Papillon Restaurant

We were curious how a new restauant could jump to number one so quickly. Now we know. Great food, great manager and great staff will do it every time. Papillon has moved on to my list of 2 or 3 best recommendations for my many friends that visit Aruba.

The quality of menu, food and winelist is good. The restaurant is located in a busy spot. The terrace is a little bit outdated. At first the staff was rather nervous trying to serve everybody as fast as possible. That improved during the course of the evening. Definitely a place worth a visit.

I took the bus from divi village. the early bird special filet mignon that i had last night was excellant, prepared medium rare, the asparagus was so good (excellant) i went back tonite to try it again. Service was a little above excellant...5 different staff pro vided the service to me......what a treat! dessert was presented in a beautiful and delicious manner...i would say if u are in aruba and you dont try this restaurantyou have missed doing yourself a rare treat! slhinkle

The food was excellent. The service was great. The staff was very friendly. The manager was very informative and friendly. The seafood was fresh and the preperation was superb. This restaurant is deserving of their number one rating.
We enjoyed our dinner very much.

This was just great. From welcoming reception by the hostess to the great service by our waiter, and from our wonderful goat-cheese salad starter to our pineapple dessert.

We had a great wine recommended by our waiter (forgot his name) which paired good with our meal.

All the details were thought of and no effort was spared giving us the evening we were looking for.

We had some great meals on Aruba in our 12 years of vacationing to this place and Papillon is certainly one of them.

We went here on our last night in Aruba to celebrate our anniversary and engagement. The night started off great we were greeted by a lovely hostes and escorted to our table. In no time our waiter Raymond came over with the specials and and wine list.

We got the crab cakes to split which were amazing. Personally not a fan of crab cakes but those I could eat any time. After selecting our main dishes we waited for our wine. Unfortunately the one we selected was out but Raymond made a wonderful suggestion and we were back on track. The dishes came out my salt crusted sea bass was good with plenty of flavor but not overpowering. However, the star of the dinner was my fiancée grouper, seared to perfection and served with rice and a hash brow thing that was delicious.

We topped the night of with a brownie that was served to us with a sparkler to celebrate our special day. The staff took a picture and promised to send it to us via email.

Overall the experience was fantastic! We will be returning on our next trip to Aruba and highly reccomed you visit!

Very nice place. Smaller portions as expected from a French restaurant,including wine we ordered. Nice ambiance, but there are much nicer elsewhere on the island. Not much extra given here, but very good quality.

As soon as we walked into the open air entrance, the staff was accommodating and friendly. Our waiter was great in attending to our every question and had answers for everything asked. Overall a great experience and we will certainly eat here on our next visit to Aruba!

We have greatly enjoyed dining at Papillon during each our 3 annual visits to Aruba, and have found the food to be consistently wonderful. The rack of lamb is my favorite and the desserts are always excellent. Their food is on par with NYC restaurants; the atmosphere is charming and the staff knowledgeable and welcoming.

I certainly don't understand the hype about the food at Papillon.
DO NOT BE DECEIVED by the ratings.
The service is very slow although the staff was very friendly, the men's toilet was very dirty, the background music was too loud and the prices too high. The waiter only came to ask if we wanted another drink after we were done eating. The filet mignon could not have tasted worse. I had to keep sprinkling pepper and salt over it so I could finish it. We would have been better off eating burgers and fries at Five Guys right next door to Papillon.