I checked this place out a couple of weeks ago and I thought it was WELL WORTH reviewing!

When you walk in the door of this restaurant you can’t help but feel welcomed. The warm paint colors splashed all over the walls and the waterfall next to the decorated bar made me excited to see what the menu had to offer. We sat down in a round booth and were greeted immediately with bread and water. Then I looked at the menu….You can say that I was extremely excited to see what the food was like because it was all described deliciously on the menu.

We decided to start off with the trio of oysters and a pair of oyster shooters. The oysters were kind of pricey and I actually enjoyed the cheapest of the three the best. They were served with a champagne mango mignonette that was one of the best I have ever had!

To go with our oysters we each picked 2 drinks, I had the Caipirosa de Fresa with fresh strawberries, vodka, muddled limes and sugar and my boyfriend had the Caipirihna, Brazil’s classic drink, with rum, muddled limes, sugar and freshly squeezed lime juice, garnished with a stick of sugar cane (the real deal!). We were both pretty impressed.

Then we went with the trio of empanadas (we had a hard time choosing one of anything because everything looked so good!). The fillings were duck, beef, and shrimp filled inside a flaky pastry shell and fried. My favorite was the duck but they were all tasty!

Then we went on to our entrees which were amazing (I know that I have said that many times now, but I truly believe it!). I had the Pan seared tilapia with yucca crust and corn and lobster cream sauce. It was a perfect balance of salty and sweet with the crust of the fish and the creamy corn & lobster sauce. I would highly recommend it! My boyfriend ordered the Churrasco a la Parrilla which was grilled skirt steak with stir fried rice with sweet plantain and lobster and a DELICIOUS braised garlic mojito sauce. If your mouth is watering, it should be! It was perfectly cooked medium rare but the sauce that it was paired with was the perfect accompaniment to the seasoned meat. The fried rice was nothing to sneeze at either.

Needless to say, this restaurant was EXACTLY what the Promenade Shops needed, a beautiful delicious restaurant that I can honestly say was one of the best meals that I have had in the valley!!

Drive by this place all the time. Finally decided to check it out. Was hoping for some exciting fish and seafood. Instead found out that they have just your standard seafoods with the exception of Paella (or however you spell it). I am not a raw bar person, so I can’t tell you much about how that might be.
If you go to this place you might want to consider just going for beer and appitizers. They make Guacamole right at your table and it is pretty darn good. (Mama Mexico in NYC still has them beat though.)
Went with the seafood Paella. It was okay. It had a nice safaron taste, as it should, but the seafood in it was very bland. Maybe that is how it always is, but it would have been nice if it was flavored a tad bit more.
Don’t get me wrong. This is a neat place. It has a cool vibe and the service was second to none. Go on your business account, but maybe head somewhere else when you are on your own dime.
I’d much rather head a few miles away to the Limeport Inn. (of course it is a completely different experience, but the food is worth the price.)
Anyway, I am pretty harsh on most places if they deserve it. This place is okay. You might even love it. However, if you are looking for fish dishes, head to the Bonefish Grill.

My husband and I went to try out the new restaurant at the Promenade. Beautiful place, servers are trained well to suggest items and apps on the menu.
Paella is not one of the greats. I had tilapia and it was delicious, but this really is an ala carte menu, no vegys or salad, not that that is important but a $3.00 piece of fish is not worth $21.95. Nothing for children. GREAT MOJITO!

Stopped by for a drink and something to eat a few days ago and were very happy with the food and service. The Guc had flavor and made from avocados not from the bag. Also tried the Caesar salad (its a salad) and the whtie bean chili. It had lots of flavor…maybe a bit salty but I like tasting food and not plain dishes. The service was excellent.

Seems like some of the reviewers are a bit harsh on this place. It may be a bit expensive but so is Friday’s and look what you get.

Go on a nice day, eat outside and chill

My wife and I recently had dinner here. We had heard about this Spanish Seafood restaurant and were anxious to try it. Sadly, when taken as a whole, the experience was not gratifying.
The service was bizarre – a change of waiters one quarter of the way through our meal; having to ask our new waiter 3 times for a glass of wine; having to request the dinner specials; not being told about other specials until after we ordered; no condiments on the table or offered, and on and on.
As for the entrees, they were way overpriced for what we received. I had a seared tuna, which was dry and tasteless. My wife had a salmon dish which was misrepresented by our waiter and was considerably over-sauced and strongly lacking in taste or any savory element whatsoever. I hate to leave a meal where the best part is the dessert, but this was the case. For $100, the experience was not pleasing. I cannot reccomend or endorse this restaurant. It seemed to fail in every category – service; wait-staff familiarity with the food, and taste. Neither my wife nor I was wowed. Apart from the ceviche appetizer Pacifico is an idea waiting to happen.

The atmosphere is great! Looks fun and whimsical, but waited a good 5 minutes before acknowledged we were at the door… nobody was at the reservation station and other servers just breezed passed us.
Our server couldn’t crack a smile.

Food arrived in a timely manor and was pretty good. I had the Sabo noodles with Peanut Sauce. The sauce is a little thick… I like foods that are prepared with a lighter touch, but overall it wasn’t bad. My husband had the equivalent to FIsh and Chips. This dish was very greasy, but I
guess thats what this dish is supposed to be. I thought bother dishes were overpriced.

I stopped in Pacifico one day for lunch. On the lunch menu they offer a price fixed option which costs $20 per person. There were a couple sauces we found to be exceptionally tasty, I’m thinking of a sundried tomato spread in particular. However the majority of the food wasn’t as latin as we expected given the menu discriptions and fell just into the range of average. They probably do better on the dinner menu