08/23/09

Below what we expected

by kraggie

My husband and I love Shops at Legacy and were excited to try Coast Global Seafood. We made reservations on the patio so we could see the fountain. The view was great and the patio was very nice. The restaurant itself is very upscale and has a soothing vibe (typical for Shops at Legacy). We ordered the fried calamari as an appetizer and it was great...light and fresh. My husband ordered the light portion of the halibut with roasted corn relish. Light portion is an understatement...it was good, but definitely not worth $22. I ordered the Coast Salad and that was bigger than his plate (and pretty good). In the end, we decided we probably wouldnt return due to sub par service and over priced food for the quality and quantity. We read this in other reviews but decided to try out for ourselves and probably should have taken their advice!

• Pros: Calamari was great and the ambiance is soothing and nice!
• Cons: Had to wait a while to be served, food portions are tiny

07/31/09

Great ambience... but pass

by RestaurantAficionado19

The food was mediocre, the prices were high for the quality, and the service was poor.

It took 10 minutes before anyone came to our table. It took another 10 minutes for water and then yet 10 more minutes for drinks to arrive. This was at 8:00 pm on a Thursday... we could understand it they were busy, but there were only several tables with clients in the entire restaurant. It goes on and we will spare the other details - the service was poor and lacked attentiveness.

The one good mention is for the salad, which was fresh, crisp and tasty. It included toasted nuts with a zesty vinaigrette dressing.

The bread arrived just seconds before the meal, and was sub-par. The corn bread was tasteless and soggy and the rolls stale.

For our entrees we each ordered something different and were unfortunately quite disappointed for the $29 price of most of the meals. The flavors were missing the sophistication and presentation of a high priced dining experience.

We left with a big bill and feeling quite disappointed. And on the way out we shared our sentiments with other clients, who agreed they would not be back.

The view from the patio is nice, but save your time and money - you can get twice the quality and half the price at any other restaurant in the Shops at Legacy. Try Nicola's instead if you'd like a fine dining experience.

• Pros: Sitting outside watching the fountains
• Cons: Food quality, price and service

05/10/09

mother's day

by lisael

my husband took me and our two boys to coast for mother's day. it was our first time eating there and there was a fixed menu. first i have to say that i really appreciated the decor of the restaurant. it was extremely clean and i loved the simplicity of it as well as all the details they put into it, but i really get into the decor of restaurants. i noticed everything within my eyesight and loved everything i saw. it was very impressive. first off, i ordered a bottomless bloody mary which i really liked the flavor of a lot but have to say - after i licked all the salt off my rim and ate my olive and drank all of my bloody mary- they DID NOT - bring me a new bloody mary. they poured me more from a pitcher. i was a little shocked and disappointed. it was lukewarm at best and kind of watered down and not to mention i was out of salt and olives. needless to say i stopped there and didn't order another. but on to the meal. the shrimp tortilla soup was the best soup i have had in my life. i swear to god. it was very spicy and clean. it was just broth over big chunks of shrimp and avocado and thin tortilla strips. i am a tortilla soup snob and i always have a complaint about a restaurant's tortilla soup but this was was made for me! for the main course which took forever it seemed- but with two small boys- it may have just seemed longer, i ordered the filet mignon medium with mashed potatoes and broccoli. it was delicious. my steak was cooked perfectly - wait - PERFECTLY!i was so happy because i almost always have to send my steaks back because they are either too raw or overdone at other restaurants. my husband got the crab cakes benedict which he thought were okay. the eggs were poached perfectly which -again- we usually have to send back because they are overcooked. he thought that the crab cakes were bland and the english muffin it all sat on was very hard and tough. my kids had the pancakes with maple syrup and fruit salad and they loved theirs. and this has to be mentioned - the fruit salad was not just honeydew, cantaloupe and grapes and bananas- it was a REAL fruit salad with lots of mango, pineapple, big chunks of grapes, bananas and i believe kiwi and so yummy! next was dessert- which really did take an eternity and by that point our kids were begging to go. we honestly almost just asked for the check and skipped the dessert- we were desperate for our nonexistent waitress. i had ordered the lemon phyllo tart and my husband the chocolate cake. i didn't try his cake but damn- that was a freaking good lemon tart and worth every minute of the wait and whining from our kids. we will meet again in my dreams tonight! we are excited to go back and try their regular menu and hopefully have quicker, more attentive service but overall all it was a very enjoyable meal. until we meet again my lemon phyllo tart....

• Pros: best tortilla soup ever (and lemon tart)
• Cons: slow service