Casa Mia — Restaurant in Baja California Sur

A perfect example of why hotel restaurants should generally be avoided, at best, a parody of an Italian restaurant. Tired of the overcooked seafood and over-seasoned caviche of Baja, we opted for Italian at the hotel restaurant Casa Mia. Most certainly, the most incompetent service ever, waitress got pretty much every order wrong. We ordered their imported Spanish wine, a raw and sugary grape juice, an insult to the palate. The limp pasta Bolognese was mainly ketchup, a surgery morass remeniscent of the Filipino version made from banana ketchup. Our three pizzas came 20 minutes apart, almost no tomato base (perhaps a blessing), thin crust, yet with a nearly raw and sought center. Some tadtlesschewy cheese that coagulated as it cooled, utterly bland and tasteless. And adding insult to injury, the costly (even by USA standards) rib eye steaks, arrived well done (ordered medium rare), full of gristle, pre-sliced like your mother might do before you learned how to use a steak knife, and stone cold. An expensive and insulting joke of...

Friendly, a bit humid inside. We are using the coupon which comes with the hotel room. You may only order the “Americano” with this coupon. Delicious waft of syrup as you enter. Christian was our waiter, so friendly, broken English to match my broken Spanish. Everyone speaks coffee though. The following is just my opinion. Your experience may differ. Food: Coffee excellent, eggs with ham; tasty. Hash brown, ok, refried beans don’t taste fresh. Fruit or orange juice; I chose fruit. Normally I detest papaya but wow this was good! Toast is standard Bimbo bread, we will choose tortillas tomorrow. Can’t say enough about the service; such a professional, friendly group. Edit: day 3. Slllooooowwwwww. If you have an appointment for whale watching go 2x early than you think...

Good menu, great service, very convenient if you are staying at the motel. The 3 star rating for atmosphere is not a reflection on the restaurant atmosphere which is fine, but in a town that has wonderful views in all directions, Casa Mia is centrally located in town in such a way that it doesn't benefit from...