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Rum Runners

Rum Runners
4.1
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Prabhuti Tiwari
18:56 05 Jul 22
This is a lovely place to sit, drink/eat and enjoy the ocean view. Beautiful sunset view from the restaurant. Klein Bonaire is clearly visible from here.
Steven Gerritsen
01:49 03 Jun 22
3 stars for the view. The drinks took quiet long to arrive since they apparently had too many cocktail orders. After a long wait, it arrived but even with so much practice, it was a glass of pure alcohol. The pizza similar, saw many ordering it so I had high expectation and saw a pizza oven, but the cheese used and the crust is something Dr. Oetker could compete with. The fajitas and wine were good though and as mentioned, the location is a beauty!
Meaghan Knauer
12:47 16 May 22
Very hit or miss. We visited multiple times during our trip, and half the time the service was fantastic, the other half of the time it was not. Yesterday for lunch we stopped in around 2pm and waited 26 minutes for a server to take our order, and that was only after another employee saw us and alerted her. Food was great though every time except for yesterday. Great location to watch the tarpon swim.
Doug B
13:55 16 Apr 22
Resort restaurant with good selection from seafood to pasta to burgers. Great buffet breakfast.
Joël Candelaria
12:12 24 Feb 22
One of my favorite restaurants (with a great bar too!) To dine at during sunsets. Highly recommendable.
Ernst Hart
20:23 13 Jan 22
One of the best places to enjoy a beautiful sunset over Klein bonaire. A very chilled spot with good food and in my opinion the best cocktails of bonaire. Make sure you check out the spiced watermelon cocktail and do a refreshing dive from the pier. Staff is friendly and fast.
J. B.
00:42 11 Dec 21
Update Dec 2021: Dropped 2 stars due to higher prices and lower quality of food preparation. The catch of the day was barracuda. Regretfully, the barracuda fillets were not much larger than sardines and were overcooked to being tough and dry.2019 review: Good food, friendly staff, reasonable prices and right on the Caribbean Sea! Outdoor seating with large canopy covers for shade and keeping off rain. Have been a regular for years.
Saralyn Ostwinkle
11:22 07 Dec 21
We made reservations a couple of months ago and they where all ready for us! We where celebrating my son and daughter in laws anniversary and they really made it special!!!Then the menu was a all u can eat w lots of meat and three sauces at the end and oh my!!! Sooo yummy!!!TIP-- It was quite at 6 when we arrived but by 8 when we left u would have had to have reservations.
Magiel Janson
23:39 08 Nov 21
4 stars for the location. Nice at the water, in the evening with huge tarpons swimming nearby. We heard they have the best Italian style pizza on the island, but I hope we heard wrong. Not that good.
Tracy Powers
12:58 11 Oct 21
The pizza oven is amazing! But the lunch/dinner menu is too limited. I would like to see chicken tenders, soup of the day, or a chicken sandwich on the menu for simple eaters. The breakfast buffet was wonderful.
Giovanni Wester
23:55 25 Sep 21
Nice place. The ambience is nice. It has bar at one side and restaurant at the other. Reservation is recommended otherwise you might not find a spot. If you are not guests of Captain Dons Habitat you need to park outside on the street, there is a security so no worries, you then walk to the place. They server great Cucumber Mojito and a lot of other signature drinks and cocktails. Food is delicious.. Nice place for a good night out
Johapi
19:23 25 Aug 21
Wonderful view, very nice staff and great food! And... when we were there some sharks swam by😄
Jonas Ladekjaer
04:06 04 Aug 21
Went here on a whim because everything else was full up. Great vibes, delicious pizza and an opinionated cat - what’s not to love?
Steven Sparkman
20:09 27 Jul 21
Good late night drinks, attentive staff and decent pizza.
Brutal But Honest
19:38 20 Jul 21
Nice place for lunch (Had the chicken quesadilla) it was excellent, but your floor staff can use some training in how to interact with guests.Add some music while y'all at it.
Kris Mattingly
11:34 20 Jul 21
Everything was great! Friendly staff and delicious pizza.
Emely Ruiz-dos Santos
14:42 21 Jun 21
I went for fathersday. Once a month they have special 3 course menu. The rest of the month you can enjoy food from the cart. The place is nice and the view is relaxing. The service is great.
Kim Smed
02:33 31 May 21
We weren't drinking but the bartender was pouring some pretty good looking drinks. We had some food which was actually pretty darn good. Pizza and Sticky Chicks. Those are chicken skewers. The portions size was a little small but the food and presentation were very good. Pizza is "cracker" crust. We never ran out of water and he was quick to ask if we needed another coke.
To Ku
00:47 21 May 21
Beautiful view over the ocean and perfect for Sunset dinner. Good food and drinks, also the service was great.
Adely Jansen
14:25 03 May 21
Great Ambiance with sea view...Great Food and excellent service @ a reasonable price
Daniel Piar
20:48 26 Apr 21
Rum runners great place to get pizza I always get the barbecue chicken pizza it’s Really good the crust is on the thin side that’s that’s how the pizza crust is so one person can eat a whole pizza and you wouldn’t be that full. Great place to hang out with friends or family have some pizza and some drinks to staff is great awesome bartenders make make good cocktails.
Matthew Davies
22:12 12 Apr 21
The ceviche was on point! Incredible view and terrace overlooking the water.
Irène Irene
18:10 07 Feb 21
Friendly staff & excellent food nicely presented!
Carmel & Crusita de Palm-Leoneta
03:00 21 Dec 20
Friendly and fast service, always with a smile, the place to be for dinner, ask for the ribeye
Harriet and Russ Whitehouse
00:24 23 Nov 20
Nice thin crust pizza. Excellent service and lovely location.
Ashja Bosboom
14:03 23 Oct 20
Beautiful place and good food. Would go there again
Carolyn Schokker
00:19 05 Sep 20
Amazing breakfast at Rum Runners
Kate Butler
17:44 07 Feb 20
We live on Bonaire and Rum Runners is our go-to restaurant for ourselves and when we have visitors. We tell ourselves whenever we want to remember why we moved here, we eat at Rum Runners. It's directly on the ocean and every table has an ocean view.The food is terrific. Wide variety of dishes, and we think they do the best burgers on the island. You can also get fajitas, great pizza, steaks, chicken, fish and pasta. Prices are reasonable and the staff is terrific. Most of them have been there for years. We're there every Wednesday night, a standing date with our friends.They also do buffet nights, and Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners. There is a separate bar there and their gift shop stays open late. We think they have the best souvenirs on the island and frequently wander in there after dinner.During high season it's smart to make a reservation for dinner. At lunch you can just walk in.
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Casual DiningInternationalPizza

