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Reviewed March 25, 2020 via mobile

We attended a private party here on a Saturday night. The place is very dark and was certainly not large enough to handle our party. A set buffet was served. Food was not great, overcooked and barely warm. Drinks were very small pours of wine....Not enough waitresses not hand to handle our crowd. Very disappointing evening.More

Date of visit: February 2020
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Reviewed February 9, 2020

My husband and I went there for lunch after the movies. The place is dark & somber. Our waitress was nice, but she was distracted by having a drink & talking with a guy @ the bar & our order took a little long. It...was chilly so ordered a soup & 1/2 half sandwich. The soup of the day was tortilla soup . It was cold and had lumps of hard rice in it. The sandwich was an aruba chicken salad that consisted of a lot of lettuce and very little sherds of chicken. The bread was old & hard. My husband ordered the chicken wings and they were greasy and nasty. We left most of our food & will never go back again. This place is only a hang our place for local drunks. The mall is dead so this place will most likely close soon.More

Date of visit: December 2019
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Reviewed October 4, 2019

My mom, friend, and I stopped in for lunch on a Thursday. There was only one other party when we arrived. I ordered a special of mahi tacos, my friend got poutine and garlic parm wings, and my mom got a chicken salad slider. The...tacos were good, the slaw made them very wet, but it also added the majority of the flavor. The tacos came with chips and salsa as the side and we all liked the salsa. My friend thought her wings were decent, her poutine had way to much gravy - it was already too soggy when we received it - and had no cheese curds like a traditional poutine. My mom really liked her slider. The bartender was our server and she was very friendly. Despite being in a mall, it had a nice atmosphere that included outdoor seating.More

Date of visit: September 2019
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Reviewed August 19, 2019 via mobile

I was very impressed with our friendly, attentive waitress. The food was good and exactly what we wanted. No complaints

Date of visit: August 2019
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Reviewed August 11, 2019

We love meeting friends and going to the AMC movies on Tuesday for $5. Then we go nextdoor for the special $6 1/2 pound burger with fries and a beer.

Date of visit: August 2019
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Reviewed July 28, 2019

You walk into the restaurant and some greets you. There was no one there so the female bartender came over and said "what do you want" - ummmmm.... a table please. Never smiled.....never greeted us with a welcome.....just made us feel incredibly unwelcome and at...a time when everything at this mall is closed, closing or leaving......I'd think they'd want to retain customers. We turned and walked out. Sorry owners.More

Date of visit: July 2019
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Reviewed June 23, 2019

This review is for our second trip to this location. I have tried to contact the owner 3 different times over the last week to no avail....no return calls, no return emails. It was the Saturday before Fathers Day and my husband wanted to go...here for lunch to start off our weekend. We were seated, my daughter and I, while he parked the car. Once he was inside and seated, the waitress "walked" over and took our drink order. 3 drink and 2 were wrong. When she came back, we addressed this and she said "yeah". Then we were going to place our food order. My daughter asked her what exactly was the difference between the large and small of a certain meal. Her comment was "the size". She then leaned against the bench seat and sorta was slurring her words. My husband said that we were leaving. He believed her to be either drunk or hung over. Her make-up we smeared, walk was staggered, speech was slurred. I can only believe that her disposition was due to drinking as when I addressed this issue in my email to the owner (3 different times over the course of the week), he never responded. I will never step foot in this establishment again. The customer is not regarded with the respect that they deserve. I allowed the owner a full week to respond as I did tell him that I am an avid yelp, google and trip advisor reviewer. He obviously does not care.More

Date of visit: June 2019
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Reviewed June 19, 2019 via mobile

Popped in as it’s close to Costco. Asked the Bartender if I could have the fish and chips grilled and blackened. She stated I could have it any way I wanted which I found quite refreshing. The blacked fish was very good, but not great....The fries are typical to this area in that they are frozen and have some kind of coating on them and I’d rate them a C- or a D+. Cole Slaw was good, but not memorable. Overall, a good lunch with a awesome wait person/bartender. Place was slow and it needs to make every meal terrific to keep people coming back.More

Date of visit: June 2019
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Reviewed May 15, 2019

We stopped here at the mall to eat on the way to the movies. The service was great. The food is good. I enjoyed the wings, I had garlic and teriyaki. My wife had fish. We both liked our meals.

Date of visit: April 2019
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Reviewed April 14, 2019

I went with a friend to the Sarasota Square Mall and we decided to eat there. We both had ribs and fries. The potions were ample and well cooked. I'll definitely go back.

Date of visit: April 2019
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Reviewed March 22, 2019 via mobile

We went to Barefoot Caribbean Grill for Happy Hour with a large group of friends. Happy Hour drink specials were very reasonable and they had a special $6.00 burger with a side. Unfortunately the food was disappointing. The burger was over done and dried out....Haddock fish and chips would have been delicious but the fish had been sitting around for awhile and was quite soggy by the time it was served. French fries were luke warm. Our server tried his hardest to keep up with the drinks and food orders but trying to serve a group of 30 people was too much for anyone to handle. He desperately needed more help.’More

Date of visit: March 2019
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Reviewed February 25, 2019

Like another reviewer, this place was almost empty when we arrived after a movie on Sunday evening at about 6:00 p.m. The food was greasy and tasteless, and the service was terrible. We constantly had to remind our server we had asked for additional items...like ketchup, beverages, and salad dressings even though these items were requested when we initially ordered our food and drinks. For the salad, a tiny plastic cup of salad dressing is provided that is not enough for a salad and we were charged for additional dressing. One of our guests became ill within an hour of eating. None in our party could finish their meal.More

Date of visit: February 2019
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Reviewed January 29, 2019

The authentic Cuban mixto, or Cuban sandwich, has equal parts sliced ham and sliced pork loin, thinly sliced dill pickles, sliced Swiss cheese and yellow mustard all layered on a Cuban sub roll. The sandwich is then toasted on a panini press. At Barefoot Caribbean...Grill, the Cuban mixto has shredded barbeque pork on it instead of sliced pork loin. The mixto I was served was pressed perfectly. I liked Barefoot Caribbean Grill's version of the mixto, but I prefer a Tampa-style Cuban mixto, with its added slices of Genoa salami, to every other version I've tried.More

Date of visit: January 2019
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Reviewed October 22, 2018

The fish and chips were outstanding. I think their fries are the best in the city (and my wife agrees). The staff is friendly and helpful. The owner is gracious and personable. We'll be sure to return to this great place.

Date of visit: October 2018
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Reviewed October 11, 2018

Reminds me of Margaritaville. We were enticed by the Tuesday special on the outdoor chalkboard: a 1/2-pound burger for $6 (it's every Tuesday). Then we were surprised by the menu, which was more expansive than we'd expected. In other words, it's a positive nudge "up"...again and again. That burger was big, tasty, well prepared, served with truly crispy fries (usually they're limp in most places), and with friendly prompt service. All in all a good stop-in. Review of the menu reveals salmon and snapper if you don't want fried food, and other eaters vouched for the tasty meal-size salads. This is a great place for movie-and-meal, and worth a return on its own.More

Date of visit: October 2018
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