Originally Posted by arlflyer

As far as restaurant options, I recall there to be a few within walking distance on the main inland road, but again if you have a car it will give you much more flexibility. If you want to stock up on anything, go to Super Food a few km south of the Ritz.

I don't recall rental cars in Aruba being notably expensive, and hopefully that would be the case for you as well since you're going at a non-peak time. You'd probably make up the cost in averted taxi fares pretty quickly, plus have a lot more flexibility.