Sotogrande — Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale

Wow! I'm rarely blown away by food and service, but I was at this place. We had a 730 dinner on a Thursday night. We were seated outside at our request, but the weather was muggy, so we requested to move inside, which they accommodated immediately. The food was out of this world. We shared the Babaganoush plate and it was so delicious. It came out with fresh, light pita that was obviously cooked to order, and it was perfect. (I'm about to use the word perfect a few times in this review, so fair warning). Then we shared the Watermelon salad. Wow. It was prepared with mint, olives, heirloom tomatoes and this creamy feta like I've never tasted before. Even my non feta cheese loving date, loved it! For my main, I had the fresh catch (Triple Tail, which I've never tasted before). It was served with a roasted pepper salad (the small peppers, sliced). The sauce that came with it was spicy, but I like spicy, so that worked out. The fish was prepared perfectly and the taste was light and flaky and mild and I wouldn't be opposed to eating this dish every single day for the rest of time. My date had the lamb chops with stewed cherry, pomegranate and scallions. It was a huge portion and he loved every bite of it. We ordered grilled vegetables as a side, and didn't really need it, as the main portions were enough, but we did enjoy them, as they were delicious! We didn't have dessert because what was available did not appeal to us, but I'm sure it would have been delicious too. We would have absolutely chosen the 3 scoops of ice cream with butter cookies, but they didn't have that on the day we were there. I'm sure it would have been perfect too. For my cocktail, we chose the Forbidden Fruit, and it was very yummy and the size was just right, in the most delicate glass. I loved it. The view is of the marina and Pier 66, and it was very beautiful. Overall, I need to go back to this place, often. It was out of this world and I would recommend it,...

We made a reservation well in advance. We arrived and it immediately felt warm inside the restaurant. The hostess was very sweet when greeting us and was about to walk us back to the table when I made an observation that it was warm inside the restaurant. The hostess then told me as she was walking us back that the AC was out in the entire restaurant and that the maintenance people were working on it. So I asked about an estimated time that it would be fixed in the case that we sat inside and the air turned on we would be fine. She said they really didn’t know so we asked if we could sit outside she said well it’s hot there too. So we suggested outside because we said there’s at least a breeze and we would be OK and there’s fans. We sat outside and the fans were off so we asked the server if there’s anyway they could turn the fans on and he said no they don’t work. I understand that things can happen and things come up that are out of our control, but what is in their control is the ability to reach out to reservations that night making them aware or offering a complementary cocktail to start out for the inconvenience or providing us something so that we come back in the future when the air-conditioning is on etc. The fact that nothing was offered or discussed to help make the atmosphere and the inconvenience of their air being broken in the middle of summer in a brand new restaurant, makes me never wanna go back and try again. It’s sad because the food was good and waiter was so great!! Restaurants really just don’t care about customer...

First off the atmosphere was pretty nice, but it was all open air and it was hot.. But the location is nice.. The first issue was that we waited 45 minutes for a table that was empty the entire time and waited. I was surprised to find out that that was the table that we were sat out and wondered why they couldn’t have put plates and napkins on the table in less than 45 minutes. The next issue was our waiter. Well nice was not attentive at all. Ordered one drink drank them quickly, but was never asked for a A new one in fact after we put in our order, the waiter never asked us if we needed anything else or how our food was… As for the food coming from someone who has lived Seville Spain…, The apps were good, not really traditional, southern Spanish food though The potatoes bravas We’re absolutely terrible Extremely soggy taste it like the potatoes came from my microwave bag and the cost $22… My Burger came out cold the bun was soggy The fries were good.. Again, the waiter, not Attentive at all Did not ask us how her food was clearly we did not touch the pastas bravos as they were untouched I assume he knows that these are not good and therefore didn’t wanna ask… Restaurant has potential… They need to work on their customer service In speed in the kitchen… For them to take 45 minutes to get a table ready when that was open from the entire time that we waited. I thought it was pretty ridiculous. I will not be back unless I hear things have changed drastically I tip 20% but my waiter was terrible, but I am a...