Gasparito in Noord is one of the best-known restaurant names in Aruba — and it has changed. The property now operates as Gasparito Aruban Estate, a private event venue built around one of the island’s oldest cunucu houses, rather than a nightly walk-in restaurant. It holds a 4.6-star rating across 178 Google reviews (checked October 2026), many of them from its restaurant years. Here is what Gasparito is today, what happened to the menu, and where to find the traditional Aruban dinner it was famous for — with more picks in our guide to the best restaurants in Aruba.
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About Gasparito
The estate’s centrepiece is a cunucu house built in 1807 by the Tromp family — hand-shaped limestone walls nearly sixteen inches thick, with a hand-carved well beside it — a history told on the estate’s own site. The restaurant most visitors remember opened on the property in 1989. Its current owners, Jacky, an Aruban chef, and Maarten, an event specialist, restored both the 1807 house and the 1989 restaurant building, and now run the property as a venue for weddings, vow renewals, rehearsal dinners, birthdays and corporate events, hosting 20 to 500 guests about five minutes’ drive from the Palm Beach high-rise hotels.
The menu — checked October 2026
There is no public dinner menu any more. The menu page on the estate’s own site describes event dining formats instead — walking dinners, family-style feasts, plated menus and buffet spreads, each tailored to the event — and publishes no prices; dining is quoted per event. The menu photographed in our gallery above is a page from the restaurant years, kept as a piece of history rather than a current price list.
The dishes that made the restaurant famous survive in its review history: “authentic food” comes up in 16 Google reviews, the coconut shrimp in 9, goat stew in 5 and the Gasparito chicken in 4 (checked October 2026). None of them is something you can walk in and order tonight.
Tips for Your Visit
To experience Gasparito today, you book it: a wedding, a vow renewal, a rehearsal dinner, a birthday or a corporate gathering, arranged through the estate’s site or by email. The office answers Monday to Saturday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm (hours per the Google listing, October 2026). If what you actually wanted is a traditional Aruban dinner in a historic cunucu house, that still exists a few minutes away: The Old Cunucu House serves exactly that in Noord, and our local Caribbean picks cover the rest of the island.
Our verdict
As an event venue, Gasparito is hard to match on heritage: an 1807 cunucu house, the old restaurant building and room for 20 to 500 guests, five minutes from the hotel strip — one recent reviewer describes renewing their vows there. As a dinner plan for tonight, this is the wrong listing: nothing on the estate’s site or its Google hours points to walk-in evening service any more. Book it for an occasion; book The Old Cunucu House for dinner.
Practical Information
Address: Gasparito 3, Noord, Aruba (about five minutes from the Palm Beach hotels)
Phone: +297 745 5008
Email: bonbini@gasparito.com
Office hours: Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm; closed Sunday (Google listing, October 2026)
Capacity: 20 to 500 guests, per the estate’s site
Website:gasparito.com
Pricing: no public pricing — quoted per event
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