Bonaire — Food and Dining
Cuisine
The restaurants serve predominantly Creole cooking, particularly seafood dishes, including conch shell meat, grilled spicy fish and lobster. A variety of Chinese, French, Indonesian, Italian and international cooking can also be found. There are several hotels, restaurants and bars in Kralendijk to choose from.
Things to know: Restaurants and bars are usually closed by midnight.
National specialties:
• Iguana soup.
• Kabrito stoba (goat stew).
• Pika Siboyo (a popular sauce made with onions marinated in vinegar and hot peppers).
• Pastechis (plump pastries filled with spicy meat, shrimp or fish).
• Cocada (sweet cocunut candy).
Legal drinking age: 18.
Tipping: There is typically a 10% service charge in restaurants and a 6% tax.
Nightlife
Nightspots are found around the main hotels and restaurants. Evening entertainment includes dancing and listening to reggae groups or calypso steel bands at the many oceanside bars and cafes. The island has two discos and two casinos.
