Today we had lunch in another new restaurant close to home. Aruba Fish and Grill is located in the Wyndham Gardens Marina Mazatlan commercial building just behind the Mazatlan Marina. Another two story retail building with restaurants, Oxxo convenience store and a gym.
Coming out of the Marina Gardens housing complex where we live and you can see the sky isn't blue. The sea fog has rolled in.
The ladies are waiting for me at the bus stop in front of the Costa Bonito Paraiso. A short bus ride to the restaurant.
The Aruba fish and grill is on the second floor and we came up in a glass elevator as the escalator wasn't moving.
The restaurant is fairly new and is decorated in a "Flamingo" motif. Flamingo's everywhere! This is the beautiful bar.
This is the giant upside Flamingo just as you come in the door.
Flamingo head!
Beautiful marble floors and everything is shiny, elaborately decorated and clean.
I managed to get all the ladies to look at me and smile. Marilyn, Mary, Sandi, Ruth, Mar, Marion, Pat Cathy and Susie.
A Negroni for Ruth, a margarita for Mar and Marion has mineral Limonada.
Sandi and Ruth trying to figure out what to eat. To start with there was some confusion as the menu here is only digital....no paper menu at all. THE QR code wouldn't load the menu onto my phone. The waiter air dropped onto the I phones but that didn't help us android people. He managed to get enough house tablets that we could all have a look. We were a little cranky about the " no printed menu" but we managed. They really should have both. Plus, the menu is not online so you can't look ahead. Times change....I guess we have to change too!
Sandi had coconut shrimp. Very good.
Same for Mary.
Mar had the biggest cheese sticks I've ever seen and fries.
Mar loves margaritas...blended, and this is today's.
The decor is quite amazing and very colorful.
Marilyn had Governor tacos and there wasn't much there. However she said they were very tasty and all she needed for lunch.
Governor tacos for Marion too.
Rocca shrimp for Susie and they are deep fried in a very light batter with a spicy sauce on top. I tasted...delicious!
I was trying to give Susie " rabbit's ears!"
More tacos and this time Cathy.
Ruth and I ordered sushi rolls and then we shared. This is the Aruba roll. I'm not sure why the camera squashed Ruth in this picture?
Pat had a sushi roll as well. It was baked and warm with crab. I ordered the same one...delicious.
My lunch with my roll and some of Ruth's. In the end I couldn't eat it all and Susie couldn't finish her shrimp so I got to bring her leftovers home too. I really enjoyed my lunch😋
No doubt where the bathroom is!
The colors are even more vibrant than the photo shows.
Definitely the most beautiful bathroom I've ever seen!
There I am!
Cathy is having a look too.
Looking out you can see the so called round-a-bout that has cars going every which way. Not a place you want to be during rush hour!
The beautiful bar.
Hospital Medica de la Cuidad Mazatlan is the blue and white building just north of the restaurant. Another small private hospital.
We arrived at 1pm and by just after 2pm we were finished lunch. The service was good, the food came out quickly, was beautifully presented and tasty as well. Prices were on the medium to high side but...how else are they going to pay for all the beautiful decor!!😁
Walking out and Marilyn is having a look at the bar.
Once we got over the digital menu thing we had a good time. A really good lunch experience and worth coming back to. We felt like we should have had a drink and relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. Very relaxing restaurant.
At this point a few of us walked home and some went back with Ruth.
