Onno’s bar; the name and the reputation conjures up an image of drinking, partying and dancing – great if you’re in the party mood, not so great if you’re hungry! However, Casa de Campo Living recently discovered that Onno’s bar has a GREAT new menu, including some delicious seafood dishes!

Casa de Campo Living was recently invited to a tasting at Onno’s Bar in Altos de Chavon, Casa de Campo, to try out a few dishes on their new menu and so off we went to Onno’s Bar, fully expecting to experience maybe a good burger, some Nachos, a steak….I was VERY pleasantly surprised to be served some VERY good quality seafood.

To start we tried a 5 different shrimp appetizers, which to me (not a huge fan of seafood) seemed a little overwhelming at first, but it was all so delicious I was MORE than happy to eat it all!

The dishes we tried were:

1. Shrimp Cocktail; a classic dish, the shrimp had a great flavour and the cocktail sauce was perfect
2. Lemon and Garlic Shrimp Skewers; wonderful with a delicate flavour
3. Butterfly Fried Shrimp with Tartare Sauce; very good, naughty but not at all greasy!
4. Garlic Shrimp; perfect for garlic lovers!
5. Sizzling Chile Shrimp – shrimp sauteed in olive oil and chilies; VERY VERY spicy – not for the faint hearted, if you love spice you will LOVE it, otherwise, chose something else!

These photographs are of these dishes, in the same order.

 

After this overwhelmingly delicious selection I actually didn’t expect any more food and so I was thrilled when we were served 2 more dishes; Seafood Pasta and Grilled lobster.

On the menu the Seafood pasta is described as ’sauteed shrimp and calamari served with spaghetti in our homemade tomatoe sauce’ which is essentially exactly what it is. What it also is, is very good – the pasta was cooked to perfection the sauce was delicious and the seafood was fantastic; a very nice ‘light’ dish.

The Grilled Lobster was FANTASTIC; tender, flavourful and served in plenty of garlic butter.

This may be hard to believe, but Onno’s Bar in my opinion ranks as one of the best places to eat seafood in Casa de Campo!  Of course I cannot vouch for the consistency, however the food that we tried was excellent!

Next time you’re in Altos de Chavon I recommend you give Onno’s seafood a try – I agree sometimes seafood isn’t as tempting as a burger….but in this case it’s well worth it!

Onno’s Bar also now has new furniture – gone are the old uncomfortable bamboo chairs and sofas – hurray!  The bar now has black wood benches with large, soft and comfortable cushions, which make sitting in groups much easier than before. In the photo below you can see the new furniture:

These are copies of the new menu – notice it still includes all Onno’s classics such as Nachos and burgers, but also the seafood which, as I think I already mentioned, is very good!