Zeerover Aruba Restaurant Review

Local Restaurant 

In a recent trip to Aruba my wife and I found a great little local restaurant to get fresh fish about 5 miles south of the airport in a little town called Savaneta. There we found Zeerover. A great little fish market restaurant where the fish is loaded off the ships that morning and served that day. If you like "fish fry" you are going to love this place. Part of the restaurant is the whole experience.

Be prepared to wait

This is a really popular place especially on Sundays. The wait to order your food can sometimes take 1 1/2 hour, but we were lucky this Sunday because we only waited for 30 minutes. Waiting in line just increases your appetite and everything tastes better when you are hungry.

Ordering the simple way (Cash Only)

Zeerover Menu

This is a cash only business. So be prepared to pay with Cash (USD or Aruban Florins) they do not take a credit or debit card. Their boat captains get paid cash for bringing in the catch of the day, and they expect the same from their customers, Cash only.  When you finally get to the counter to order. You have a couple of choices. Corn bread, Fries, Shrimp (typically a little over priced) and Fish. What kind of fish depends on what the boats brought in that morning. You pick from an ice chest right there at the ordering counter. You can pick  how many pieces you want. and they weigh it and tell you how much you owe them. You have no idea what fish is available until you get up to the counter. When they run out of fish for the day they are done. So don't get there too late.

They also don't post any prices, but the prices seem to be pretty reasonable. I thought the shrimp was kind of expensive, but the fish was most definitely a good deal. For two people it was about $30 USD. Which in Aruba is a pretty good deal.

Incredible food

Fish and Shrimp fry

We ordered Fish, Fries, Shrimp and Corn bread. We could have skipped the corn bread it was more like a corn pancake, and we did not care much for it. The rest of the food was great.  If you like fresh deep fried food this is the place to go.

Great Location

If you like the sound of the a busy restaurant next to an ocean, you will like this place. My wife found the perfect spot right next to the water. In the morning the boat come right up to the restaurant and unload their fish.When it is time for lunch every part of the dock becomes part of the restaurant. All of the tables are outside and most have some kind of shade. No need to worry about rain, because it never rain on Aruba. Or so I am told by the natives.

DWP