By Rebecca Bollenbach (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #5) on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 10:56 am: |
Hi All! First of all thanks so much to all of you experts for helping us 1st timers, I just love this site, we are going in just 7 days... and we can't wait! Question: what are recomnmendations to dine outside/waterfront? Also, for indoors dining do most places have A/C or not? It is it better to pick restaurants with A/C in July? We're from Texas so we're used to hot weather . Just looking for guidance on where to go if we wan to eat near the water or whether we should steer towards the indoor spots with A/C. Thanks....
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By RosAnne (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1521) on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 11:26 am: |
Most restaurants are open air/cafe style.Some places have indoor A/C dining but you won't need it. I am from California and usually catch a chill in the evening no matter what time of year I go.Lots of restaurants on the waterfront, just to name a few, Richards, LaGuernica, Rains Fishes, etc...I'm sure more people will kick in here with suggestions. You have LOTS of dining choices some great restaurants aren't waterfront ones so be sure to try some of those also (Cactus Blue, Casablanca etc.)Enjoy your trip and let us know how it went when you return.
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By Scott Phillips (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #565) on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 11:46 am: |
People always seem to forget Rum Runners at Capt. Don's for waterfront dining. Great view, huge tarpon in the water beneath you, pretty good food including brick oven, thin crust pizzas (after 3pm, I think). Lunch there is pretty good as well as dinner. Lion's Den at Buddy Dive next door is overlooking the water, too. Quite a bit pricier than Rum Runners, though.
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By Debbie Babcock (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5491) on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 12:15 pm: |
Oh, I don't know about that, Scott, I can get a bacon bleu burger at Lion's Den for same costs as Rum Runner's last time I went. Pricier is a matter of what you order, some of their selections are right in line with Runner's. Now, I haven't tried the brick oven pizzas yet at Runner's, something to think about for next trip.
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By Paula Bestwick (BonaireTalker - Post #31) on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 12:37 pm: |
We did not have any problem dining out with or without A/C--actually A/C was never a consideration. Bugs love me and one establishment was kind enough to provide me with some add'l bug spray so I could really relax and enjoy the dining experience
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By Debbie Babcock (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5493) on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 3:34 pm: |
I personally like dining outside, hot or not. I get cold in A/C and feel all closed in, so I opt out of indoors unless I am with those who prefer it and am outnumbered, then I will go inside, but not really needed in my opinion. Not all places have a/c either and quite a few I really like don't have it, and that is fine by me. There is something special about sitting outside watching the sunset and enjoying a good drink and dinner with my hunny.
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By Vince DePietro (Bellevue Condos # 9) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #971) on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 3:57 pm: |
Pizza..Did I hear Pizza?? I believe my views on this may be in a minority here but if you like a thin crust pizza, the best is at Rum Runners.
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By Jim McPeak (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #873) on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 3:59 pm: |
Richard's, La Guernica, It Rains Fishes, The Chibi, Patagonia, Den Laman, Donna and Georgio's, Salsa, City Cafe, and the others above. Have a great time Rebecca. We'll be down at the same time. See you underwater. I'll be that guy with a mask and flippers.
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By Debbie Babcock (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #5496) on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 4:42 pm: |
Jim, that's too funny. "that guy with a mask and flippers"
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By Ron Gould (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #940) on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 5:49 pm: |
"that guy with a mask and flippers"
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By Jane Rene Dozier (BonaireTalker - Post #40) on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:41 pm: |
Hi Rebecca!
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By Andy & Dave Bartlett (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #818) on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 11:56 am: |
Rebecca and Jane, there are quite a few Texas people on BT. We are about 100 miles north of Houston.
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By Kini - Bubble "no trip in sight either" (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2103) on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 1:30 pm: |
Don't forget about Le Bistro...I haven't had my coffee yet and for some reason the name isn't sounding right. Fabulous French Onion soup, and other dishes. They have inside AC dining, and outside open air. Also, la Flambouyant in town. Wonderful open air area with wonderful little lights. If there is a breeze, you will feel it. Great French Onion Soup as well, and never had a bad meal there
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By C Poteet (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #420) on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 1:54 pm: |
Fellow Texans -
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By RosAnne (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1525) on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 2:06 pm: |
Kini - I've been called "cold blooded" before! I always wear long sleeves at night and the only time I have been truly hot was in the middle of the afternoon at the Donkey Sanctuary. My blood has thinned living all these years in Cali!
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By Kini - Bubble "no trip in sight either" (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2116) on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 3:48 pm: |
Rosanne, lol...I think I have been "comfortable" on bonaire...uh...once...in the bedroom with the AC on full blast...now, hot, I've come close to heat stroke a few times...last trip, January, was the 'mildest' I've experienced it...it was 9AM, and I thought i was going to pass out, so I took a cold shower in my clothes...showed up at Ms. Porter's front door dripping wet, she looked at me and said "did you go swimming????" I just looked at her and said no, I just had a "moment." lol!
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By Kini - Bubble "no trip in sight either" (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2119) on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 5:22 pm: |
OK, now that I'm awake,...Bistro de Paris is the name of the French place next to Pasa Bon pizza...
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By Jane Rene Dozier (BonaireTalker - Post #41) on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 7:27 pm: |
I must tell you though, that I think "sweater weather" is anything under 70*F. We set our AC on between between 76-78* and are happy (we have ceiling fans, too). Hey Charles! Are you a former yankee? lol! Seriously, maybe we just hit Bonaire when it was particularly pleasant, but we thought the weather was gorgeous! Breezes (and sometimes WIND!) were ever present. But then again, I've been to Seattle three times with nary a drop of rain, too, so I have yet to experience all this gloomy weather everyone talks about up there.
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By Becky H - another with no trip in sight (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1220) on Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 4:48 pm: |
LOL Kini... I'm picturing Susan's face as you stood dripping on her doorstep. ROFLMAO (snort)
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