点评:My wife and I have been going to La Monserrate restaurant for over 40 years, as well as dozens of times for business meals. This place has been an icon in Ponce, always Great food, service and priceless view.
I moved away from Ponce 17 years ago but would eat here every time we came back for vacation, maybe 8 times a year.
This year, we went in March and it was bad. Both food and service were not good at all. Something had changed drastically.
Went back this month of May, to see if it was simply a fluke.
This time it was really bad. We asked and were told that the original owner passed away last year and the family sold the business.
Everything has gone bad and decided that this was our last time eating there.
It's really heart breaking to see one of the few great restaurants in Ponce go like this.
I foresee they will end up closing very soon.
Anyway, in short.
Prices were raised to ridiculous levels.
Food serving size is now about 70% what they used to be.
Side salad which was always included now is sold separate.
Drinks, if available, are not well prepared.
Many items on the menu are not available for lack of groceries.
Crab tastes like canned, not fresh.
Lobster is hard and tasteless.
Juices are from concentrate.
We were a party of 6 and they gave us 3 menus, because they didn't have many
(we were only 1 of 2 tables with people).
Menus were damaged by water and barely readable.
Was charged $5 for glass bottle of water which they re-fill from a filtering machine.
Such a priceless location now damaged.
This used to be a go-to place for tourists but they will now leave with a bad experience.
On the flip side, there are some old and new restaurants in Ponce which are quite good. La Casa del Chef is always great. Tablas in front of the Cathedral also good.
Campioni and Rincon Argentino also very good.
翻译:我和妻子已经光顾La Monserrate餐厅超过40年了,也曾几十次来这里进行商务聚餐。这家餐厅一直是庞塞的标志性建筑,始终提供美味的食物、优质的服务和无价的美景。
我17年前离开了庞塞,但每次回来度假都会在这里用餐,一年大概有8次。
今年3月我们去了那里,感觉很糟糕。食物和服务都很糟糕。一切都发生了翻天覆地的变化。
今年5月我们又去了一次,想看看这是否只是一次意外。
这次真的很糟糕。我们询问后得知,原来的老板去年去世了,他的家人把店卖了。
一切都变糟了,我们决定这是我们最后一次在那里吃饭了。
看到庞塞为数不多的优秀餐厅之一变成这样,真是令人心碎。
我预计他们很快就会关门大吉。
总之,简而言之。
价格涨到荒唐的地步。
现在食物份量大约只有以前的70%。
以前提供的沙拉现在单独出售。
如果有饮料,也做得不太好。
由于缺乏食材,菜单上的很多菜品都缺货了。
螃蟹尝起来像罐头蟹,不新鲜。
龙虾又硬又无味。
龙虾汁是浓缩汁。
我们一行6人,他们给了我们3份菜单,因为菜单不多(我们只是两桌客人中的1张)。
菜单被水损坏了,几乎看不清。
他们用过滤机重新灌装了一瓶玻璃水,收费5美元。
如此珍贵的地方现在却被毁了。
这里曾经是游客必去的地方,但现在他们离开时会带着糟糕的体验离开。
另一方面,庞塞有一些新老餐厅都很不错。La Casa del Chef 一直都很棒。大教堂前的 Tablas 餐厅也不错。
Campioni 和 Rincon Argentino 也很不错。