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Our trip so far
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07/09/2019 10:19 PM
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RogerAndBeth
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Arrived 7/6/19, CLE-PHL-SXM Exchanged Flamingo for OBBR again. No need to ever stay at Flamingo again. Sunterra was great, Diamond, not so much. Club O beach every day Food: L' Oasis for dinner. 5 stars Quiches from Bread and Butter, 5 stars Kontiki for lunch, 4 stars Nowhere Special for dinner, 3 stars Bikini Beach for lunch, 4 stars Quay Ouest for dinner, 5 stars Yellow Sub for lunch, 5 stars Avantika for dinner, 5 stars
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Re: Our trip so far
[Re: Susieville]
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07/10/2019 09:12 AM
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Re Nowhere Special. ......... This is place to go for simple kind of pub food. Never been to this place myself, but to me, isn't that what the name implies? What am I missing?
Carol Hill
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Re: Our trip so far
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07/10/2019 09:51 AM
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I believe it is run by a member of the same family that had Turtle Pier when it existed.
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Re: Our trip so far
[Re: bran]
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07/10/2019 10:56 AM
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The reviews for Altros have been kind of mixed over the years. Honestly, if you love the area at Porto Cupecoy, you really should try Orient Village. Just sayin'. Especially on Friday evenings, when there is live entertainment, as well as vendors.
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Re: Our trip so far
[Re: bran]
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07/10/2019 11:06 AM
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Frankly, by the time you traverse through the road in Grand Case, you could be almost to the turn-off for Orient. Make a trip over there during the day and see what you think...
Carol Hill
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Re: Our trip so far
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07/10/2019 01:34 PM
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Frankly, by the time you traverse through the road in Grand Case, you could be almost to the turn-off for Orient. Make a trip over there during the day and see what you think... ok ok, got it, so will try to do this tomorrow. Full day though for our last day...breakfast at yacht club, lunch at skipjacks and dinner in GC. Plus packing. So Carol if you don’t mind.....where is the most concentrated area of restaurants to peruse and to get the atmosphere you were talking about. Plus any open for late afternoon drinks and the odd appetizer. Thx....
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Re: Our trip so far
[Re: bran]
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07/10/2019 01:38 PM
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Orient Village is where basically all the restaurants except the beach restaurants are clustered. If you look in my report on Orient Village, all the restaurants that I took pictures of the menus are clustered right there around that square. As far as being open for late afternoon, I'm not sure any of the restaurants in the square are open for late afternoon, other than Yellow Sub would be open, for sure. Not sure about appetizers there though. Link to Orient Village report
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Re: Our trip so far
[Re: bran]
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07/12/2019 12:56 PM
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Met Al the other night. Had Lobster Thermidor tonight. Must admit was disappointed but I am no lobster expert, in fact far from it. The Thermidor part was basically a grilled cheese affair as opposed to what I was originally told and there was really hardly any lobster? But again what do I know? Where did you have it! My experience is that is is all lobster in the thermidore sauce...
If life hands you a lemon, just squeeze it on a lobster!
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Re: Our trip so far
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07/13/2019 11:25 AM
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Met Al the other night. Had Lobster Thermidor tonight. Must admit was disappointed but I am no lobster expert, in fact far from it. The Thermidor part was basically a grilled cheese affair as opposed to what I was originally told and there was really hardly any lobster? But again what do I know? Where did you have it! My experience is that is is all lobster in the thermidore sauce... "Nowhere Special". Just felt that there was very little lobster in these babies..it was a 2lber
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Re: Our trip so far
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07/13/2019 11:28 AM
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I'm really sorry to hear you had a bad meal at Altro. I live in that area, and Altro is one of my favorite restaurants for lunch or dinner. I wonder if their regular chef might be on vacation? Having read your restaurant reports, I think we have similar tastes. Have not seen the duck shepard's pie on their menu, but I frequently have the tuna carpaccio (or octopus), as well as the Pavlova, and have always loved everything. Don't know Wendy. Perhaps I'm too fussy, but it was poor. However, forgotten about it already and yes, just one of those things and could have been a bad night or chef not there but very few people actually think about how we are so different in taste, what works for some doesn't for others. Hence sometimes making recs doesn't mean its the best for us all.
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Re: Our trip so far
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07/14/2019 07:27 AM
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IMHO, I think people are expecting this place to replace the old Lee's grill. Where almost everything was great!! Yes it was our go to place when we had no plans. Always had great times there. We drove past it last oct-nov, it had a lil crowd, I would be willing to try it out for something small and simple. We have our go to places for lobsters and duck. This would not be one of them.
Sand Gravity, got to love it!
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Re: Our trip so far
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07/14/2019 07:44 AM
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The reviews for Altros have been kind of mixed over the years. Honestly, if you love the area at Porto Cupecoy, you really should try Orient Village. Just sayin'. Especially on Friday evenings, when there is live entertainment, as well as vendors. Since this place sold to the people who also own La Main et Pate it has gone downhill. When it first opened Bridget & Christopher formally of Sol e Luna had it and it was awesome. Last March, had the worse meal of the entire trip. B&C have opened a restaurant now in Spain. Miss them.
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Re: Our trip so far
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07/14/2019 08:18 AM
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bran
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IMHO, I think people are expecting this place to replace the old Lee's grill. Where almost everything was great!! Yes it was our go to place when we had no plans. Always had great times there. We drove past it last oct-nov, it had a lil crowd, I would be willing to try it out for something small and simple. We have our go to places for lobsters and duck. This would not be one of them. Where are your preferred places for lobster and duck?
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