Restaurante Casa Calá — Restaurant in Liberia

I do not even know where to start here. Came here with a group of 7 adults 3 kids.

Dishonest - They have a menu for nationals and a separate one for foreigners of which both reflect different prices. Higher price for foreigners. Beware! Totally illegal!

Quality - they served us a pasta with spoiled cheese. It smelled so foul both the kids and adults could smell it. It was awful. Once we brought it to the waiters attention they replaced it with a new pasta with fresh Parmesan. The smell alone was obvious.

Misleading - Two plates were advertised one way and came totally different. They call a hamburger with coleslaw and coconut cream “Caribbean Burger”. Definitely not Caribbean. Definitely not worth it. Second plate called “Vuele a la Vida or Come Back to Life” is advertised as having mahi-mahi n shrimp. I got zero mahi, 2 shrimp n other chewy seafood in a sweet type broth. I was in the mood for something fresh and this was far from fresh.

Unprofessional/bad management- After we identified they were deceiving us with the prices I requested to have our checks separated. After everyone paid their check they tried double charging the last person for various items since most of the group had stepped outside after they paid. It was brought to my attention so My husband n I went back inside to clarify and to our surprise the owner’s son/manager is behind the register. I proceed with telling the cashier we just paid those items and the “manager” then starts to be rude and says “okay fine, you guys can leave now”.

Last comment - the burger my...

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