A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

The Old Man and the Sea is located quite a distance from the high rise hotels (it is past the airport). To attract more patrons, they provide a one way ride to the restaurant from your hotel and you pay the taxi driver on the way home (around $30). We have a great taxi driver who tells us that they are planning on building a Hard Rock Hotel where the old Bushiri hotel used to be, and then they are putting a freeze on building more hotels.

When you arrive at the restaurant, you walk down a wooden pathway draped with sheer white curtains. Romantic right?

The place seems like it would be straight out of a movie.

While most of the tables are located on the beach, there are a few special tables – two have their own private dock on the water and one is a poster bed on the beach.

Here is the larger table on it’s own private dock. We thought there was a wedding reception, but wait, it’s the prime minister of Aruba. Oh you know, no big deal 😉

Some of the tables on the beach are covered by tents, some have couches, there are candles and lanterns providing ambiance all around the beach.

The menus are hand painted.

We are the only other party besides the prime minister until we get to dessert, and then two other tables are sat.

How amazing is this? Next door is the Flying Fishbone restaurant, which we definitely want to try on our next trip.

  It’s pretty dark so the pictures aren’t very good. We start with the pear and walnut salad: Mixed greens served with pear, feta cheese crumbles, candied walnuts, bacon pieces accompanied with a raspberry vinaigrette.We both had seafood dishes, neither were memorable enough to blow us away.

 

We ended the night with a non traditional tiramisu that was light and delicious. A great way to end a meal.Certainly worth a trip here just for the amazing views.

The Old Man and the Sea

Savaneta 356-A, Savaneta, Aruba

www.arubaoceanvillas.com

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