Solid 7.2 rating on the food. Nice staff, lovely chill hangout area I would go with a group of mates. Food was decent, however menu limited. Great place for a fun area to chill. read more

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Been here 3 times now. First time was excellent. Love the decor, sublime location, nice and airy, decent menu. A bit overpriced - cheapest meal is £8 - most are £10 and upwards. Cocktails £6-8. Second and third time I came here made me decide I will only drink here from now on - and only on special occasions. Service was non-existent second time around - we were seated and abandoned. I had to order at the bar, and pay at the bar in the end too. Third time was the last nail in the coffin. One of the poorest attempts at my favourite cocktail I have ever been subjected to - I had to take it back to the bar for adjustment and waited about 10 minutes for the bartenders attention. Our glasses were empty throughout our meal - no offer of replacements despite 3 waitresses clearly clocking them. We were asked to change one of our food orders after an age of waiting. Food came before the cutlery. No check-up, and then again, I had to go and track down the waitress to pay. No justification in these prices. Food and decor good, service at the bar and at the tables shocking. AVOID ON A BUSY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT ALL COST! read more

Aruba - Bars Near Me - Bournemouth, BMH

This is one of my favourite restaurants/lounges to take visitors. As Bournemouth is known for its beach, Aruba Bar is known for its beautiful view over the sea. I have been here twice for food and several times for drinks. The cocktails never disappoint. Food wise, my favourite dish is the Cornish Mussels. The Paella was ok, a little lacking taste; nonetheless you're sure to get your money worth with the generous portions! read more

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We were recommended to try this spot because of drinks and view. We were pretty excited. We tried. Our group of four had an amazing time in town earlier. The owner of a local place suggested Hot Rocks. The staff was so inattentive and disinterested that the bar staff literally rolled their eyes when we inquired about sitting in their bar at one of the ten open tables in the bar. They were very busy talking to one another. We walked over to the table and waited a bit but no one attended to us do we left never to be back. We went next door and spent a few hundred pounds at Harry Ramsden and had a great time. Don't bother with Aruba, it's not worth your time. read more

The restaurant has a cool vibe with nice indoor and outdoor seating. The staff was friendly but not attentive at all. The waitress spent most of her time socializing rather than tending to the tables. The Caribbean Jerk chicken was pretty good with a sizable portion, but not very spicey. The surf and turf was not worth the money. The steak was overcooked and tough, and the prawns were small and overfried. Overall, the restaurant is in a great location and still a nice place to relax if you are in the area. I would recommend coming here for drinks, but maybe dining elsewhere. read more

Had a great time at this lovely located restaurant. Sea views from most of the tables and nice decors as well. I had spicy chicken wings and chilli fries and they were all very good. I also got there when happy hours started which made me a happy girl after two well made comopolitans. Food was fresh and tasty and the nice weather was a beautiful and rare touch. read more

Aruba - Buffalo wings with chilli fries and cocktails - Bars Near Me - Bournemouth, BMH

So we ended up here on a night out at the end of a hen night. It was okay, there's loads of seating and the views are very nice - especially at night! However I wasn't a fan of the music and I thought that the drinks were overpriced and at times looked watered down which was annoying. I would like to go back here in the daytime though to taste the food. read more

In an eerily quiet bar on a Friday night, we asked a local where everybody was and he tipped us off to this place 5 mins up the road. I was in fits of giggles the whole way as google maps tried to get me to the Caribbean island of Aruba (I wish - sadly a case of 'no routes found') which struck me as absurdly funny at the time. Thankfully my mates lead the way! We got there about 11pm-ish and walked straight in (some mates got ID'd) with instant relief that the place was busy. I spent at least the first half hour in disbelief that I was actually in a real beach club in the UK. Ok there's no dancing on the sand but the club opens out onto a large wooden balcony area overlooking the moonlit beach and out to sea. I love a good seaside horizon so steered the group outside to admire that first! The club itself is a single cavernous space with a long bar island at the centre complete with mini palm tree décor. The restaurant end was deserted with chairs and tables still set up, whilst the other end was full of leather booths and people dancing (under various stages of influence shall we say!). I thought it was odd to put the DJ booth at the restaurant end and away from the dancing, but I guess we could hear the music fine. It was mostly modern chart tunes which went down well with the crowd. Not so packed that we couldn't find our own space to dance either, and there was hardly any wait at the bar - which was probably a little dangerous once the jaegerbomb rounds started... Not a place I'd be tempted to eat or stop by during the day but fun for a night out with a group of mates, and a nice change from the cramped elbow wars you end up having elsewhere. read more

Here for a cuppa. Nice views, but horrible coffee, VERY uncomfortable seats and they've let a dog in. Not a guide dog. Bizarre. Shame as it could be really nice here. read more

Aruba - They let a dog upstairs, through an eating area and onto the balcony. Is it just me that finds this unacceptable? - Bars Near Me - Bournemouth, BMH

