Lido Dolphin Bay Resort - PISMO BEACH

Really nice culinary experience. eating was excellent, as the service

These restaurant prices are extorted with very little choice, as it is part of a hotel that it rooms have kitchen facilities, it does not make them want to return there. 2 of our 5 meals had to be sent back as they were undercooked, and we had to feel that we were restless because we do not want to eat salmon that was raw in the middle. there was no excuse or even an offer of any form of compensation, although we had received the new meal times, the rest of us was long finished and they had even cleaned the majority of the table, which felt even more clumsy. as a scandal as it is a so picturesque part of the world, with a lot of inviting and inexpensive restaurants minutes away.

We arrived at 11:30 for a Birthday lunch, including grown daughters who needed to get back to work by 1pm. They didn 't seem quite ready for the lunch service yet and were just finishing breakfast service. But they quickly set up the table for 6 of us and let us order drinks. Since the kitchen wasn 't quite ready for lunch trade, they apologized that it might take a few extra minutes for the food. But it didn 't take long. The food was exquisite. We had a WONDERFUL birthday lunch. It was quiet enough for all of us to talk together around and across the table. We will definitely go back! Other folks can sit outside, we enjoyed the quiet inside. The birthday dessert with Happy Birthday in choclate on the rim of the dish was beautiful.

It surprised me how long it took (30 minutes) to get a glass of wine. Maybe because I was waiting for my friend who was late? But this should not exclude me from receiving service, should it? For the high class restaurant The Lido projects itself to be I would think that service would be number one, and it was not. Everyone was friendly, just not responsive.

Always a pleasurable meal and evening.......we will definitely be back sooner rather than later.