La Doña Seafood & Grill

A wonderful place to enjoy an exquisite meal. We loved everything, especially the tuna taco and the carnitas. The service was wonderful and I loved the decoration of the place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent place, ask for the Mexican seafood rice, a delight!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I had high hopes for this place, and thought it was beautifully quiet, however later we realized it was not quiet it was nearly empty for a reason. Unfortunately, it was a big disappointment. First off, the service was chaotic. We ordered tacos and quesadillas, which were brought to the table before we even had silverware or napkins. How are we supposed to eat without them? We had to flag someone down just to get basic utensils, which should have been a given before!!!

To make matters worse, when it came time to pay, the server tapped the payment terminal and automatically gave himself a 20% tip! This is completely unacceptable. Tipping should be based on service, and frankly, the service here didn’t deserve it.

Dishes were Okay but overpriced and with so many great restaurants around, we won’t be coming back. There are too many better options where they actually care about their customers.

I don’t know if it is a question of training servers, I believe it’s a question of common sense silverware and napkins before the food, so that nothing gets cold! Really basic, right? Well, not for this server.

Shouldn’t tips be optional and based on the quality of service?

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Service
Food is excellent ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Guacamole, Flan

Great service and food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Guacamole, Flan

Excellent Food First class service Susy is super attentive and friendly
The daisies 10/10
The carajillo 10/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent food. Everything very tasty

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very pretty!! Jorge treated us excellently!!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Summary:

1 - Extremely overpriced for food portions and drinks
2 - Food taste and overall quality is subpar
3 - Service is just OK and nothing to rave about
4 - Plenty of other less expensive and much more authentic styke Mexican restaurants exist in town
5 - Save your money and skip this place

Full Review:

My wife decided to surprise me for my birthday and took us to dine out at this restaurant. Restaurant has a nice decor but unfortunately that is the only attractive feature. It was a Monday and only 2 other tables were seated when we arrived around 7 pm. We ordered drinks and a guacamole and chicharron appetizer. In the meantime, some kind of salsa was prepared at our table. Salsa was not good at all and definitely not the typical salsa you'd expect from a Mexican restaurant and basically was served with about 7 chips. Salsa was not good at all. Chips were cold. The guacamole appetizer was ok and again did not taste anything like what guacamole typically served.
Although the restaurant was basically empty, the drinks took a lot longer than expected until we had to ask our server for our drinks.
Entrees finally arrived and all 3 adults were surprised about how small the portions were! Basically portions you expect from kids menú. The 3 adults in our party left majority of the food since we all agreed the food was not good at all. Our son enjoyed his food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 3

The service was not good, I thought it was very expensive for what the food really was.
The presentation of the dishes is very beautiful.
The guacamole is very good.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Guacamole

The food was delicious, but multiple items on the menu were unavailable to order.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Good flavor, well prepared dishes but dirty facilities, bathrooms that have not been cleaned for a long time and have fly infestations.

Complimentary chips and salsa chips were stale. $32 pork carnitas and $36 shrimp way over priced for the quality served. Server checked on us after we finished meal and plates sat on the table for a while when we finished even though there was maybe 5 tables occupied. This place will fail

This is literally the only restaurant in all of Saw Grass where you get a quality non “mall-food” meal! The only one!

Excellent Service from Susy, very good food, highly recommended!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5