San Pedro Cafe — Restaurant in Hudson

I'll preface this review by saying that the food was, at least, tasty. Unfortunately, the taste and flavor of the food couldn't save our overall experience, which is really unfortunate since it looks like a lot of people have had positive experiences here.

Taking the suggestion of some friends, the four of us decided to go here for dinner. Our service was awful. We sat for 20-25 minutes before a server even talked to us about taking our drink orders, and we had to flag the server down. He did apologize for the wait, but also said he did not know who our actual server was.

Two of us ordered the same drink, but somehow got very different looking drinks (one blood orange jalepeno margarita was the color of, well, blood oranges while the other was yellow). When we asked the server if they were the same drink, his response was "well how does it taste?" It tasted like a margarita, but there were no characteristics that made one taste anything like the other.

We then waited for an hour (a full hour) before we got our dinner. In that time, the server asked if we wanted another margarita but didn't refill our waters. The explanation we got for the delay in our order was non-existent, instead he just told us our ticket was moving right along.

When the food finally got there, I couldn't help but notice my Shrimp Quesadilla had maybe 6 small shrimps cut up in it (picture for context) and cost way more than it should have. One of us ordered a $22 pasta dish that promised a nice variety of seafood, but had 2 shrimp, maybe one scallop, some fake crab and in a pretty small portion. The lobster was not there.

When it started to rain, two of us got drenched and there was no attempt to move us or cover us by the staff.

I understand that stuff like this happens, I've worked in the service industry myself and I dislike writing bad reviews but this was, as one of our diners put it, a waste of our time. We are understanding restaurant-goers, if the server had checked up on us more, refilled our water, explained to us why the delay was occuring, I think the whole experience would have been different. And while I understand that most of the time, it isn't the server's fault and it cannot be helped that the kitchen is backed up. But to not take the time to explain it or talk to us or just offer good service really made this experience stand out.

I am not sure if they were busier than normal, it did not seem busier than other hot spots in Hudson on this particular night. I don't know if the servers were inexperienced or just disorganized, since it looked like a lot of them did not know what they were doing and had trouble identifying which tables were theirs. I really don't mind slow dinners where the courses are paced, but we were there for 2 hours and spent most of the time waiting. This plus the overall service resulted in a disappointing dinner, and the lack of key ingredients in a few key dishes made us feel worse.

I hope to one day try this restaurant again and hopefully have a different experience but I am not sure when...

My daughter, grandson and I needed to get out of the house in Minnesota and wanted to go have a sit down dine in lunch so we drove about 40 mins to go to your restaurant. Had heard so many delicious things about this place so we decided to try it out.

Before we left we entered our name on the wait list. We have tried to eat here once before on the fly and the wait time was greater than an hour, so to do this was helpful. I called ahead to see if we needed reservations and was told no but that we should do the online waitlist by your hostess. I thank her for that. By the time we got there the lunch hour was picking up and our wait time was 5 mins.

The dine in space is small and cozy. Loved the saltwater aquarium at the bar. I hope to have one myself one day. Our server, he didn’t offer his name and I was to distracted by my thirst for a marg, and my grandson was very kind. Knowledge about the menu and spice level. My grandson (who is 16 months) had the kids pizza, how can you go wrong with that? You can’t. My daughter ordered the carne asada tacos and I orders the pork stew. Which I was told had some spice to it. My mouth watering I was so excited.

Our food came out in a timely manner. My daughter loved her carne asada and as my bowl of stew was placed in front of me it smelled so delicious. I took a bite and it was delicious. HOWEVER, there was not one shred of pork in it. It was full of potatoes, peppers and onions. I kept stirring my food around thinking “ok maybe it small chucks and it’s all at the bottom”. Nope. But again the flavor was phenomenal. Spice level was at about a 7 or 8 which is perfect for me. And if I was a vegan or vegetarian I would have been ok with just the broth and potatoes. But I wanted to meat. I saw out Server and he apologized and offered a new one. Which I took. Not his mistake. The only bad thing was that by the time my new one came my daughter and grandson were done eating. So asked for my food to go.

Someone came over, assuming a manager and apologized about the stew missing it’s main ingredient. Again, I told her that it was a honest mistake but that I was disappointed I wasn’t able to eat lunch with my family. They could of comped the stew but didn’t. That’s the only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars.

Brought it home and warmed it up and it was just as delicious as I knew it would be. Yes I will go back and try the jerk chicken the next time. Something tells me it’s probably...

Do not go. Today was my 5thish time there and, silly me, thinking it will get better. Arrived today with my 2 daughters at 2:04pm and was greeted with a seat yourself sign which should give you and indication of how busy it was. 1 server and 1 bartender. 2 cooks, because the kitchen is open and everyone can see so staffing is minimal. Thinking that we are between lunch and dinner this should be fairly quick. Silly me. Ordered by 2:10pm and then began the great wait. At 2:30pm I watched my daughters order go under the warming light. While being ignored by our server, Karen B, I finally asked IF that was one of our orders, to which I was informed it was and then I asked why she would let it sit there for 15 min. Should be yummy by this time. I was told that it was not brought to the table because the entire order was not ready. How does this brand of logic even exist at a restaurant. 2:45pm Shortly after this exchange our Burritos, the daily special, showed up. Isn't a special supposed to be one of those items that is a quick turnaround? So at 2:45pm I now have 2 hot meals and one marginally warm. I informed our server that we were now out of time and would need "to go" containers. When those were delivered Karen B. informed me that the reason the food was slow was because the cook/chef's "mother in law" just died. Should I have shared that my mother died Jan 5, 2025. What does that have to do with crappy service? We left promptly with 3 to go containers and a horrible experience. My daughter dumped hers in the garbage can at the corner and my other daughter ate hers at home. Average at best.

My recommendation after many attempts trying San Pedro's is don't do it. There are MANY other restaurants in Hudson that are far better. Agave', Barkers, Casanovas, Ziggy's, Post Mark Grill. Better food, acceptable wait times and FAR FAR better service.

This is a restaurant that is living off and aging reputation and seems oblivious or reluctant to change. Read the reviews others share...