Sunset Grill Restaurant

There is such a thing as over attentive service. We came on a Saturday night based on the high reviews and left with literally a bad taste in our mouths.
Let’s start with the food…
Warm bread was a wonderful touch. As soon as we touched the bread however, our entrees landed on the table. Huh? It takes 5mins to make paella? I found out the reason it was so fast– the food tasted like it was hastily thrown together, pre-​prepared, and warmed up in the oven. This was most apparent in my bf’s dish. His fish was SO DRY he could barely get it down his throat. I even finished his last bite because I felt so bad for him.
The service… hmmm how would I describe it? Weird and creepy. Considering we were the ONLY customers at this restaurant, everyone working at the restaurant came around several times to check on us. It got annoying in fact as we couldn’t really have a conversation without someone interrupting us. Our convo ended up being about the weirdness of this restaurant and how bad the food tasted. The waiter seemed desperate for us to stay and continue ordering more food. After we both turned down dessert twice (we just wanted to leave), he chided, «let me just show you the menu!» Weird.
Location…it was so far and isolated the owner had to call a cab for us. You literally could not hail a cab on the street it was so deserted. It cost about 50 pesos each way to and from our hotel.
Unfortunate evening but oh well, sometimes it’s hit or miss with Unilocal when you travel outside big foodie cities like SF or NYC.

arrived just as they were opening on a windy rainy day and the owners couldn’t have been nicer — nice wine selection and tried the Fish Fingers to start. Very fresh and particularly good with the creamy chipotle sauce served with the chips. Grilled Giant Shrimp had a wonderful sauce and was just excellent.

We had a wonderful dinner last night. Lobster was best we’ve had in quite a while, and staff was extremely accommodating to our very tired daughter. We will definitely be back.

Lobster was amazing as was the seafood parade. Also the bacon shrimp was incredible. Staff was awesome. Only downfall was going right at sunset because the mosquitoes came out and I got eaten alive. Otherwise it was really wonderful. I’d recommend going early evening before the sunset or after dark.

Fish tacos were made with fish strangely tough. Could be that I just haven’t had that type before. Location is great and staff was awesome. I would give another shot, just not fish tacos. Wife really liked the calamari.