Ok, I feel bad giving this place 3 stars because the service was SO good, and I want to support small local businesses, but I have to leave an honest review. This place was 5 stars on Yelp, and after reading the reviews, I had high expectations.
Unfortunately, other than their reviews exceptional customer service, the food fell a little flat, due to lack of flavor, and mainly because for that you get, I felt like the food was way overpriced. For context, I had just stayed, and dined at, the restaurants at a luxury resort (Garza Blanca), for 4 days, before I came here, and I thought because this place was away from the marina (therefore, less touristy), the prices would be lower and the food would be more authentic.
I ordered a crab soup that was on the menu (and it's my fault for not looking at prices when I ordered everything), and for $14, which is crazy for a small bowl of soup, with hardly any crab in it, and just heavy on the cream, it's way too much. I ordered a chicken and vegetable, clear broth soup, for my son, that was recommended and off the menu (so I didn't know how much it was), and that also was $14! Luckily, my son really liked the soup, but it was still overpriced. Even at the resort I stayed at, soups weren't that expensive.
For my main, I ordered the shrimp scampi, and the server was nice enough to make it a half and half, so I can try the scampi version and the Mexican style, with chili and mushrooms (which I liked better, flavor wise), but for like $40 something dollars, you get only 6 pieces of shrimp, a small side of steamed veggies (like 6 pieces) and a tiny scoop of rice and like a sprinkle of fry coleslaw mix. That's outrageous. I would I've rather ordered the whole snapper for that price. Again, my fault for not checking prices, but that's ridiculous. Even in the states, they don't charge that much for 6 pieces of shrimp, slathered in a pool of butter and so bland in flavor that I needed to salt it and use hot sauce to give it some flavor. The people that left all these reviews saying that the scampi was really good must have really bland taste buds. Or, maybe the chef just under seasoned my dish that day.
Either way, I was going to go back for breakfast, because I was initially so excited about this place and because the servers were so nice, but after my dinner experience, and how much my meal came out to, I didn't end up going back again. read more