Magu is one of Savaneta’s quietly excellent neighborhood restaurants — a hidden-gem spot that locals share with each other but rarely with the Palm Beach crowd. On its own Facebook page it describes itself as a fusion between gourmet-quality homemade burgers and baskets and the “crioyo” flavors of Aruba, and it holds a 4.7-star rating across 154 Google reviews (checked October 2026). A bonus few first-timers expect: it shares its Savaneta home with Sushi Factory, the same family’s sushi kitchen, so one table can order a loaded Angus burger and a tray of maki in the same sitting.
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About Magu
Magu sits at Savaneta 1A, right on the main road through Savaneta on Aruba’s south coast — about a 20-minute drive from Eagle Beach, so you will want a car or taxi. It is a casual counter-and-tables room with neon menu boards and a chalkboard wall that reads “Burger Time” on one end and “Sushi Factory” on the other, because the same family business (the sushifactoryaruba.com site lists both menus under one roof at this address) runs both kitchens here. Per its Google listing it does dine-in, takeaway and delivery, and it is an evening spot: doors open at 3 pm on weekdays and 4:30 pm on weekends. The brand has grown beyond Savaneta too — its Instagram lists sister locations at Sasaki and Tarabana. The Sasaki branch shares Lokaal 1 and 2 of the Sasaki & Tanki Leendert Service Station on Caya Ritmo 50 with Sushi Factory, takes orders on +297 280 6160, and — unlike Savaneta — opens for lunch from 11:30 am Monday to Saturday and 4 pm on Sunday, per the family’s own site and the station’s Facebook page (checked October 2026). The menu and florin prices below are the same brand card.
The full menu with prices — checked October 2026
Magu’s menu is published by the owner on the family’s own website, sushifactoryaruba.com (the “Menu Magu Burger” page), which also notes that prices are in Aruban florin (AWG). At the fixed 1.79 peg, 18 AWG is about $10. We transcribed the cards in October 2026 — treat prices as a guide, as boards change faster than guides.
Burgers — Angus beef
Classic line: Crispy Chicken 14 · Classic 18 · Smash Burger 22 · Bacon Classic 23 · Classic double beef 25. Premium line: Original (double American cheese, bacon, pickles) 25 · Tex-Mex 26 · Aruba Burger (beef and chicken with onion rings, magu, curry and pinda sauce) 26 · Magu (onion rings, double cheese, bacon) 28 · Sweetie (garlic mushrooms, three cheeses) 28 · Keto, bunless in a lettuce wrap 29 · Gorilla (beef and chicken, tempura vegetables) 31 · Rabia (sausage, egg, plantain, guacamole) 32 · Beef Tenderloin burger 32 · Hawaiian (sausage, pineapple, parmesan cookie) 33 · Cheesy double beef with four cheeses 40. Lighter: Veggie 16 · Fish Burger (breaded pangasius, crab salad) 18 · Grilled Chicken 18. Make any of them a combo with fries and a soda for 7 AWG more.
Hot dogs — Japandogs and Magu Dogs
Japandogs (Japanese-style toppings): Saku-Saku (crispy chips, crispy crab, eel sauce) 11 · Asachin (dynamite cream, crispy shrimp, avocado) 12 · Ninja (guacamole, crab salad, masago, ripe banana) 18. Magu Dogs, all on 100 percent beef franks: Classic 15 · Arubian (pinda sauce, crispy shrimp, two cheeses) 18 · Chicago 20 · Mexican (guacamole, jalapeños, chipotle) 21 · Venezuelan (coleslaw, gouda, garlic sauce) 22 · Colombian (piknic fries, pineapple sauce, three cheeses) 22.
Starters, wraps and wings
Fries 9 · fries with pinda sauce 11 · kroepoek with pinda sauce 9 · onion rings 10 · chips and guacamole 10 · loaded fries 12 · mozza sticks (Venezuelan-style tequeños) 15 · chicken chips 15 · Magu french fries 16 · Caesar salad 18, with chicken 22 · Tex-Mex chips with chilli carne 21. Jumbo wraps: mix vegetables 19 · chicken 21 · shrimp 26; mini wraps: chicken 18 · mix chicken and tenderloin 24 · tenderloin 26. Chicken wings come with fries in honey BBQ, tartar-parmesan or spicy: 8 pieces 19 · 12 pieces 26 · 24 pieces 46.
Snack fries and Arubian baskets
Snack fries: chicken tartar 19 · Arubian style with crispy shrimp 20 · elote fries 21 · chicken fries 23 · salchipapa 24 · Tex-Mex 27 · tenderloin chicken and cheese fries 36. Baskets, “with a Magu style”: chicken sate (2 skewers, fries, pinda sauce) 14 · mini chicken basket 19 · Magu chicken basket 22 · mix mini basket 25 · fish basket (breaded white fish, 2 jumbo shrimp, surimi salad) 30 · tenderloin sate 30 · mini tenderloin basket 33 · beef tenderloin basket 40.
Kids
Hot dog 9 · kids single burger 10 · nuggets with small fries 13 · homemade chicken tenders with small fries 13 · Combo Kids (single burger, small fries, drink and an ice cream, dine-in) 19.
Practical info
Address: Savaneta 1A, Savaneta, Aruba (plus code F24R+XV, on the main road through town)
Phone: +297 584 0203
Hours: Monday to Thursday 3–10 pm, Friday 3–11 pm, Saturday 4:30–11 pm, Sunday 4:30–10 pm (per the Google listing, October 2026)
Rating: 4.7★ on Google across 154 reviews (checked October 2026)
Typical spend: AWG 20–40 per person on Google’s diner estimate — roughly $11–$22 at the 1.79 peg, which matches a premium burger plus the 7-florin combo add-on
Service: dine-in, takeaway and delivery, per the listing
Website:the family’s own menu page (the listing itself is unclaimed)
What guests are saying
The review tags on the Google listing tell you what the room does well: sushi comes up in 19 reviews — more than any dish — which says a lot about how much the Sushi Factory side of the kitchen matters here. Kind staff gets 4 mentions, and the jumbo beef tenderloin wrap and the fish basket get 3 each; juicy patties, garlic sauce, generous portion sizes and the relaxing music each get a couple. The honest counterweight: a couple of reviewers found it understaffed at busy moments, so order with time in hand rather than on the way to something with a start time.
Our verdict
Magu is where you eat like the island does: the whole burger board runs 14–40 florins, so even the four-cheese double — the most expensive burger in the house — is about $22, and a Classic with the combo add-on is a real dinner for roughly $14. That is Palm Beach appetizer money. Order off the premium line (the Magu and the Sweetie carry the house sauces), add wings for the table, and if anyone in your group wants maki instead, the Sushi Factory counter under the same roof settles the argument — 19 reviewers name the sushi, the most-mentioned thing on the listing.
Plan around the clock, though: it opens at 3 pm on weekdays and 4:30 pm on weekends, so it is a dinner stop, not a lunch one. For a Savaneta lunch earlier in the day there is Sea View Take Away by Mangel Halto (kitchen closes 1:30 pm), and for the opposite end of the Savaneta spectrum — a dress-up, special-occasion dinner on the water — see The Old Man and the Sea.
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