City overview
Aruba sits 15 miles off the coast of Venezuela, outside the hurricane belt, with reliable sunshine, constant trade winds and some of the widest white-sand beaches in the Caribbean. The island is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Dutch order meets Caribbean warmth in a place small enough to cross by car in under an hour — resort strips along Palm and Eagle Beach on the west coast, a rugged cactus desert and wind-battered north shore behind them. Jewish life is concentrated in Noord, where Chabad Aruba has grown since 2013 into a community of roughly 150 people, and the island now supports year-round kosher dining for the first time.
Shoco Coffee Bar & Market
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The Hyatt Regency's coffee bar and market, which carries a kosher grab-and-go selection certified by Chabad Aruba — useful for breakfast, a quick lunch or something to take to the beach without a sit-down meal. Important.
This is a general grocery store that carries kosher-certified products, not a kosher store. Check the certification on each individual item, and note that prepared food, bakery and deli counters on site are not kosher.
Hours
Open daily 6:00 AM–1:00 AM
Phone
+297 586 1234Neighborhood
Palm Beach, Noord
Walking
Inside the Hyatt Regency on Palm Beach, walkable from the Palm Beach resorts.
Good to know
Kosher pastries, sandwiches, salads and fresh-cut fruit, each individually marked with the Chabad Aruba certification.
Kosher map of Aruba
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.