Located right along the beach facing the Pacific Ocean, Tortuga Beach is one of restaurants of the Sandos Finisterra all-inclusive hotel (which is what I did for my visit). The restaurant primarily focuses on seafood oriented dishes and steaks. I would definitely recommend coming at least once if you are staying at Sandos all inclusive.
Food
My table got a sample platter of everything in the tapas, entrees, and dessert section. Tried almost everything on the main dishes section. Overall, food was okay to good.
Tapas include shrimp gyoza, mini vegetable lasagna, spring roll, tuna cubes, filet mignon. Favorites include the filet mignon and the shrimp gyoza. Filet mignon was pretty tender.
Entrees include edamame, vegetable tempura, mussels in white wine, roasted pear salad, and Vietnamese spring rolls. Favorites include edamame and mussels in white wine. Edamame was a little salty though.
Main dishes I tried include sea bass, ribeye, sea and land skewer, and tuna steak. Favorites include the ribeye and Seabass. The sauce that they used for the Seabass was good. Ribeye was low quality meat I feel like and I would not have paid actual money for this but it was overall okay since it was part of the all inclusive hotel. Ribeye was also rare even though we ordered medium-rare.
Desserts I tried include chocolate ball, apple crumble, fruit pavlova, and carrot cake. The table favorite was the apple crumble.
Atmosphere
By far, the best vibes and atmosphere on the Sandos resort. The restaurant is located right on the beach and you could even get a table on the sand if you wanted. Open air so you can feel the nice breeze and the ocean waves crashing my down. The design of the building itself is cool and really gives beach vibes. Casual all around. You are next to another resort but can hear or see them at all so pretty private. My table even got to see fireworks go off from the other resort (we presumed it was for a wedding).
Pricing
If you are coming from Sandos all inclusive, then everything is free. Menu prices are for non-hotel guests. I would not pay for the food since quality was just okay and prices were high.
Service
Service was very good and staff was extremely friendly. Drinks and food were brought out quickly. Very helpful in letting us try everything in the menu since they let us know they can do like a sample platter of it.
Other
This is the only restaurant that is also available to the public and you'll notice that there are prices on the menu (all free if at Sandos inclusive though). read more