General Info

Our beautifully designed oceanfront restaurant & cocktailbar are situated on one of the most amazing spots of Bonaire, opposite the uninhabited island of Klein Bonaire. Our menu includes items that are prepared fresh to order.

Our servers are friendly and the atmosphere is perfect for dining with friends, family or business associates.

Over the past 25+ years Rum Runners has grown by leaps and bounds by holding fast to these simple principles: serve excellent food and cocktails, provide outstanding service and create memorable experiences for our guests.

Restaurant Services & Facilities

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Additional Info

Pizza Temple 11:30am – 10:00pm every day.
Pizza is always a good idea! Especially our thin crust pizza from our open pizza temple kitchen. Our recipes bring a touch of fresh flavours. Eat your pizza in our restaurant or order it for take out. Authentic Italian thin crust pizza baked to perfection in a traditional stone oven. Choose from a wide assortment of toppings, create your own or try one of the chef’s creation. Great for that in between dive craving or take away for the perfect mid-night snack.

Monday Night All You Can Eat BBQ Buffet 6:00pm – 10:00pm on Monday.
Monday night it is BBQ time! Be our guest, together with many locals. Our BBQ night is famous island wide and beyond. Enjoy delicious meat, fish and vegetarian dishes from the grill. Everyone loves Monday night’s “All You Can Eat” BBQ buffet from 7:00pm until 10:00pm.

Live Entertainment Monday and Thursday

Happy Hour Daily from 5:30pm – 6:30pm at the Deco Stop Bar

Contact & Reservations

Contact Info

Location

Bonaire Culinair Event

To showcase Bonaire’s culinary wealth, the Bonaire Culinair team organizes a 15-day culinary event from May 19th through June 2nd 2022. During these 15 days the participating restaurants and food trucks will create a special menu at a set price. A 3-course dinner menu for $33, a 2-course lunch menu for $22, or a Food Truck special for $11.

