SOTAVENTO — Restaurant in Quintana Roo

I’m only speaking for the daytime beach menu. Service was outstanding and the only reason why I gave more than 1 star. But the food was terrible. The calamari was essentially a frozen bag that could have been bought at Walmart, then fried and accompanied with sauce. The nachos were cold and just not tasty (seemed as though they were trying to adapt to a US palate?). The piña colada was a huge block of ice with flavor and I think my husband liked his drink. Overall, I would recommend sticking to beers and/or water and bringing your own snacks (if possible)….or just plan not eating at the beach. We had 2 drinks and 2 appetizers and it cost approximately...

this was a disappointing experience in terms of dining and service. location is spectacular and you'd expect the food to match it. alas being by the sea (as in on the beach) doesn't guarantee that. we just opted for a few grilled items- just had shrimp , octopus and clamps. the octopus was really good and soft, with garlic sauce. what we didnt expect was the frozen shrimp in restaurant next to the sea ! they didnt taste fresh and one jumbo shrimp was undercooked. for the price of this place (100usd for a couple before cocktails) you'd expect freshest ingredients. we like the hotel and the other eating establishments, but sotavento left a lot...

It rained so they moved us inside to Vegan Bar. So now we are paying high end prices while seated at a wooden picnic table next to a rack of flip flops for sale. Food was ordinary (fettuccine) But at $32 for an entree and $16 for a glass of wine, ordinary is not sufficient. I realize we would have been paying for the beach ambience, but I had hoped food and drink would have held up on their own. I guess we should have viewed the weather forecast (and fyi they bill you $50 per person if you cancel later than 3pm - I assume to prevent people from walking away if it will rain?!?). Service was earnest...