Aruba’s Finest Restaurants – El Gaucho’s
One of the wonderful things I love about Aruba is the variety of restaurants. You can dine at a different ethnic restaurant every night for 2 weeks and still have more to go. My favorite place to get an excellent Argentinian steak is El Gaucho’s. My husband and I went here on our honeymoon and I can tell you that neither one of us ever had a steak that melted in your mouth like at El Gaucho’s. We ordered the gaucho steak and at least one of us has it when we return. I have never had a bad meal. The only drawback is that the whole place is constantly crowded, it seems. If you would like a quiet evening you can request one of the quieter areas but frankly it is not a quiet restaurant. The staff goes out of their way to be friendly and will pamper you with their own descriptions of their favorite menu items. We go back every time we are there and the food is still as wonderful (or better) as it was 10 years ago.
They recently underwent a renovation and expanded the restaurant to include a new dining room and kids playroom featuring video games, Disney videos, drawing table and legos. El Gaucho’s is located in Oranjestad and reservations are recommended. Parking is not great so leave yourself a little extra time. They are opened from Mon-Sat 11:30am – 11pm and closed on Sundays. Phone number is 297-582-3677 (if calling from the US add 0118 at the beginning of the number). You can visit their website here. Enjoy!