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E CRISIS GRANDI DEN NOS TURISMO:

E MANEHO DI TURISMO RIBA ARUBA TA SIGUI

RIBA UN CAMINDA HOPI BOBO

Awe ta tocami e deber (e “honor” TRIPADVISOR ta comenta lo duration of our dinner experience. traha como recepcionista/front office
dudoso) di duna dos ehempel siguiente riba e restaurant “Carpe When we finally were ordering, the clerk y despues como night auditor.
evidente di e maneho hopi bobo Diem”, pa henter mundo lesa: moussaka was not available and one
riba tereno di turismo, di e anterior would think this would be announced E tempo aya e tabata conocí bao
minister di turismo Otmar Oduber y e “HORRIBLE OWNER” prior to ordering, as two people in nomber di “Strand Hotel”, bao
gobierno Mike Eman. our party were really looking forward maneho di su doño sr. Ike Cohen,
Reviewed 4 September 2014 to this dish. So other dishes were d.f.m. Mi por bisa cu mi relacion cu sr.
E RESTAURANT GRIEG0 decided upon. Appetizers and Main Ike Cohen tabata hopi bon, y p’esey
“CARPE DIEM” Don't bother spending any time courses were ordered and repeated tabata un lastima cu, pa motibo di un
or money here. Our staff member by the server to avoid mistakes, I desacuerdo serio cu su señora, mi
Te cu algun tempo pasá Aruba accidentally charged my credit card guess. The appetizers were finally mester a dicidi di bandona e trabao
tabata conoce un asina yamá for another patron’s bill. It took 25 served.. two out of six. One hot, one ey di un dia pa otro. Mi ta kere di por
restaurant Griego “Carpe Diem”, minutes for the owner to manage cold and four pending. The missing papia den nomber di tur trahador di
situá otro banda di caminda di to correct the error. THATS NOT four arrived twenty minutes later, with Strand Hotel di e tempo ey, ora mi
Hotel Renaissance, mas pabao THE ISSUE. HE BERATED 4 one wrong order, which was left on bisa cu e trato tabata bon, e aspecto
na L.G. Smith Boulevard. Manera staff members in front of all the the table and the correct one coming di e hotel mes tabata “de lo mehor”,
describí caba na varios ocasion, patrons during this 25 minutes. The after ten minutes. More bread was y cualkier asunto cu tabata rekeri
aki na Aruba restaurantnan no ta mannerisms he displayed were requested, as we had gone hungry atencion, di biaha tabata wordo
wordo habrí a base di investigacion absolutely unnecessary. The way and had eaten what was provided. atendí, si no tabata pa e personal
profundo ni “masterplanning”, siguí he was ranting and raving you would This bread took yet another fifteen mes, tabata pa mr. Ike Cohen himself!
pa adquisicion pro-activo, pero a have thought, the restaurant was on minutes to arrive even though the
base di kico cualkier aventurero por fire. server was kindly reminded three Kico bo ta weita awor?
tin den su cabez y ofrece esaki na times. By time I was half way through
Otmar Oduber, acompañá of no pa The Staff was so ashamed..... my appetizer suddenly I had the E hotel aki awor a para bira un
un envelop cu contenido. Esun cu Main course standing beside it. ehempel “briyante” y yamativo di e
tabata maneha e restaurant aki, si mi “WORST DINNER Three of the six dinner orders were actual total ausencia di un maneho
no ta equiboca, tabata un asina yamá EXPERIENCE EVER” wrong orders and we were told they riba tereno di turismo di Otmar
profesional di tennis procedente for di still brought the dinners out like this, Oduber y e gobierno Eman.
Hungria, kende - en bista di su barica Oct 17, 2014 - posted by Werner although they noticed they were
fuera di lo normal – visiblemente wrong, so we would have to wait no Si bo a bishita hotel Talk of the Town
mester tabata sufri di obesitas, Being attracted to the nice setting longer. REALLY ??? We sent nothing den por ehempel e ultimo 4 lunanan,
pero kende sinembargo, cu un ciga and furniture, we decided to give this back and by now were disappointed lo bo a ripara cu e toilet di homber
gordo den boca, tabata duna “les restaurant a go. What a MISTAKE. to the point of no return. Two of banda di e entrada tin dos labamano
