Papiamento
Family-run Aruban seafood in a historic cunucu house since 1983
Papiamento
A fine-dining Aruban restaurant in Noord run by the Ellis family since 1983, serving Caribbean-fusion seafood in a converted historic cunucu house.
Papiamento occupies a restored cunucu-style house on Washington 61 in Noord, inland from the Palm Beach hotel strip. The Ellis family, Eduardo and Lenie Ellis, has run the restaurant since 1983, serving Aruban and Caribbean-fusion dishes built around fresh seafood.
On TripAdvisor it holds roughly a 4.3 out of 5 rating from about 3,010 reviews, ranking #154 of 602 restaurants in the Oranjestad area. Most visitors rate the food and setting highly, though some longtime guests have noted the experience has become less consistent in recent years.
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