Hello! We will be arriving early on Christmas Eve morning and will be staying in a house and was wondering what restaurants might be open on either Christmas eve and/or Christmas day for dining. I got some info about possible grocery stores that may be open as well (thank you!). Any information would be helpful! Looking forward to our first trip! Thanks!

The larger resorts resturants will be open, ie Plaza, Buddy's, Cap'n Don's, etc. Check out www.infobonaire.com and click on the resturant section and you should find info on who will be open on the 24-25th.

Dawn, welcome to Bonaire Talk. I know that Pasa Bon Pizza is closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

infobonaire only has the restaurants with phone numbers listed, not the hours of operation or special holiday closures.

Have a great trip!

Wil's Grill is open..I made a res for a group already. Rum Runner is open bc my friend is working..this I know..

Wow, I'm surprised that anything other than the resorts is open. I've always found Bonaire to be pretty catholic (small c) about closing on religious holidays. But Ann, you live there, so you should know!
I seem to recall somebody somewhere mentioning a service that would make a grocery delivery to a home the day before your arrival. Maybe the rental agent? Am I making this up?

Hello Barbara,

It's a tourist island so many places are open to cater. One year I had dinner at Richards for Xmas but Monday he is closed.

I along with many other rental agent provision for our clients. One should ask. That is a good idea. Nothing is open Dec. 26th either for Boxing Day.

My recommendation would be to book a table in advance over the Christmas and New Years celebrations.

Sadly we couldn't get flights for Christmas this year but roll on Jan 9th.

there are lots of tokos and small shops open on Christmas and Boxing Day. I will try to have a list available in the next few days.

that would be great! thanks! i am so happy for all of the helpful information everyone has shared on this talk. i feel like we've already made friends down there before we've even gone! thanks to everyone.

Cactus Blue will be opened on Christmas Day. They have a 6:00PM seating, and an 8:00PM seating. Reservations are needed.

It is nice for us touristas that things are open on the holidays, but I do like the fact that many local places, close down, still do it the old way, even if it's not my way. Where I live, everything goes pretty much full blast all the time...I bet you could buy your Hello Kitty Bondagewear on Christmas morning somewhere in San Francisco if you wanted to. It's nice to be forced to slow down and accommodate another culture sometimes!

Hey CB..Hello Kitty Bondagewear??! ROTFLMAO!!!

Gurrrrrrl...you been living in the big city WAAAAY too long! Too funny.

I'm leaving for Bon in 5 days...I'm SO looking forward to being OUT of LA LA LAND for the holidays!

Hi, Mercy! Yeah, living around here keeps one's sense of the incongruous well developed, as if I need to tell you!
I've been thinking you must be about to get on the plane! Have a wonderful time, Miss Mercy. Happy Tropical Holidays!