Montarra

Wish I could've gotten more pictures. But the food was very delicious. Excellent for a nice dining experience or a family outing. We had sat outside inside the tent the atmosphere is very nice with the little vines and lights. But I will say there were many bugs like mosquitoes which were distracting lol. So it made eating very unpleasant. Probably the best dining place you can get in the area. The food was very good.

Mother's Day dinner out. Haven't been to Montarra in years. They lost our reservation, but seated us anyway. That was the first of several issues with our visit. Then seated outside in the Covid tent. Which was fine, we were happy to have a table. But the floor was so unstable every time somebody walked by our table one side of it shot up in the air and almost spilled our drinks. We just laughed, but they need to either stabilize the floor or stop serving out there. Our poor waitress could barely put the tray of food on the tray stand because the floor was moving. No joke. The service from our waitress was good, she was hustling. But the service from the bar and kitchen were not good. SLOW. Drinks were good. Bread was good. Bouillabaisse was outstanding. Chicken dish with Risotto was solid. My wife's steak came out cold. Like cold to the touch. At $52 for a NY Strip that's inexcusable. Then our waitress was in another zip code probably waiting for another order for a long time before we could get my wife's dish corrected and she could eat her Mother's Day dinner. Thing is we love this place, and once corrected, the steak was excellent. They hopefully were just having a bad night. But at these prices they can't afford to have bad nights or people won't come back. We, however, will be back to give them another shot. They comped one of our martini's for the cold steak. That was a nice gesture, we didn't ask for anything. I still think it's one of the best "special occasion" restaurants in the area. For the price it's not a regular stop unless price doesn't matter.