El Patio Caribbean Cuisine and Lounge — Restaurant in North Charleston

I wanted to give a fair review & scoring. With this being the first week of official opening, there are some areas in need of improvements. So the break down is by categories. AMBIENCE (5 ⭐️) - Very chill atmosphere! FOOD (5⭐️) - Everything was seasoned & tasted so good. My husband went in a whim and ordered the Tomahawk Steak (MW). And we absolutely loved it. It was moist, tender and cooked perfectly. Job well done. I had the Seafood…crab cake was good, but hunny that LOBSTER was heavenly. Sweet, perfect crunch, not tough…just overall perfect. DRINKS (3⭐️) - Need some work. A lot of our drinks didn’t taste how it should. It was either too much liquor or not enough liquor to even get a hint of it. I did have a drink called Sunset (not the Aloha on the menu) because I saw another table have it…not that was delicious! CIGARS (5⭐️) - Husband loved it! Enough said. HOOKAH (4⭐️) - Flavors was good but we had a long wait time. FYI to future goers, the QR code doesn’t bring up hookah menu, you have to access the home page of their website, scroll down and click on the astronaut to get the flavor menu. MUSIC (4⭐️) - The band was on point but the singer was pitchy at times with frequent ad-libbing. Overall it was good. SEATING (4⭐️) - Inside was pack, outside patio was quick and easy. We chose to sit out on the patio. SERVICE (4⭐️) - Overall good. It did feel a bit under staff. Just from my experience, I feel that the servers could use a little more training on the menu items. It was their first week, so it may get better over time. DECOR (5⭐️) - I was only inside for a quick second but from what I can see the decor looked very chic and classy. It definitely did give an upscale vibe.

I used a star rating calculator on google. Overall, the average of stars is a 4.3. We visited the restaurant on a Saturday evening around 7:30p. We would like to visit the restaurant again maybe on a Sunday when they are...

Visited on a Sunday evening. There weren't any customers dining in at the time. A few customers at the bar having drinks. I chose to sit at a table. I was seated by the hostess she brought me water and told me that my server would be with me soon. I waited between 25-30 minutes before getting the hostesses attention. I waited so long because I was attempting to be patient. I was the only one seated you could not miss me. Once I got her attention she told me that she would go and find my server, she went in the back came back out and took my order. She was not sure if they had an item I asked for and she would go in the back and check. That took maybe 5- 6 minutes. On her way back to me, well I assumed she was coming back to me. Someone stopped her and started to talk and she proceeded to hold a conversation with them. At this point I was over it. I leave out the restaurant and I get to my car I'm sitting there for maybe 5 minutes looking up other restaurants. The hostess did come outside to find me to tell me that my food was ready. I thanked her for taking the time to come out, but I was no longer interested in dining with them. To top it off this was my birthday and I waited especially for this occasion to experience them for myself despite the mixed reviews. If this was a busy day or even a moderately busy day I could see this happening. But I was the only person seated or eating for that matter. I would not say I wouldn't attempt to visit again but it's definitely not at the top of my list of places to visit. Overall the venue is nice.. one thing I noticed was the chairs are extremely low and the table base is extremely big, So that was very uncomfortable for me and I am not tall. If you are you will more than likely be uncomfortable at the dining tables. If I can recall I believe they have booth...

We decided to visit because this establishment was near our hotel and based on a few of the reviews. I emailed earlier in the week to find out if reservations were necessary, and I wanted to ensure a band would be present because we were celebrating my friends birthday. I never received a response but decided to give it try anyway.

This is a very nice place and has the potential to be phenomenal, but there are a few things that need to be corrected. Our server did the best that he knew how to do, but it was obvious that he hasn't bern properly trained as a server. Our food came out in no particular order.

Food: The flounder was fresh and fried perfectly. I have had this dish at a few other restaurants, and it always has a chutney or some accompaniment. It was also served on a bed of lettuce, which I didn't understand because the lettuce was wilted and there wasn't any salad dressing. My husband had the lamb chops (3), which he enjoyed, but he would have enjoyed better wo the drizzle of BBQ sauce on top. My friend enjoyed her steak, and her husband enjoyed the surf and turf. We thought the sweet potato fries should have been cooked longer because they were soggy, and the green beans were a bit bland. The loaded potatoes were excellent, as well as the cobb salad. The drinks were excellent.

I think the owner and chef should sit down and revamp the menu to include at least one side with an entree. For the money we spent, I just expected a little better experience. One check was $140. The other was over $180. When spending this amount for dinner, the...