The first time I visited the only restaurant back then, and now the old one, the restaurant during the CROWN, I was left with a positive impression. We ordered a sightseeing tour, which included a visit to this restaurant. We were well fed and surprised with the ratio of service, price and quality of food. Everything has changed in 4 years. In November 2024, having already visited a new institution, they were left in complete shock. Similarly, we took a tour of the city, to show the Charm to the children and at the same time to eat at the famous institution. They were left not only disappointed, but shocked. We have already been brought to a new institution. The interior resembles a cheap dining room. Everything is very modest. We are used to, and this is already the standard, that in cafes and even more so in restaurants of medium and higher level, decent bathrooms. For some reason, this restaurant did not pay attention to it at all. Bathrooms are a horror.
The staff is still friendly and trying their best. This is the only advantage of the institution. Next is the food. It's hard to call it restaurant food. 2 strips of indistinct squid. Some kind of tortured shrimp. A dry fish, more like an overgrown sprat. A bunch of bones without pulp. The famous soup, which was previously rich, based on coconut milk with a good seafood content, now resembles white water without taste or smell.
They even managed to spoil the hummus.
The only possible excuse. Visiting this place in fact as part of an excursion is very budgetary and therefore it is possible to have such food for this money.
Although local people and companies come there.
A strange approach to tourists. Why, if someone can afford not to offer a normal meal with an additional fee, and not what is served for excursions with an advertisement for the FAMOUS SEAFOOD RESTAURANT.
I can assume that if you take a taxi and come separately, you can and can eat normally there (not a fact). But those who stay in good hotels definitely have nothing to do there. A complete disappointment. Wasted time. Absolutely not!
The seafood is fresh, I didn't like the conversation. He comes obsessively (I think the administrator takes the dishes from the cook, brings them to you, looks like a tall guy). After you have eaten, he brings you a receipt. And three times, he reminds me that this is without tips and service. He doesn't really want to leave when you count the cash, until you ask him a couple of times to leave for 5 minutes. I've been there twice... The second order was expensive, at $75. To which, I heard the answer when the check was brought (again by the same young man) that $ 25 was a normal tip. Naturally, they didn't give him, and for such impudence, there is a lot of tip for 5 dollars. By the way, for the 2nd time, we couldn't turn on the WiFi distribution. They sent a man who tried to enter the password on our 4 phones. In the end, it didn't work out. To which he deleted his access, on his phone, tried to reconnect... It didn't work out for him anymore... It was very funny)