Screaming Eagle

Screaming Eagle was recommended to us, and we were pretty happy with the experience. The starter, "Duck Liver Creme Brulee" may have been the best appetizer that I've ever had. It was smooth and flavourful with a light melted sugar crust and wonderful mango puree served on toast points. The artichoke carpaccio was cloyingly sweet and disappointing. I ordered "Tournedos Rousseau" as my entree, which included a perfectly cooked 1 3/4" thick filet mignon and a similarly sized grilled duck liver with black truffled sauce. The first thing I noticed (or didn't notice) was no visable black truffles. The liver was nicely seared, but cold in the middle, due to it's thickness. It also should have been cleaned better to remove the connective tissue. I'd request it sliced into two 3/4" pieces before grilling. The dish was served on a plate of mashed potatos, steamed broccoli, grilled green peppers, and for some curious reason, potato chips. The peppers overpowered the delicate flavors and the chips were simply lost. My wife ordered a medium rare filet mignon that arrived medium well. It was plated with the same potato, broccoli, pepper, chips combonation that we found disappointing. In fairness, the executive chef was away on holiday, so I'm not certain this was representative. Our waitress was extremely friendly and professional. The wine list was both extensive and reasonably priced(for the islands). Overall, a good experience. We would return.

Love this place!

I ordered the white asparagus soup (in honor of white asparagus season) and the Thai carmelized shrimp - husband had the lobster bisque and the duck breast in red port sauce. Dessert was the crepe Suzette prepared tableside. Everything was amazing in flavor!

Can't wait to go back again on our next trip! Chef Erwin is the best!

This is my first trip to Aruba, and I visited 8 top restaurants this last few days. Screaming Eagle is absolutely the best when it comes to everything that's great about dining out. Starting with the friendly and classy servers, great table settings, menu to die for. All courses were prepared perfectly, with some very cool spins: like the Duck Liver Creme Brulee, not just a regular Fois Gras!!
The Champagne was served ice cold, and the mood inside was hot for dining and drinking. We shall be back soon.
Make sure that you make this one of your stops for an elegant and super meal..

SCREAMING EAGLE continues to impress us with their quality and service. It managed to exceed its perfomrance of last year and it has surpassed its parent FLYING FISHBONE. If SCREAMING EAGLE were placed in a setting such as its parent then everything would be perfect. As it is, SCREAMING EAGLE remains a contender for perfection. We are surpised to hear of less than satisfactory performance because we have not experienced that.Slow service is not necessarily bad service if that is part of the ambiance and presentation and we suspect that is something that SCREMAING EAGLE deliberately does so as to not ruch is cutomers and to allow themm to savor the delicious meals that they are consuming. In our opinion, SCREAMING EAGLE has rapidly risen to be a strong contender in ARUBA'S upscale dining arena and we encourage everyone to experience it (even though it is a bit pricey).

Screaming Eagle provides a pleasing atmosphere and fine food served by attentive, attractive people. I feel this is an upscale restaurant and most discriminating diners will enjoy the food and experience. This was our second visit and we will return.

vanavond hier geweest..echt ONTZETTEND lekker gegeten!!!en gedronken natuurljk. de chef maakte voor ons een 4 gangen verassingsmenu, nou dat was het zeker!lekker amuse vooraf, huisgemaakt brioche, een VIJFluik als voorgerecht(tonijn,krab,pastrami,oestershot(super)gefrituurde garnaal) tussen was combi zalm, mossel en aardappel echt ook enorm lekker en geweldig om te zien. hoofd 3 bereidingen van eend, bout, borst en lever, dit met zuurkool en morillesaus, echt zo lekker. dachten we dat we het bijna gehad hadden, kwam er nog een enorm dessert toe,allemaal lekkere dingen, maar erg origineel was het'kop en schotel'een soort koffiekopje, maar dan van chocolade, gevuld met witte chocolade schuim en iets van sinaasappel.
al met al, dit was echt geweldig allemaal, nogmaals, erwin bedankt, en natuurlijk de goede service. je word hier echt in de watten gelegd...THANKS

our dining experience at the Screaming Eagle was wonderful. The food was as good or better ten some of the finest restaurants in Philadelphia or SAn Francisco which we have dined.The service was outstanding and our server made the evening one to remember. We look forward to returning next year when we make our annual trip to Aruba.

Although we did not have opportunity to experience all the high dining restaurants on the island, we got pretty close. And it is without question that not only this restaurant, Screaming Eagle, stood above all of the rest, it was in a category of its own, making comparisons to anything else meaningless. This restaurant is to be applauded for not only a thoughtful menu, attentive respect to culinary arts but also a carefully-attended-to wine selection. Not only was the service properly executed but also added greatly to the enjoyment of the evening. Our server was Roxanne who demonstrated thorough knowledge of menu and wines. Her assistance was not only greatly appreciated but immensely helpful in making our evening the wonderful experience that it was. We recommended this restaurant to other guests at our hotel with enthusiasm and confidence.

The service was slow. We had to ask 3 different times, 3 different people, for bread. Too many people coming to the table, but nothing was accomplished. We ordered dessert and coffee and asked for a refill on the coffee. We were surprised to see that we were charged for the second cup of coffee. So, for 4 small cups of coffee, the price was $14.00. We dined at the best restaurants in Aruba all week and this was the first time we encountered a charge such as this.

Like in 2009, the Screaming Eagle had been a must on our this year´s dining list.
Again, the food had been a very positive experience. The wine list is convincing, however overprized compared to the other Top 10 restaurants on Aruba.
The service was overall good with one but important exception: instead of Rioja from 2001 that had been offered in the wine list we received without prior notification the same label from 2006 ! Needless to say that this is a no go !