Bonaire Culinair Event Offer

2-Course Lunch Menu

Appetizer
Crème of open fire roasted pumpkin & coconut served with sweet & sour cardamon & szchuan infused squash and root vegetables

Main Course
SMOKE, SALT & “PIKA”, our “smoke pit master” A. Cicilia’s specialty. Brined to perfection, prepared low and slow on the Beast. Whole leg of chicken served with a baked Idaho, a Caribbean Cole slaw & our famous homemade Bonairean onion pika

Optional Dessert $8.25
COCONUT, Kesio, salted caramel & tea cream, “burned” plantain

Deals

Deals

RESERVE A TABLE

> This deal cannot be combined with any other offers
> The price of the deal is in US$ and per person
> Reserve for free and pay at the restaurant

RESERVE A TABLE

> This deal cannot be combined with any other offers
> The price of the deal is in US$ and per person
> Reserve for free and pay at the restaurant

RESERVE A TABLE

> This deal cannot be combined with any other offers
> The price of the deal is in US$ and per person
> Reserve for free and pay at the restaurant

Opening Hours

Opening Hours

This restaurant is open for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

  • MondayB: 7:00am – 10:00am | L: 11:30am – 4:00pm | D: 5:30pm – 10:00pm
  • TuesdayB: 7:00am – 10:00am | L: 11:30am – 4:00pm | D: 5:30pm – 10:00pm
  • WednesdayB: 7:00am – 10:00am | L: 11:30am – 4:00pm | D: 5:30pm – 10:00pm
  • ThursdayB: 7:00am – 10:00am | L: 11:30am – 4:00pm | D: 5:30pm – 10:00pm
  • FridayB: 7:00am – 10:00am | L: 11:30am – 4:00pm | D: 5:30pm – 10:00pm
  • SaturdayB: 7:00am – 10:00am | L: 11:30am – 4:00pm | D: 5:30pm – 10:00pm
  • SundayB: 7:00am – 10:00am | L: 11:30am – 4:00pm | D: 5:30pm – 10:00pm

