Altavela Seafood — Restaurant in Progreso

At First, the waiter seemed to have an attitude and not much enthusiasm, but perhaps he was tired. I order a Margarita, to start. To my huge disappointment it had more sugar than I would need for a life time. I made a trip to the bar and returned the drink to order a natural Margarita. This time it was excellent…., Guacamole, with Prawns, Seafood Soup, Octopus, Flan and Coffee, we’re all excellent, but the Octopus was amazing. For sure the attention to detail finalized a perfect tenderness and pronounced flavours…,, Superlative attention to details, by the Chef and staff was evident and highly appreciated.. Do not miss the opportunity to dine...

I was extremely disappointed. The only good thing about my meal was the Michalada. My fried fish tasted like funnel cake batter. My coconut shrimp tasted frozen with spiced up canned mango that tasted nothing like mango. I am beginning to think from the previous reviews that either they had no taste or there was a different chef? And when their card reader wouldn’t work we ended up with a 15 % exchange rate instead of 19%. It felt like a bad switch and bate. Oh and I was sick all night after eating here, the last day of my trip and I did not drink the water. I would never...

The location was the only good thing. The first guy who greeted us was very kind however the rest of the staff were making jokes about us. We took a promotion of one ceviche and two beers the ceviche was flavourless. Good knows if they washed at least the vegetables as the nachos were reheated, black and with a lot of old oil, seems like they did not change the oil in ages. I kindly requested to change them and they brought them exactly the same. The sauce bottles were all dirty as you can see in the pictures. No wonder why the place is completely empty....