di tennis” riba Aruba. Conocí di por We made our reservations early and the dinners were not really eaten y dos toilet formá door di plachinan
papia habilmente y elocuentemente, judging by the reservation book at due to the errors committed. We di hero (modelo Americano “stalls”).
di acuerdo cu informacion fidedigno, that time, it was going to be a quite were assured two dinners would Un di e dos toiletnan aki ya pa 4 luna
e tabata sa di kita e ultimo centnan night. We arrived on time and were be removed from the bill. After all no por ser usá, pasobra e plachi na
gespaar for di algun dama di un greeted nicely and seated. We were this who wants dessert. A cake parti dilanti unda tambe tin e porta
edad un poco mas avanzá, pa celebrating a special occasion, which was brought out for the aggravated di entrada, ta colga di un banda y
diripiente e figura aki converti su we had informed the hostess of at birthday boy turning 65. Even for this no por wordo será na yabi; tambe
mes den un empresario riba Aruba, the time of making the reservation. we were asked to lend a lighter to un di e dos labamanonan tampoco
sin ningun conocimento di e materia, She had assured us we would have light the candle, which we kindly had por wordo usá pasobra e cranchi
sin experiencia y sin preparacion of a splendid evening. The server to request the server to return to us. di awa no ta instalá 100% y casi
educacion! Ta di comprende cu e cos came over to tell us about some We asked to see the manager, but ta cay abao, y awa no ta sali mes.
aki no por a sigui bon. Si bo weita special items and it was already were told no manager was working Y ningun doño, ningun gerente of
e potret adhunto di un plato sirbí na clear she did not do her homework. at this establishment. So we asked manager, ningun supervisor, ningun
e restaurant aki, abo lo a keda cu When drinks were taken we asked for the owner, who seemed to be out personal di mantenimento of cualkier
apetit? Mi ta sigur cu no! questions about their so-called fresh of the country. The owner’s daughter otro miembro di personal, cu ta
martinis and the ingredients, to which was in the restaurant , seemingly worry cu e situacion aki, corda pa
Permitimi copia algun comentario an answer was given only after quite doing the cash register, but failed haci algo na dje; no …djis lague
cu e restaurant aki a ricibi some inquiries with the bar. So we to attend to any of these issues manera e ta, y aki un aña e dos
internacionalmente, pa colmo for finally ordered the drinks and these during our time at the restaurant. cosnan aki ainda no ta drechá. Y
di turistanan bishitando nos isla; took a good twenty minutes to make SHOCKING. We asked for the bill ta di e manera aki nos turismo ta
asumiendo cu generalmente pueblo it to our table. Looking around we paid and later realized only one cabando na nada. E calidad di nos
ta comprende Ingles, mi ta opta pa were a bit shocked as we were only dinner was removed from the bill. All turismo ta cos di yora, un lastima
no pone e traduccion acerca. of the four tables occupied for the in all this has been the worst dinner total, y inacceptabelmente deteriorá
experience any of us has had up to …. y un di e motibonan di esaki –
of mihor bisá: e motibo principal di
that day. My recommendations? Do esaki - ta cu OTMAR ODUBER Y
you really want to know? As a new MIKE EMAN NO TA HACIENDO
restaurant coming to Aruba, one NADA NA MASTERPLANNING,
would think they would be in top PERO TAMPOCO NA MANEHO
shape, in order to be on par and DI CALIDAD. Otmar Oduber y Mike
better than the competition, which Eman ta culpabel y responsabel pa
there is plenty of. We all left furious.
e maneho aventuroso di Aruba, y
Bo a kere cu mi a cla? Lubida! lo mester responde pa esaki den e
eleccion na september proximo!
TALK OF THE TOWN HOTEL
Remigio A. R. Wever,.Ex-director
Tempo cu mi a caba di studia na ATA
Hotelschool na Den Haag, e hotel aki
tabata e prome hotel unda cu mi a