Great fish tacos and cocktails. Beautiful views of the water. Drive up or dock your boat access. Waiters were friendly and fast service even during dinner rush.
Debbie Saldana
Amazing. I will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Guacamole and Chips, Sayulita Nachos, Crispy Brussel Sprouts
beth watson
The quality of food is superb along with the service
NOT THE FISH BROUGHT: We are 40+ year veterans and winter Texan’s here at SPI. We have eaten several times at Viva and brought and entertained several guest’s. The atmosphere, food, and service here has always been superb. HOWEVER…Our most recent dining experience was an absolute disappointment that should NEVER happen. We regularly go on private fishing trips with various Captains and bring our catch to be cooked to restaurants in SPI that offer the “Cook Your Catch” option. We brought 4 filets of black drum, 4 of trout, and 5 redfish throats. The waiter insisted that the chef preferred to fry the throats as our choice of blackening them would take longer and may not be throughly cooked. We had originally wanted to have a combination of baked trout, fried drum, and blackened redfish. The SHOCK was that we were not served the fish that we brought. Not the portion sizes or the filets, and the fried throats had fin’s sticking out, which as many times as we have caught and cleaned our fish, we have always removed the fins. It was such a SURPRISE that this had occurred and embarrassment to address this with our guests. All the waiter did was insist it was our fish even though we knew it was not. We had previously had our catch cooked at both Blackbeards and the Brewing Company. They cooked to our liking, and it came out looking exactly like what we brought, not cut into pieces and small portions like what Viva gave us. We fully expected to have a lot of left overs. With so much fish caught, it is nice to have the option to have a fine restaurant on the island cook your fish occasionally. But I would caution you against Viva as an option as our experience was all but a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 3
Joe Himerorid
Go and experience for yourself. You want be disappointed!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Meghan Tabari
Viva did not disappoint. We went two night in a row this week. We have food restrictions and they were very accommodating and attentive. The food was by far the best in town. We first went to Yummy Bistro, their sister restaurant. Which was equally amazing. We figured if Yummy was that good, we couldn’t go wrong with Viva. They totally delivered on all aspects. We would definitely be back when we are in town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smash Burger
Jeannie Kanter
Menu is chef driven and unique. Service is excellent. Varied drink menu. Our new favorite place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Taylor Frohnapfel
Amazing food! So fresh and with a beautiful view on the water. Came twice within a week.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Guacamole and Chips, Fish Tacos
Corey Chandler
Food was good or so I thought literally have never been this sick in my entire life. Had gulf shrimp tacos and made me so sick its 11:07 am and I'm still dealing with that decision. Been a chef for over 20 plus years and I'm not even sure how you make someone that sick? Traveled to Mexico over 50 times in my life never had a iota of sickness that rivals this one. Literally telling my wife not to call a ambulance at like 3am. Great service great views but damn check them shrimp or cheese.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish Tacos
Smiley Lozano
Food was ok we had a couple of dishes. The best was the brussel sprouts highly recommend them and the atmosphere is great great view of the bay .
The best brussel sprouts ever. If your kid can’t stop eating them, hands down great food, service and location
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mia Saltsman
The restaurant has an incredible view. That's probably the best part about the restaurant. The food is good. Not great, but good. For the price you pay, I expect a lot better. For some reason the host/hostess, is never friendly. They have multiple and they always seem annoyed. It's a decent place but I would rather take my time and money elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Misha
Beautiful location with incredibly friendly service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Bryan Thompson
We came here on a recommendation from a friend and were so impressed. Drinks were great, food was delicious and we all agreed next island visit we are coming back!
Great fish tacos and cocktails. Beautiful views of the water. Drive up or dock your boat access. Waiters were friendly and fast service even during dinner rush.
Amazing. I will definitely be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Guacamole and Chips, Sayulita Nachos, Crispy Brussel Sprouts
The quality of food is superb along with the service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Parmesan Truffle Fries, Yellow Fin Tuna Tartare, Smash Burger, Watermelon & Feta
NOT THE FISH BROUGHT: We are 40+ year veterans and winter Texan’s here at SPI. We have eaten several times at Viva and brought and entertained several guest’s. The atmosphere, food, and service here has always been superb. HOWEVER…Our most recent dining experience was an absolute disappointment that should NEVER happen. We regularly go on private fishing trips with various Captains and bring our catch to be cooked to restaurants in SPI that offer the “Cook Your Catch” option. We brought 4 filets of black drum, 4 of trout, and 5 redfish throats. The waiter insisted that the chef preferred to fry the throats as our choice of blackening them would take longer and may not be throughly cooked. We had originally wanted to have a combination of baked trout, fried drum, and blackened redfish. The SHOCK was that we were not served the fish that we brought. Not the portion sizes or the filets, and the fried throats had fin’s sticking out, which as many times as we have caught and cleaned our fish, we have always removed the fins. It was such a SURPRISE that this had occurred and embarrassment to address this with our guests. All the waiter did was insist it was our fish even though we knew it was not. We had previously had our catch cooked at both Blackbeards and the Brewing Company. They cooked to our liking, and it came out looking exactly like what we brought, not cut into pieces and small portions like what Viva gave us. We fully expected to have a lot of left overs. With so much fish caught, it is nice to have the option to have a fine restaurant on the island cook your fish occasionally. But I would caution you against Viva as an option as our experience was all but a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 3
Go and experience for yourself. You want be disappointed!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Viva did not disappoint. We went two night in a row this week. We have food restrictions and they were very accommodating and attentive. The food was by far the best in town. We first went to Yummy Bistro, their sister restaurant. Which was equally amazing. We figured if Yummy was that good, we couldn’t go wrong with Viva. They totally delivered on all aspects. We would definitely be back when we are in town.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smash Burger
Menu is chef driven and unique. Service is excellent. Varied drink menu. Our new favorite place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food! So fresh and with a beautiful view on the water. Came twice within a week.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Guacamole and Chips, Fish Tacos
Food was good or so I thought literally have never been this sick in my entire life. Had gulf shrimp tacos and made me so sick its 11:07 am and I'm still dealing with that decision. Been a chef for over 20 plus years and I'm not even sure how you make someone that sick? Traveled to Mexico over 50 times in my life never had a iota of sickness that rivals this one. Literally telling my wife not to call a ambulance at like 3am. Great service great views but damn check them shrimp or cheese.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish Tacos
Food was ok we had a couple of dishes. The best was the brussel sprouts highly recommend them and the atmosphere is great great view of the bay .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crispy Brussel Sprouts
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Atmosphere for families and calm.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
The best brussel sprouts ever. If your kid can’t stop eating them, hands down great food, service and location
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The restaurant has an incredible view. That's probably the best part about the restaurant. The food is good. Not great, but good. For the price you pay, I expect a lot better. For some reason the host/hostess, is never friendly. They have multiple and they always seem annoyed. It's a decent place but I would rather take my time and money elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Beautiful location with incredibly friendly service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
We came here on a recommendation from a friend and were so impressed. Drinks were great, food was delicious and we all agreed next island visit we are coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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