Horrible Easter brunch. No waffles, pancakes or French toast. Very disappointing. I've gone there several times but for the $140.00 per person it was extremely disappointing. The sad part is my family and I were really looking forward to this brunch. Oh well never again.
Marjan Milani
Had all you can seafood buffet here on a Friday night! The quality and variety of the food was absolutely great! Staff was super friendly and ambience was perfect!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dennis Clements
Very poor service and food quality and taste.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Shane Crandall
We ate here for lunch while the kids got entertained at the kids club next door and the service was even more pleasurable than the food. I wish I could take Felipe home with me. Best waiter I've ever had, hands down.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Annie G.
Came here just for dinner because we were headed to the nearby botanical gardens and I thought it would be good. I was wrong. Everyone here was really nice, but I've had better food at an airport cafeteria. We got simple caesar salads and flatbreads with cheese. The flatbread tasted like a frozen french bread pizza and the salad with chicken was just ... not good. Really not good. And for the price, it should have at least been decent. It wasn't. The view here is incredible but the food made me never ever want to stay at this resort. As my dinner place, I was fairly unhappy we had bothered to come here. If this were my vacation, I would have been really REALLY unhappy. It's a resort. You expect the casual restaurants to be tasty and pleasing! Skip this place until they bothered to make the food match the view.
Lauren Y.
We requested a chorizo and vegetable omelet, but it arrived without the chorizo and quite messy. Additionally, some potatoes were undercooked. Despite informing the staff about the missing chorizo, they remade it with a 20% discount. However, there's room for improvement in their food quality. The resort is lovely, but they shouldn't compromise on food and service quality.
Laura A.
Food was decent, loved the calamari! However, the service is lacking. Asked for extra plates for the appetizer, they never came back. Asked for a few extra lemons, never received. Just getting someone to help out was difficult, also every time I did get someone to come to the table it was a completely different person. Overall the restaurant is beautiful with amazing views of the ocean.
Edward N.
Terranea is a beautiful resort. I went to the seafood buffet on Friday night. The summary of my review is 4 stars for the venue 4 stars for the service 2 stars for the food quality But hey, we are talking about food, you gotta get that right! The service was great, always checking to refill our drinks, soda and coffee comes with the buffet. Our server sensed when we were heading for desserts and offered coffee. The food was really mediocre. The food sat under heat lamps, was dry and just didn't have much spice. Maybe kids would enjoy pizza. Even though, the raw oysters were tasteless and the crab claws were dry. Great potential. Such a beautiful place.
For price and location, service did not match. First waiter was out of it. He couldn't tell how many people were at the table and removed a water that shouldn't have been. Second waiter was nice but we asked for a shell cracker for the crab and while he acknowledged, he never brought it. We also had to ask twice for a heater. Service is just as important as the food. They def need to up the service game here.
Deanna Zhang
Lovely brunch here with something for everyone. A little pricey but it’s like that across the resort. We had a big group and the manager was very accommodating and nice.
Great view, savory small bites and impeccable service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had a fabulous time at Catalina Kitchen celebrating my wife's 60th birthday. Our server, Luis made the evening memorable. He was attentive and so kind. We eat out often, and rarely do we enjoy such wonderful service.
My lunch was amazing! The view is beautiful, the staff is super friendly and the food was so tasty! For Happy Hour, I ordered a margarita and the buffalo chicken dip, the poke nachos and the chicken sliders were all delicious!
Thatybiscoito
Super cool place, inattentive and unprepared staff. Very expensive food for nothing, tasteless, no attention to detail and in many cases spicy, if you have any allergies, be careful. Not worth the price for what you get! Pretty disappointing.Dietary restrictions: They don't know the ingredients of the dishesParking: Few free spaces, very expensive valet and it takes a long time to get the car, I've already had to wait for 1 hourKid-friendliness: They don't care about children, food from the kids menu is very spicy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
Y K
The price is more reasonable than expected and the surrounding scenery is nice.
Horrible Easter brunch. No waffles, pancakes or French toast. Very disappointing. I've gone there several times but for the $140.00 per person it was extremely disappointing. The sad part is my family and I were really looking forward to this brunch. Oh well never again.
Had all you can seafood buffet here on a Friday night! The quality and variety of the food was absolutely great! Staff was super friendly and ambience was perfect!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very poor service and food quality and taste.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
We ate here for lunch while the kids got entertained at the kids club next door and the service was even more pleasurable than the food. I wish I could take Felipe home with me. Best waiter I've ever had, hands down.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came here just for dinner because we were headed to the nearby botanical gardens and I thought it would be good. I was wrong. Everyone here was really nice, but I've had better food at an airport cafeteria. We got simple caesar salads and flatbreads with cheese. The flatbread tasted like a frozen french bread pizza and the salad with chicken was just ... not good. Really not good. And for the price, it should have at least been decent. It wasn't. The view here is incredible but the food made me never ever want to stay at this resort. As my dinner place, I was fairly unhappy we had bothered to come here. If this were my vacation, I would have been really REALLY unhappy. It's a resort. You expect the casual restaurants to be tasty and pleasing! Skip this place until they bothered to make the food match the view.
We requested a chorizo and vegetable omelet, but it arrived without the chorizo and quite messy. Additionally, some potatoes were undercooked. Despite informing the staff about the missing chorizo, they remade it with a 20% discount. However, there's room for improvement in their food quality. The resort is lovely, but they shouldn't compromise on food and service quality.
Food was decent, loved the calamari! However, the service is lacking. Asked for extra plates for the appetizer, they never came back. Asked for a few extra lemons, never received. Just getting someone to help out was difficult, also every time I did get someone to come to the table it was a completely different person. Overall the restaurant is beautiful with amazing views of the ocean.
Terranea is a beautiful resort. I went to the seafood buffet on Friday night. The summary of my review is 4 stars for the venue 4 stars for the service 2 stars for the food quality But hey, we are talking about food, you gotta get that right! The service was great, always checking to refill our drinks, soda and coffee comes with the buffet. Our server sensed when we were heading for desserts and offered coffee. The food was really mediocre. The food sat under heat lamps, was dry and just didn't have much spice. Maybe kids would enjoy pizza. Even though, the raw oysters were tasteless and the crab claws were dry. Great potential. Such a beautiful place.
For price and location, service did not match. First waiter was out of it. He couldn't tell how many people were at the table and removed a water that shouldn't have been. Second waiter was nice but we asked for a shell cracker for the crab and while he acknowledged, he never brought it. We also had to ask twice for a heater. Service is just as important as the food. They def need to up the service game here.
Lovely brunch here with something for everyone. A little pricey but it’s like that across the resort. We had a big group and the manager was very accommodating and nice.
Restaurantji Recommends
Great view, savory small bites and impeccable service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had a fabulous time at Catalina Kitchen celebrating my wife's 60th birthday. Our server, Luis made the evening memorable. He was attentive and so kind. We eat out often, and rarely do we enjoy such wonderful service.
My lunch was amazing! The view is beautiful, the staff is super friendly and the food was so tasty! For Happy Hour, I ordered a margarita and the buffalo chicken dip, the poke nachos and the chicken sliders were all delicious!
Super cool place, inattentive and unprepared staff. Very expensive food for nothing, tasteless, no attention to detail and in many cases spicy, if you have any allergies, be careful. Not worth the price for what you get! Pretty disappointing.Dietary restrictions: They don't know the ingredients of the dishesParking: Few free spaces, very expensive valet and it takes a long time to get the car, I've already had to wait for 1 hourKid-friendliness: They don't care about children, food from the kids menu is very spicy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
The price is more reasonable than expected and the surrounding scenery is nice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5