So came here with a group of friends and the bar back workers are insanely and ridiculously rude! On a Saturday night we're all dancing having a good time and then a bar back worker completely rams through our group with his large trash can. He precedes to do this again and we let him by only for him to come up to us and start spouting off how we pushed him. WTF?! He even grabbed a security guard and the security guard was even on our side and told us not to worry. This happened multiple times throughout the night until we had enough. It definitely felt that this particular worker was going out of his way to be a dick. This is compellingly unprofessional Aruba...your staff should not be ramming through your paying customers. No manners and a horrible time here. Never coming back. read more

Nice place by the beach with beautiful views. Food was nice and well presented. Cocktails unfortunately a bit of a let down. It was a little bit too loud for me. We sat close to the window, at the end of the main room. Unfortunately it was still pretty bad. read more

A great location, just disappointing inside. Being so close to the beach as you can imagine this place was super busy. After climbing the many stairs to get inside and greeted by a packed bar, it's not the greatest feeling. Next to find a table to sit down, which proved rather difficult. Fortunately someone was leaving, so managed to sit down (yay a seat full and sand and a sticky, uncleaned table). Only had one drink here as it wasn't the nicest place. But it's worth coming upstairs to see the great views of the beach and pier. read more

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Aruba has yummy drinks and a big bar looking over the water... I love this place... they serve food too it gives you a beachy feel

Been here a few times either for a drink or food and i'm no realy a fan, the service is very hit 'n' miss and considering the prices that really shouldn't be the case. The idea of a carribean bar/restaurant really works on the odd day a year that the sun is shining bright but when it's lashing down with rain it quickly loses its appeal. They've also got a parrot in the entrance which as great as it is for novelty seems a tad out of order. I'm no David Attenborough but I doubt there are many Parrots whose lifes ambition is to sit on a stick in a bar in bournemouth and get poked by pissed students. read more

Awful experience - I'm writing this as I visited Aruba on 25th April and have emailed to complain and did receive an initial response from the manager, but was told someone would contact me - nothing since despite contacting.... We've been loyal customers for 4 years and Aruba used to be really good. Last time we went there might as well have been no staff on as it was painfully slow, staff not interested and didn't know what they were doing (turns out they were all in training) - drinks all melted when they arrived, had to get up and get our own cold, horrible food from the pass etc. It was one of the worst dining experiences we've ever had. They were happy to take the £144 for the bill though - staff all trained for that. Very very disappointed and feel aruba cares nothing to put it right. We will be going elsewhere from now on. Rubbish read more

Popped in recently-first time we just had cocktails-which were delicious-so we called again and ate. Can highly recommend either the ribs or the cajun salmon. Was very busy but we got a table within about 20 minutes and the service was great. read more

Aruba is great for a fun night out with friends; good music (a nice sprinkling of garage) and a smoking area which overlooks the pier. It's a unique place and when the dancing gets going the whole place is a lot of fun. It's not so fun when one of the two ladies toilets is out of service though! read more

Wonderful place, a bit over priced but the cocktails are worth it! Avoid on a saturday night if you're not a fan of massive hen and stag dos!!! read more

Went for a drink, got a great offer 2 for 1 on cocktails if you had a student card, mix and match the drinks of your choice! As we went to pay the bar man, a mix raced lad said that although we were told it was mix and match he wasn't going to allow it! Reluctantly made us out 2 for 1 drinks and it took him 40 minutes. Later went to the bar, he refused to take card, wouldn't take our order if someone waited whilst the others for cash as we all needed to be there? Then when we ordered 2 for 1 drinks, one girl didn't get it as; 'she didn't state she also wanted her free drink!' He laughed in her face that she had missed out and proceeded to make the rest without alcohol and again talking to other staff inbetween.... Which would be fine except he talked for 25 minutes and ignored us after we had paid! I would not go again as he was just plain rude! read more

Aruba is great, well from what i saw on saturday. I havent been to Bournemouth for absolute ages and was nicely surprised to see such a great place on the pier. We were a group of some rather loud men as we had all travelled down from london and rather tired but were quickly realxed in aruba as our waitress was very pleasant and smiled at all times and even had a conversation with us and that is a good sign always in a restuarant. we had cocktails which were well presented and very good especially the coffee cocktail which off my head can not remember what it was called. We did not have a full menu just a main course, but the food did not take long and was hot and very tasty. i will be making loads more trips down to bournemouth as a friend as recently moved up there and i will definitely be going back to Aruba and recommending people up in London to go and see the place and try the cocktails.The decor is excellent and fits in with the whole theme . Whoever or how many people are behind the scenes running Aruba, just want to say WELL DONE!!!!!, bournemouth needs a place like Aruba read more

I went to bournemouth over the long bank holiday and stayed at friends house in the main town. We walked down to the beach in the late morning and went for a coffee and a bit of cake. The cake, coffee and veiw from the outside seating was amazing. but.. the service was pretty slow and the bar was all sticky, and it was obviously a sunday morning, as they were still clearing up from Saturday night cocktails. But, yes i would go there again, purely down to the location and good coffee :) pheobe xx read more