Fresh ingredients. Awesome French Onion soup. A must visit if you are visiting St Augustine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kim Minors
The food is a bit pricey, but the menu items we had was very good. 1 carafe of Sangria is $30.00. The Sangria was very good, again a little on the pricey side. The least expensive item on the menu is a cup of soup for $7.75. Sandwiches start at around $17.50 per item. The service was also very good, and the atmosphere was very unusual as it was in the pool area at the Lightner Museum. The only thing that turned me off from coming back here is the 2.95% surcharge that the restaurant applies to the customer use a credit card to pay. I disagree with restaurants trying to pass off the fees to the customer. Honestly the food prices are already expensive to begin with, so why don't they just add a 2.95% increase to the food and beverage items. Stop trying to nickle and dime your customers. We are no longer in a pandemic. Most people pay with a card, the surcharge is the cost of doing business and accepting a credit card as payment. Stop trying to pass off your merchant fees to your customers. This is the only restaurant that I have been to in St. Augustine that charges that fee to customers. Because of this practice we won't be coming back here again. What you are doing is forcing customers to take the 3% off the servers' tips, because you are being unnecessarily frugal. It is not fair to the servers working there, however it is also not fair to paying customers to eat your merchant fees. This is just an example of this business trying to cut corners at the customer's expense. Because of this sneaky business practice I do not recommend this restaurant, and won't be patronizing this café again.
Everything about this place is a 5 star! We love the place and will definitely come back when we visit St Augustine. I highly recommend the French onion soup as well as the curried chicken sandwich.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Archie F.
Official websi link to menu is dead & goes nowhere. No excuse for that in this day & age. Shoddy.
Sharon A.
How often do you get to dine in a historic swimming pool? Enjoyed our lunch, served by Isabel. Sandwiches and soup were wonderful, dessert was excellent, and the background live guitarist added special ambience. Highly recommend!
Keith Carlson
Great place for a quick lunch. Located in the old swimming pool area of alcazar hotel - very unique
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup or Salad & Half Sandwich, French Onion
Sam Baron
I got really sick after!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
KoncreteRoźe
One of the stops on the food tour, could not believe this used to be a pool. Food was excellent, I tasted everything but the Escargot..??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
William Pickles
Dining in the old swimming area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup or Salad & Half Sandwich, French Onion
Unique spot for lunch. Apps, sandwiches, entrées, and desserts are all great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Key Lime Pie with Raspberry Drizzle, Desserts, Soup or Salad & Half Sandwich, Paninis Alcazar, Fish, Soups
Cheryl Weber
Dining area was in Mr Lightner's empty swimming pool, at the Lightner Museum. Had a bowl of Greek Lemon chicken n rice soup. Awesome experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup or Salad & Half Sandwich
Thomas Ackerman
You sit in a dry indoor pool. The service was great attentive and courteous. The meals were
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Cuban Sandwich
Sarh Max
Stunning building, so much history and character.I would recommend reservations just because of the size and limited tables.We shared one of the specials of the day, which was a Mediterranean sampler, and we also shared the escargot. The food was average.It was nice waking around the building afterwards looking at all the pictures from when it was originally a pool.The courtyard in the middle is beautiful and has some of the biggest koi fish I've ever seen.
Fresh ingredients. Awesome French Onion soup. A must visit if you are visiting St Augustine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is a bit pricey, but the menu items we had was very good. 1 carafe of Sangria is $30.00. The Sangria was very good, again a little on the pricey side. The least expensive item on the menu is a cup of soup for $7.75. Sandwiches start at around $17.50 per item. The service was also very good, and the atmosphere was very unusual as it was in the pool area at the Lightner Museum. The only thing that turned me off from coming back here is the 2.95% surcharge that the restaurant applies to the customer use a credit card to pay. I disagree with restaurants trying to pass off the fees to the customer. Honestly the food prices are already expensive to begin with, so why don't they just add a 2.95% increase to the food and beverage items. Stop trying to nickle and dime your customers. We are no longer in a pandemic. Most people pay with a card, the surcharge is the cost of doing business and accepting a credit card as payment. Stop trying to pass off your merchant fees to your customers. This is the only restaurant that I have been to in St. Augustine that charges that fee to customers. Because of this practice we won't be coming back here again. What you are doing is forcing customers to take the 3% off the servers' tips, because you are being unnecessarily frugal. It is not fair to the servers working there, however it is also not fair to paying customers to eat your merchant fees. This is just an example of this business trying to cut corners at the customer's expense. Because of this sneaky business practice I do not recommend this restaurant, and won't be patronizing this café again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soups, French Onion
Wow what an
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup or Salad & Half Sandwich, Paninis Alcazar, Roast Beef
Everything about this place is a 5 star! We love the place and will definitely come back when we visit St Augustine. I highly recommend the French onion soup as well as the curried chicken sandwich.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Official websi link to menu is dead & goes nowhere. No excuse for that in this day & age. Shoddy.
How often do you get to dine in a historic swimming pool? Enjoyed our lunch, served by Isabel. Sandwiches and soup were wonderful, dessert was excellent, and the background live guitarist added special ambience. Highly recommend!
Great place for a quick lunch. Located in the old swimming pool area of alcazar hotel - very unique
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup or Salad & Half Sandwich, French Onion
I got really sick after!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
One of the stops on the food tour, could not believe this used to be a pool. Food was excellent, I tasted everything but the Escargot..??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dining in the old swimming area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup or Salad & Half Sandwich, French Onion
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Awesome food, service, wines, key lime pie
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Unique spot for lunch. Apps, sandwiches, entrées, and desserts are all great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Key Lime Pie with Raspberry Drizzle, Desserts, Soup or Salad & Half Sandwich, Paninis Alcazar, Fish, Soups
Dining area was in Mr Lightner's empty swimming pool, at the Lightner Museum. Had a bowl of Greek Lemon chicken n rice soup. Awesome experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup or Salad & Half Sandwich
You sit in a dry indoor pool. The service was great attentive and courteous. The meals were
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Cuban Sandwich
Stunning building, so much history and character.I would recommend reservations just because of the size and limited tables.We shared one of the specials of the day, which was a Mediterranean sampler, and we also shared the escargot. The food was average.It was nice waking around the building afterwards looking at all the pictures from when it was originally a pool.The courtyard in the middle is beautiful and has some of the biggest koi fish I've ever seen.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hummus Plate, Greek Salad