Saman — Restaurant in Saint Croix

If I could give this place 0 stars I promise you I would… I waited days to come here for bday reservations with my husband while we visited from out of state. Our reservations was at 7:15pm we were seated with 2 stray cats which was not a problem for me personally (I enjoy animals) but my husband is allergic…the menu option are a joke and you have about 6 things to choose from…everything says “coming in Nov or Oct” yet it is February… I ordered 2 lemon drops the waiter came 20 mins with 2 shot glasses I said “these are not lemon drops” she said I never heard of that before which was odd to me she came back 10 mins later and said “oh the bartender knew what they were”🙄… we placed our order which was a seafood dish that comes cold as my “Starter Meal” and a my entree was a seafood dish with a variety of seafood. My husband order a steak meal aswell as a duck meal that was supposed to be well cooked rotisseri.. our food did not come until 8:50pm like nothing..which I did not understand when atleast my STARTER meal is supposed to be served cold… my seafood tasted old like it had been sitting in the fridge for weeks the shell was so soft because it was old it wouldn’t break at all..Even with that I didn’t complain we ended up asking for boxes 5 mins after our food came out because we waited for 2 hrs. My husband didn’t even touch his Duck meal but I can tell he would not eat it. After all they made it seem like it was rotisserie duck going to be crispy and it came out looking like the roast beef you eat on Sunday’s with your grandmother… we asked to talk to the Manager and discussed he was told the duck would be cooked differently he didn’t touch it we waited for 2 hrs she said she would take it off the bill. The waiter came back with our check and told us the Manager gave us a discount for the duck meal I told her no pls tell her to come back out she said she would take it off and he didn’t even touch it and at this point we waited for 2 hrs he doesn’t want it. The Manager came back out Rude saying “well we only have 2 chefs and one waitress that’s why you had to wait 2 hrs I said that’s not our fault that’s your fault. We are not paying for something tht was suppose to come before the entree tht wasn’t what it was supposed to be. She then thought she wanted to argue with me which was the most unprofessional thing I have ever experienced as a woman that regularly enjoys fine dining…ONTOP of this the couple that were sitting next to us asked the waiter if they put alcohol in her drink because she can tell it was something other then what she ordered because she DOES NOT DRINK they told her no there was nothing in her drink.. I highly suggest you to not waste your time or money.. they manager is argumentative, money hungry and ghetto! And food...

We rolled the dice and bucked the reviews and decided to give the benefit of a doubt to this restaurant. Unfortunately the reviews are spot on, we made reservations 3 days in advance and when we showed up we needed to wait for 20 minutes for the table to be ready 🤨 20 minutes later we were seated and the waiter was explaining the menu options, well the "November" specials were not available...really, it's February 14th 🤔 but we have a few specials. It took at least an hour to serve 4 meals, three meals were the wahoo with risotto and broccoli The forth meal was prime rib. What a total fail for the price, the "prime" rib was extremely tough. All three wahoo dishes were cold and needed to be sent back to be warmed up. The substitute mashed potatoes on the one wahoo dish were cold, like never warm cold. If you are a guest eat at the bar across from the main restaurant or eat anywhere else on the North Shore. We ordered drinks at the bar, most of the wine and beer selections were out of stock. The management of this resort must be clueless or doesn't care that every website that has negative reviews on this restaurant across the board. As a local this was the last dollar this resort will...

So there are lots of mixed reviews about this place. In my personal opinion, this was a great place to dine right on the water at the hotel.

There was a steel drum player going throughout dinner, which my son absolutely adored. He played everything from Caribbean music to top 40, so he showcased his talent.

The food was very good, I had the fried snapper. I would definitely recommend. My wife had veggie stirfry which was excellent, and my son had the pasta which he thoroughly enjoyed.

Some people say it takes a long time to dine in here, but I viewed it as time to spend talking and enjoying the sounds of the water while relaxing. It definitely takes a bit, so if you’re in a rush this probably isn’t the spot for you.

The wait staff was excellent, and accommodated all of our requests.

If you’re in the area or staying at the hotel, don’t be afraid to dine in here. You won’t be...