The Pelican Bistro — Restaurant in Port Orange

So, if you read MM's Google review from 2 weeks ago, you'll see little has changed. We arrived after church around noon on Sunday. One person was sitting at an outdoor table, there was a table of six and a table of 2 seated ahead of us. The last page of the menu states food is prepared "a la minute," so prepare yourself for a 15-40 minute wait for your food. If this is the case, we'd like to recommend the owners put out some bread and butter for the patrons to munch on as they prepare for the long wait. We watched as the table of 6 food came out rather haphazardly and certainly not all at once. We happened to have a coupon for a free appetizer, so we ordered the Crab Dip and a side salad to start along with our main entrees of "Fall Off The Bone" Ribs and Octopus Rissoto as soon as the server came by to take our order. So, 4 tables for her and she was by herself and the owner was in the kitchen cooking the food. The server bumped this review up an extra star. After sitting, waiting for quite some time, we had to ask the server if she could at least bring out the salad, and she said it was coming next. We'll, the Iceberg salad, came out along with the lukewarm Crab Dip and chips that could have been fresher. So, we ate those, and the main entrees were ready to come out as we finished the dip. The server brought out the fries and coleslaw and then we waited for the entrees to follow. The Octopus, surprisingly, was the best item. The rissoto was too dry for us. The ribs were the worst we've ever had dining out. Even with the sharp knife provided it was tough to cut the ribs apart from each other and the backside was burnt. Again, we were told the owner was cooking. These ribs should never have come out of the kitchen. We ate 2 of the 4 ribs and asked the server to take the other 2 back and present them to the chef along with our remark of them being the worst we've ever had when dining out. The server took the ribs back and removed $5 off the $17.99 ribs. As we left there was one table left finishing up their meal. The owner had every opportunity to come out and address the ribs and our dining experience but apparently chose not to do so. Anyway, we dine out at least twice a week and prefer to give the smaller mom and pop establishments are hard earned money. So, I implore the owner to go back and read MM's review from 2 weeks ago and realize nothing seems to have changed in our eyes. We won't be returning either as he/she had every opportunity to receive feedback in person while we were at the establishment. By the way, the server didn't know we were getting a complementary appetizer when she gave us the $5 off the ribs and we have no idea how she came up with that figure. Service was very good from her with what she had to deal with in...

Visited on A Sunday after church and there was one waitress. We were the third table to be seated, upon being seated, we noticed and realized really quickly that we were going to be there for a while, the first table that was there was getting ready to check out when we arrived. And they seemed to be getting antsy ready to pay and get out of there.

When we arrived, about 3/4 of our visit, the lights were off and it was hard to read the menus with the dark room and glare from outside. At some point the lights were turned on, when the lights were turned on. Ceiling fans also turned on that were blowing like they're ready to blow out the California wildfires!

While we were there, two more customers came in and sat at a table, and they left before getting even greeted by the waitress. Eventually the female owner showed up, visited and greeted with a table outside, and then visited and greeted with the table that was checking out to pay. Our table was not greeted and visited by her... Mind you... there were only two tables inside and one table outside with people at them!

We were in a bit of a hurry to make sure we got to an event that afternoon, so we did have to leave in a hurry. As the food was coming out of the kitchen, we requested to go boxes immediately to go ahead and put all the food in and head out. The food was all right, We ate what we could in the car and reheated and ate what we could at the house later.

Sadly, I'm not sure I would would give this place another thought even if I did have "more time" as it was suggested to my father-in-law before we were leaving. It was truly a one and...

My husband and I decided to try this new spot for date night. We were greeted quickly and able to sit down right away. Our server let us know the specials and gave us time to look over the menu. There was a good variety of food offered. It wasn't overly expensive and the portions were a good size. We opted to have an appetizer of the onion rings. They were crispy and hot. I ordered the salmon while my husband had a Mahi dish with mango salsa. The salsa was delicious. My only criticism is my salmon came with a lemon, wine and garlic sauce, my personal preference is to have the garlic in smaller pieces, however the combination with the salmon was delicious. The veggies and rice that accompanied the meal were seasoned well. Our server checked on us periodically throughout the meal. We never felt rushed and really enjoyed the vibe of the place. We will definitely be returning to try some of the other options...