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.
Super Food Plaza
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Aruba's largest supermarket and the most convenient full-size store for the hotel strips, sitting on the main road between Oranjestad and Palm Beach. A shopping centre as much as a market, with a pharmacy, bank and cafe on site. 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
Monday–Saturday 7:00 AM–8:00 PM, Sunday 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
Phone
+297 522 2000Address
Bubali, Noord, ArubaNeighborhood
Bubali, Noord
Walking
In Bubali, on the road between Oranjestad and Palm Beach; a short drive from both hotel strips.
Good to know
Certified kosher packaged goods are stocked among the general range and are mostly imported American brands — look for hechsherim on cereals, crackers, snacks, canned goods, pasta, tuna, juices and baking supplies rather than for a dedicated kosher aisle.
Kosher map of Aruba
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.