Summary: we were pretty pleasantly surprised by the food quality here. Everything we had was good to very good and we'd definitely go back again. Wines were very reasonably priced and service at the bar was solid.
Room: Fusion is in the upstairs area of a midscale resort where we stayed for a trip to visit friends. It was close, and the reviews, while sparse, were favorable. It's pretty well appointed for a beach-area restaurant. We decided to skip the dining room and went for the old, copper-topped bar. In the evening there wasn't much of a view, but it was comfortable and cozy.
Service: Our bartender was very attentive without crowding us. They use a team system, so the bartender took our order and several people brought it out and served it. Service was really well paced: we never felt rushed and we never sat there wondering what was going on in the kitchen. The hot appetizers we ordered came out pretty quickly.
Food: Because this location is well outside of town and in the resort, we didn't expect all that much, but the food was surprisingly good. We started with the dumplings and spring rolls. I don't know whether either was hand made, but both were very good and came to the bar quickly. then we had the tuna poke (very fresh and lightly seasoned) and the volcano roll (also very tasty) followed by a half rack of ribs. What can I say, we were feeling like we should take advantage of the great variety in the menu...
We live in Atlanta, so we're a little particular about our BBQ but the bartender told us they were a winner so we went all in--and they were practically falling-off-the-bone tender. They came with bar fries that were average, but the cole slaw was also a winner.
Another winner was the wine. They had a small but interesting list of wines by the bottle and they seemed pretty reasonably priced: about 2X what they cost in the store. We chose a great Spanish red (2013 Numanthia Termes, Toro) that took about 10 minutes to open up and was really (and I mean really!) delicious.
We finished with the key lime pie, which also got a high recommendation, but didn't quite live up to the billing. It was certainly a little better than average, but we put it at a 6 on the 1-10 scale. Good, not great.
Value: We had a very nice meal with a great bottle of wine and two cocktails for about $150 before the tip, and the wine was about $50 of that. It's not an everyday place for sure, but for a celebratory weekend or date night it's a pretty good value. read more