Arenal dinner choice, bad!
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Probably just an off nite have had good food/service there
Try El Novillo Steak House great prices
El Emperador at royalcorin.com my fav for fine dining
and great serive you will have to tip well for.
Try El Novillo Steak House great prices
El Emperador at royalcorin.com my fav for fine dining
and great serive you will have to tip well for.
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ha, funny you posted that. We took a taxi one night just to go eat there. The service we had was fine, I thought the food was well presented, but did not taste good. The restaurant in our hotel was way better.
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It was a bummer-they didn't bring the bottle of wine out until we were almost done w/the appetizers and then the meal didn't arrive for at least 25 minutes-strange! At least five tables were turned before them meal ended-oh well live and learn! We took a long cab ride to get to the restraunt as well and we went because of all the rec's. We are home now and all in all we had an amazing vacation, and we want to go back sooner rather than later! Thanks for all the rec's it was very helpful in our planning!
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Sarahmcgoo - you're not alone. We've been there dozens of times in the past ten years and the last two times we were treated like they were doing us a huge favor. Haven't been back since. They've gotten very popular and are an arranged stop for a few tour buses (guaranteed captive 30 top). They built their well deserved reputation with great food, a good atmosphere and location and quality service. I hope they don't blow it by deciding they're too big to fail.
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we (4) ate there about a year ago, and really enjoyed it.The place was packed but service and food were very good.We got our first and second bottles of wine in a timely manner.We went there based upon good reviews on this forum.I respectfully disagree with Suze. If a person has a bad experience, or a good experience, I appreciate the info.We are going back next year so I would like to know if Rufino's is slipping.The Sunday brunch at Tabacon was an outstanding feast.
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We had a funny experience there. Great dinner, but we wanted dessert and were too full, so my husband asked if they would pack a brownie to go. When we got back to our hotel which was pretty far away, he opened the container, and discovered they had put a scoop of ice cream on top!
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