Resting on past laurels

Posted by sandinmyshoes from Caribbean on 1/29/08

can't imagine why this place is so well rated as it really is extremely expensive and food is just so-so. The owners are extremely rude and attempt to make you feel like THEY are doing YOU a favor by being open. There are so many great restaurants on this island, don't bother paying top dollar for at-best mediocre food. For some real decent food, ambiance and service, head over to Coco Bistro, Caicos Cafe, Mango Reef, or Grace's Cottage, or Parallel 23 at the Regent Palms, or Simba at the Turks and Caicos Club, or Baci or Sharkbite, the list goes on....

Best place on the island!

Posted by christy6218 from New York, NY on 8/16/07

Coyoba is my favorite place to dine on Provo. Having lived in Chicago and New York, I've dined at my fair share of excellent restaurants but Coyoba still remains in my top five favorite places. The atmosphere is great, the food is excellent and the staff has always been friendly. Definitely don't miss out on the apple tart dessert.

Ready, Set...order!!!!

Posted by Mic from Liveaboard a boat on 5/20/06

Coyaba is an Arawak word meaning "heavenly", but the only thing heavenly about this place is their twinkle lights that decorate the entire place. We were seated and our cocktail order taken. We hadn't had our menus opened for five minutes, when the woman in charge of taking orders was at our table wanting our selections. Sorry, we really haven't had the opportunity to review the menu yet, "okay, I"ll come back". Five minutes later, drinks had still not arrived, but the young woman wanting our order did. I made a quick glance through the selections and picked the osso bucco and my husband choose the ahi. While we caved and allowed them to dictate our timing for our selections, another diner seated next to us did not, demanding that they be left alone. Why didn't I think of that? Drinks arrived along with our bottled water. No one felt compelled to actually "open" the water bottle and pour so we helped ourselves. This continued through the entire meal, never once having our water poured. Wait staff was at best, sketchy...besides the lightening speed order taking,there was one waitress (Ali?) who was so unpleasant we almost asked for her to not come back to the table. Two of the young men who were servicing our table, however, were pleasant enough, just not very well trained on fine dining protocol. So far, not so good, but we're here and hungry so how bad can it be? Well, the answer to the $64,000 question is not bad, but extremely disappointing. My husband's tuna was uninteresting and unappealing looking in presentation and my osso bucco (one of my favorites) turned out to be a large veal shank, that had been baked....no sauce, no vegies, no gremolata..sorry, but a veal shank does not an osso bucco make. I should of thought something was up when they brought me a huge steak knife just prior to our entrees. Given our experience we opted out of getting dessert and left. In my opinion, this place does not live up to it's hype.