Restaurant Review: Kome

Kome is the Papiamentu word for “Eat.” It’s a restaurant that was conceived by a couple of ex-pats to serve tasty food, as locally sourced as possible. The food is fresh as fresh can be! The staff is beyond wonderful. The heritage building has been tastefully remodeled into a welcoming airy space.

They have lots of beer choices, probably the largest beer menu on the island. There was a choice of a couple of types of sangria as well: We tried the watermelon sangria. It was an interesting choice, but I switched to beer after one glass!  I enjoyed the sangria, but, well, beer is more my style.

The food: we went on my birthday with a couple of friends for the Wednesday tapas menu. It’s a wide ranging menu, with seafood, beef, pork, chicken and vegetarian dishes. They suggested we order two or three dishes each, and they would bring two or three at time, so the table wouldn’t become overloaded. I would suggest that two would be enough for most women, and three for men. We ordered lots of different dishes and shared them between us, as they came.

We chose dishes like chicken and waffles, wild mushrooms on toast, green beans in a sriracha sauce, buffalo chicken sliders, pulled pork tacos, crab Rangoon, blackened fish tacos, flatiron steak, hoisin ribs and more! We did order too much. I liked everything we ordered, with a special shout out to the green beans and the fish tacos. Pam really loved the ribs. The buffalo chicken sliders were especially spicy, and I loved them too. The only dish I would not order again was the crab rangoon. It was a generous serving, but I just didn’t “Love” them as much as everything else.

I would have no trouble eating again any of the dishes we ordered. Just a great sampling of food. Each was wonderfully presented, cooked very very well, and delivered in a great way. We ate and ate and dishes kept arriving, and it was really a wonderful dinner. The company was amazing, and the night just flew by! Couldn’t have had a better time.

The staff are really a special collection of people. They are truly motivated to give you an experience that is virtually unparalleled on Curacao. It ranks with the best service I’ve ever had, anywhere in the world. The only problem is that this level of service will spoil you for so many other restaurants on Curacao!

Rank: 10/10 There is nothing this restaurant can do to improve.