Marco Polo GR Solariz

Marco Polo is one of the restaurants included in the all-inclusive package for Royal Solaris and GR Caribe.

Reservations are required, and there is a dress code.

The menu follows a daily theme, so check your app/QR code in advance. For us, it was "international." You can choose an appetizer, soup, main course, and dessert, each with options from various countries marked by their respective flags.

The meal started with bread and butter. The bread was just okay; it has generally been our experience that bread in this resort is somewhat mediocre.

We ordered Mo'ol Baalam, scallops in mandarin sauce, and Octopus Satay. Both were extremely good, with the octopus being the tastiest of all the octopus we had on the trip.

The soups were good as well. The French onion soup came in a bread bowl, and, once again, the bread was just okay. The Santa Fe cream soup was excellent and memorable.

For the main dishes, I ordered grilled Pacific salmon, but as I reviewed the menu now, I realize they gave me the wrong order! What I received was the Curried fish fillet. Oh well, I can't do anything about it now. The fish was extremely tasty, and the side veggies were great too. However, I really disliked the pea puree. My wife ordered Lemon Chicken, and we got the Chicken Supreme for my son. Both were good but not great, and again, the pea puree was the lowlight of the dishes.

For dessert, we took the eclair of fine fruits and caramel mousse to go and ate them as a midnight snack. Both were excellent.

Overall, the portions were small but made up for by the four courses. Everything felt like quality ingredients, and it mostly tasted good. Just avoid the gross pea puree!!

Service was good, even though now I know they messed up my order!