Puerto Manjar at Vidanta Nuevo Nayarit — Restaurant in Nayarit

The concept needs some work. Each ingredient was cooked correctly, but the dishes were not put together well. For example, the seafood soup was tasty, and the shellfish in it was not overcooked, but it was served in an individual sized pot that was too deep to eat from with a spoon, and the shrimp were not peeled and had the heads still attached. Ok, I can dig the country vibe, but not in a restaurant that claims to have a dress code. Imagine someone in a nice dress or suit peeling hot soupy shrimp by hand? On top of that, they should have served wet napkins to clean hands after the soup, if that's the idea. Same goes for other dishes - the lobster, the veggies, the grilled shrimp, everything was cooked just right but something was missing. The shrimp were not removed from the skewer, so the presentation was ruined as soon as I started taking them off Also, that dish really needed a sauce to bring the ingredients together. The lobster in the risotto was served with the shell, which is ok, but there was nowhere to put the shell as we started eating.

The drinks are very nice, though. Violet Gimlet...

Where do begin? This place is extremely overpriced. We were thrilled to have dinner at one of the nicer restaurants at Vidanta but it was a one and done. We asked about the catch of the day and after our waiter talked his way around several fish options he recommended the sea bass. We had no idea this was not a catch of the day, but was the most expensive item on the menu. I would call it a language barrier issue if we didn’t specifically ask for the catch of the day. The waiter stated it came with 3 tacos with Marlin on them, rice and a salad. We asked for the salad only. When the sea bass came out it was so big it was comical. I nearly couldn’t eat from laughing so much. With the “sides” it would’ve been enough food for 3-4 grown men. I personally only had veggies, a salad that was supposed to be an entree but wasn’t big enough to qualify as a side. The sea bass, veggies, small salad, hummus and two drinks came out to $260 USD. I did speak to the waiter about what he did and his response was “just don’t tip me then.” Save your money and go elsewhere. Food...

The restaurant is overall very good, with excelente service and a lot of variety. However there's not much originality in the dishes and some of them may not be prepared in the best way. The lobster in the platter I ordered was grilled too much, making it chewy, the same with the prawns and the fish.

The sides are charged separately, are somewhat expensive and of generic quality. The fries were good but nothing special, the same with the onion rings and some rice with cranberries and nuts which was good but nothing particularly special.

I may be spoiled by the extremely cheap restaurants you can dine in at public beaches around the country, which for some reason seem to offer much fresher seafood.

There's nothing particularly bad about this restaurant but it's also not a...