B: Breakfast | L: Lunch | D: Dinner

Reviews

Reviews

Rum Runners
4.1
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Prabhuti Tiwari
18:56 05 Jul 22
This is a lovely place to sit, drink/eat and enjoy the ocean view. Beautiful sunset view from the restaurant. Klein Bonaire is clearly visible from here.
Steven Gerritsen
01:49 03 Jun 22
3 stars for the view. The drinks took quiet long to arrive since they apparently had too many cocktail orders. After a long wait, it arrived but even with so much practice, it was a glass of pure alcohol. The pizza similar, saw many ordering it so I had high expectation and saw a pizza oven, but the cheese used and the crust is something Dr. Oetker could compete with. The fajitas and wine were good though and as mentioned, the location is a beauty!
Meaghan Knauer
12:47 16 May 22
Very hit or miss. We visited multiple times during our trip, and half the time the service was fantastic, the other half of the time it was not. Yesterday for lunch we stopped in around 2pm and waited 26 minutes for a server to take our order, and that was only after another employee saw us and alerted her. Food was great though every time except for yesterday. Great location to watch the tarpon swim.
Doug B
13:55 16 Apr 22
Resort restaurant with good selection from seafood to pasta to burgers. Great buffet breakfast.
Joël Candelaria
12:12 24 Feb 22
One of my favorite restaurants (with a great bar too!) To dine at during sunsets. Highly recommendable.
Ernst Hart
20:23 13 Jan 22
One of the best places to enjoy a beautiful sunset over Klein bonaire. A very chilled spot with good food and in my opinion the best cocktails of bonaire. Make sure you check out the spiced watermelon cocktail and do a refreshing dive from the pier. Staff is friendly and fast.
J. B.
00:42 11 Dec 21
Update Dec 2021: Dropped 2 stars due to higher prices and lower quality of food preparation. The catch of the day was barracuda. Regretfully, the barracuda fillets were not much larger than sardines and were overcooked to being tough and dry.2019 review: Good food, friendly staff, reasonable prices and right on the Caribbean Sea! Outdoor seating with large canopy covers for shade and keeping off rain. Have been a regular for years.
Saralyn Ostwinkle
11:22 07 Dec 21
We made reservations a couple of months ago and they where all ready for us! We where celebrating my son and daughter in laws anniversary and they really made it special!!!Then the menu was a all u can eat w lots of meat and three sauces at the end and oh my!!! Sooo yummy!!!TIP-- It was quite at 6 when we arrived but by 8 when we left u would have had to have reservations.
Magiel Janson
23:39 08 Nov 21
4 stars for the location. Nice at the water, in the evening with huge tarpons swimming nearby. We heard they have the best Italian style pizza on the island, but I hope we heard wrong. Not that good.
Tracy Powers
12:58 11 Oct 21
The pizza oven is amazing! But the lunch/dinner menu is too limited. I would like to see chicken tenders, soup of the day, or a chicken sandwich on the menu for simple eaters. The breakfast buffet was wonderful.
Giovanni Wester
23:55 25 Sep 21
Nice place. The ambience is nice. It has bar at one side and restaurant at the other. Reservation is recommended otherwise you might not find a spot. If you are not guests of Captain Dons Habitat you need to park outside on the street, there is a security so no worries, you then walk to the place. They server great Cucumber Mojito and a lot of other signature drinks and cocktails. Food is delicious.. Nice place for a good night out
Johapi
19:23 25 Aug 21
Wonderful view, very nice staff and great food! And... when we were there some sharks swam by😄
Jonas Ladekjaer
04:06 04 Aug 21
Went here on a whim because everything else was full up. Great vibes, delicious pizza and an opinionated cat - what’s not to love?
Steven Sparkman
20:09 27 Jul 21
Good late night drinks, attentive staff and decent pizza.
Brutal But Honest
19:38 20 Jul 21
Nice place for lunch (Had the chicken quesadilla) it was excellent, but your floor staff can use some training in how to interact with guests.Add some music while y'all at it.
Kris Mattingly
11:34 20 Jul 21
Everything was great! Friendly staff and delicious pizza.
Emely Ruiz-dos Santos
14:42 21 Jun 21
I went for fathersday. Once a month they have special 3 course menu. The rest of the month you can enjoy food from the cart. The place is nice and the view is relaxing. The service is great.
Kim Smed
02:33 31 May 21
We weren't drinking but the bartender was pouring some pretty good looking drinks. We had some food which was actually pretty darn good. Pizza and Sticky Chicks. Those are chicken skewers. The portions size was a little small but the food and presentation were very good. Pizza is "cracker" crust. We never ran out of water and he was quick to ask if we needed another coke.
To Ku
00:47 21 May 21
Beautiful view over the ocean and perfect for Sunset dinner. Good food and drinks, also the service was great.
Adely Jansen
14:25 03 May 21
Great Ambiance with sea view...Great Food and excellent service @ a reasonable price
Daniel Piar
20:48 26 Apr 21
Rum runners great place to get pizza I always get the barbecue chicken pizza it’s Really good the crust is on the thin side that’s that’s how the pizza crust is so one person can eat a whole pizza and you wouldn’t be that full. Great place to hang out with friends or family have some pizza and some drinks to staff is great awesome bartenders make make good cocktails.
Matthew Davies
22:12 12 Apr 21
The ceviche was on point! Incredible view and terrace overlooking the water.
Irène Irene
18:10 07 Feb 21
Friendly staff & excellent food nicely presented!
Carmel & Crusita de Palm-Leoneta
03:00 21 Dec 20
Friendly and fast service, always with a smile, the place to be for dinner, ask for the ribeye
Harriet and Russ Whitehouse
00:24 23 Nov 20
Nice thin crust pizza. Excellent service and lovely location.
Ashja Bosboom
14:03 23 Oct 20
Beautiful place and good food. Would go there again
Carolyn Schokker
00:19 05 Sep 20
Amazing breakfast at Rum Runners
Kate Butler
17:44 07 Feb 20
We live on Bonaire and Rum Runners is our go-to restaurant for ourselves and when we have visitors. We tell ourselves whenever we want to remember why we moved here, we eat at Rum Runners. It's directly on the ocean and every table has an ocean view.The food is terrific. Wide variety of dishes, and we think they do the best burgers on the island. You can also get fajitas, great pizza, steaks, chicken, fish and pasta. Prices are reasonable and the staff is terrific. Most of them have been there for years. We're there every Wednesday night, a standing date with our friends.They also do buffet nights, and Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners. There is a separate bar there and their gift shop stays open late. We think they have the best souvenirs on the island and frequently wander in there after dinner.During high season it's smart to make a reservation for dinner. At lunch you can just walk in.
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Signature Dish & Menus

Signature Dish

Dining Guide

Catch of the Day

Seasons catch served with your choice of a creole hollandaise or fresh jalapeño, bell pepper, tomato and green herd relish

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