites. This was my favorite place on the island..cheap/filling food. Why waste money on the rest of the overpriced ..cr...p on the island...(sorry I may an exception for fresh seafood).

Favorite Dish: Lamb shorma sandwich.....Ate that instead of McCrap when I was living in Amsterdam.

This place serves Tex-Mex food which was similar and a whole lot pricier than restaurants I've visited in the U.S. They mostly serve meat-cheese-tortilla dishes like enchiladas or burritos, or pieces of meat or fish covered in sauce. Our entrees were okay. Most of the side dishes were good but the beans are bland. Overall, there are better places in Bonaire for the price.

Favorite Dish: I can't remember what we had.

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This place is sort of your typical bar-and-grill; it's got an open-air dining room with an open kitchen, uniformed smiley servers, and if you can finish the 1-pound Lion Burger you win a hat! The menu is huge with lots of choices of steak, fish, chicken, pasta, salads and more. There are daily dinner & drink specials.

It's breezy and overlooks the ocean, the food is fresh, and my spouse still has his hat!

Favorite Dish: The fish was good. Fresh and simple. The Lion Burger is pretty good with lots of fresh toppings.

This place was really good! There's a huge variety of desserts on display like croissants, cakes and canapés. They serve fresh pastries and coffee in the morning that's totally worth stopping in for, and advertise daily breakfast and lunch specials. Everything is very reasonably priced.

Favorite Dish: The chocolate-filled pastries and coffee were a sweet start to the day.

This place is at Captain Don's Habitat. We got pizza from here to bring back to our room on our last afternoon in Bonaire in between snorkeling trips. It was really good pizza; fresh toppings with a crispy crust. It's also ready very quickly.

Favorite Dish: The BBQ Chicken Pizza is spicy and cheesy, and works really well with the crispy thin crust.

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We went here for lunch one day after hearing that the grounds and the reef at Captain Don's Habitat were really nice. We actually ended up staying there for our very last night in Bonaire when there was an overlap in bookings at our original accommodation.

The food was okay. They serve burgers, sandwiches, chicken fingers and other things like that. The thing worth mentioning about this place is that it's right next to the ocean and you can see all kinds of fish down in the clear water from where you're sitting, including a tarpon.

We had a fantastic night at La Guernica. It has an open-air dining room with a really nice patio that spills out onto Boulevard Kralendijk, just metres from the ocean. We went on Friday night and it was very busy, but service was good and our server spoke several languages.

The tapas were delicious and there were some unique choices. They have entrees like bouillabaisse, beef carpaccio or lobster if tapas aren't your thing. There's a good wine selection and cocktail menu as well as a variety of desserts.

For a night out La Guernica couldn't be better; great dinner and drinks by the ocean, watching the people and the cars go by on the boulevard.

Favorite Dish: La Guernica Iced Coffee, with or without alcohol. The original has vanilla ice cream, Baileys, Tia Maria, coffee, chocolate sauce and ice. Really good!

For tapas, the beef tenderloin is amazing. The shrimp with lobster sauce and the creme brulee are delicious too.

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This was a small cute covered open-air restaurant up some stairs.

Favorite Dish: We wanted to try some local food and were referred to this restaurant. The woman running it (I failed to ask but I'm assuming that she was Norca) was wonderful and said we really should eat goat stew. My husband is NOT the type to ever eat goat. He even avoids lamb. Not anymore!!! He is still raving about it.

She went to a building next door where I assume that the cooking was being done. It took a little while but when she returned, she had with her the most delicious food we had the entire trip. If you are ever there, try it.

I looked around and there were a few other tourists in the place and they were choosing things off the menu. I wanted to take my plate over to all of them and say "Look what you are missing. Get This!!" -- but I didn't. Be sure to ask for some of her chutney, too. I mentioned that I like spice and she brought a bowl of it to us and it all mixed perfectly. Yummmm.

I apologize for the pic of half-eaten food. Got carried away eating before I remembered to photograph the plate.