Bubala's By the Bay — Restaurant in Provincetown

We arrived in town on Saturday, July 20th, and before we could check in to our hotel we had a lunch at Bubala's. We were seated at bayside patio. But that's where exitement ended. Our waitress gave us attitude because one person in our party was a little indecisive about lunch. Honey, let me remind you - never give attitude for any reason, when most of your wages are tips. Never. Period. We just asked you to come back later because he needed more time, that's it. Food arrived relatively quickly. Friend ordered Capri sandwich which according to him was good. My husband got Fish tacos and I ordered Thai chicken salad and Cubano. I defenetely over ordered. Salad itself was a meal, and it was good. Cuban sandwich was nothing special. Not bad, but nothing to rave about it. Fish tacos were ok, way overpriced. For what ever reason I didn't enjoyed the lunch and was not planning to come back during my seven days stay in town. But we did. We didn't plant it, but because of restaurant across the street was already closed on Wednesday for late night dinner, we desided to dine at Bubala's. My expectations were low at that point, so... Hostess that night was very pleasant and seated us under the heaters in front of the restaurant. By the way, hostess on our arrival day lunchtime was lovely as well, only waitress attitude that day spoiled our experience at this establishment. Anyway, our waitress on Wednesday night dinner was Laura. She is seasonal worker from Europe. Let me tell you something: Bubala's should keep her at any cost. I had one of the best costumer service in dinning, thanks to this young lady. Superb. Attention to details and impeccable service. Either chef was different or because Laura's outstanding service, food tasted great. I got small Quinoa & Kale salad- delicious. Especially dressing, and melting in the mouth Braised Short Ribs. WOW. Just WOW. My husband's Seafood Cassoulet was great. My friend got Burger with gorgonzola cheese. Delicious! I would like to thank Laura again for her dedication for this not easy proffesion. Your positive attitude and great service changed my opinion about Bubala's. Couple suggestions for management- would be nice to get carafe of water while dining. I sucked it out my glass of water in three seconds. Then had to wait for ten minutes for the next one. I think carafe or jug of water on the table would make staff's work much easier as well. Esspecially on hot day. Bathrooms need some spruce up and a little bit more attention at busier times. P.S. Be aware they do charge $11 for bread basket even...

We had two dinners in Bubala outside, street side. The menu seems excellent and varied and we were enjoying to be able to bring our little dog with us at the table cause we were in vacation with him. The first night, I had the Lobster roulade that was delicious. Even if the fish was a bit overcooked and the side dishe simple (white rice and fresh all dente green beans), the tasty vanilla butter sauce saved the meal! My boyfriend had the tuna fettuccine that he has enjoyed it even if he is not a big fish fan!!! Second dinner, we choosed the scallops meal (daily préparation) and the fish and chips. The scallops were goid and perfectly cooked but it was served in a plate of fettuccine pasta....was not mentionned by the waiter....I was expecting to get nice side dishe with but it was just 5 scallops with fettuccine and a butter sauce vierge dilued by the water of pasta and nothing else with, no vegetable, no color, bland.....I was so desappointed of my meal cause I normally almost never eat pasta and more I had never order commercial pasta in a restaurant of my life... So cheap way for 40$ US! The fish and chip was OK but there were not enough fries, maybe ten in the plate....for the price, we were expecting a little more fries....maybe someone dropped half of them on the floor? In short, very pleasant place but you need to review your menu if you ask for an average of 35$...

The bill was approx $120 for 2 and I honestly can't say that it was a fulfilling meal. The place seemed buzzy enough with lots of people still dining at 8.00pm-ish , so we decided to have our first night's meal there. My glass of prosecco came without any bubbles and I sent it back. I believe they said they'd open a new bottle for me, but this glass too was flat but tasted a little more Prosecco-like. I didn't send it back because I didn't think I'd get lucky the third time around! The house salad was good. I ordered the Lobster and Sole Roulade served over brown basmati rice. The rice was NOT basmati in my opinion. I am from India and can recognize the aromatic, delicate tasting, long-grained basmati rice anywhere. Brown basmati is less aromatic but still similar to white basmati in many ways. My Jamaican server however insisted that she'd seen the packaging and it was basmati -- she was such a lovely, pleasant person that I didn't want to be boorish and and argue with her asking her to prove it. However I have attached a closeup of the rice -- basmati is long grained while this was not. Maybe there is an American hybrid short grained version I know nothing about. Overall, rice notwithstanding, the lobster was fresh and tasted decent enough. My husband ordered the Lobster Ravioli and he liked it. His margherita was so-so and he didn't order...