Dona Marina — Restaurant in East Wenatchee

I attended Dona Marina restaurant with my partner for the seafood boil (lemon pepper, xhot spice).

We where eager to eat here but noticed a few things off the spot that didnt seem to justify the price for a 2 person seafood boil. (75$)

The clams are indeed soft shell or “steamer” clams. Although relatively small in size, they are about average.

The clams were already dead before going into the boil. This causes clams to be appear empty or partially empty when served. Dead clams must never be ate as they pose a risk of food poisoning. I of course found out today.

From what we consumed, about half of our clams were already empty (dead) before we consumed them.

The spice was somewhat toned down for our liking as we do enjoy spicy. It was more of a medium. Similar comparison would be like expecting to bite into a habanero but instead receive a pickled jalapeño. Its named “xhot” for a reason but was underwhelming.

Hard boiled eggs are something we all make and could spot when we over and undercook them. The boiled eggs presented to us where tough to the bite and indeed blackening around the yolk.

The vegetables were sufficient for the serving received. About 10 small gold size potatoes, 2 full corn pieces or about 4 half a size yellow corn. Crab was great in our opinion but the clams were the major downside. Sausage was ok, seemed like it was one serving cut up into thin slices.

Overall we paid 100$ for 2 drinks, 2-person seafood boil. For the quality presented, I can’t justify coming here for the near future.

It was severely underwhelming with mild food poisoning as I write this.

Edit: If you check Dona Marina fb page, you’ll see a lot of their clams are wide open and empty. These are already dead clams before they went into the boil. Hence why they are empty or partially empty. Picture for reference from their page that they uploaded. You can check out every seafood picture boil and cross check my claims that the clams they...

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