Pelican Pier / Pelican Nest Restaurant

My husband and I love this place! They have the best ceviche and fish sandwich! The coconut shrimp was amazing too! Beautiful views with very kind and attentive staff. You can’t go wrong!

Located at the end of Pelican Pier, which juts out about 100 yards from the beach, this restaurant offers great views of the shoreline, and the surrounding waters. The menu is fairly standard for this type of venue, and the food is good. Also, the service is attentive and very friendly. But what makes this restaurant special is it's atmosphere, it has that great combination of relaxed beach vibe and superb beach/water views that many places claim but few deliver. If you're coming from one of the nearby hotels it's just a short walk along the beach. If you're driving to the restaurant you'll have to find a place to park and then take a beach access path (or walk through a nearby hotel) to reach it. Any way you come it's definitely worth the trip.

Beautiful evening in Aruba. Dinner, atmosphere, scenery, and customer service was amazing. We went there twice during our stay. Does not disappoint. If you have a special occasion you are celebrating make sure to list that on your reservation along with ocean view. Love this place!

The food was alright. The view is amazing. It’s located on the dock so you can see the whole beach. You also can see the fish at night under the dock because of the light. It is hard to find parking, however if you are lucky you can find some spots beside the Holiday Inns hotel. We ordered a seafood platter and a tuna tataki plus 2 drinks for about $150 USD.

A short walk from the Hyatt, love the location and interior of this restaurant. Make sure to sit in the side that sees the sunset. Great sunset views. Nice and breezy in the main dining room. Fried Calamari was good. Entrees did take awhile so be patient. We did enjoy the Black grouper and red snapper. My daughters loved the Mother Earth bowls.

Highly recommend. Came here for dinner our first night in Aruba and it did not disappoint. The service and atmosphere were great right on the water. Food was top notch, recommend the coconut shrimp, calamari and fish tacos

Whenever we come to Aruba on vacation, we always make sure we have dinner out on the deck over the water at Pelican Nest. The views & sunsets are amazing! Michelle was our server/photographer and she was fabulous! The coconut shrimp 🍤 is a big favorite of mine. Michelle & Mitchell, the chef, made sure we enjoyed all of our dinner, which included the Key Lime Pie for our anniversary! Great customer service! Thank you for making our 50th wedding anniversary a wonderful experience!

My wife and I came here for dinner while on our honeymoon and we loved this spot! Like a lot of places in Aruba, The Pelican Pier has one of the greatest sunset views our dinner that we had the privilege to be our backdrop during dinner. The cocktails were amazing and I highly recommend the charred pineapple one. Hands down the best cocktail I had the whole time in Aruba. The portions here were very generous so if you are someone who doesn't eat a lot I would look to share with someone. It is a simple straight forward menu, no tricks or fancy gimmicks. Overall we cannot recommend this spot enough! Very well done 👍🏽