Posted By: fabila
Friday trip report - 10/28/2023 12:26 PM
Woke up to clouds, wind and an angry ocean. We had a short amount of time at the pool before winds got stronger and rain pushed us indoors. Rain continued for the rest of the day and evening.
Lunch was prepared on site, simple and light. With the rain and wind we decided to cancel our reservation to Bamboo and instead made one at Roma in Maho. Good decision as we had a wonderful meal and did not have to venture from from Beachside Villas.
The ambience is beautiful from the outside as well as inside. A nice sized bar with several different indoor dining areas as well as outside tables are at your disposal.
While the restaurant is open air, they have 4 large air conditioners in the room where we dined as well as ceiling fans making for a very comfortable dining experience.
Happy hour is from 5-7 although we didn’t make it in time.
For our table of seven, we received two bread baskets filled with small round rolls, focaccia and bread sticks. A server came around with a very robust extra virgin olive oil he added to our small plates for us to dip the bread in.
After ordering cocktails we started with a Caesar salad. I mentioned we were going to share so they split it into two bowls in the kitchen before serving us. Delighted they did that instead of me having to separate and maybe make a mess on the table. I appreciated all the extra attention to details with their service. The Caesar was very good, shaved parm pieces, croutons in a creamy garlic dressing.
Our table was cleaned in between courses, crumbs removed, wet areas wiped down cutlery replaced. Very stellar service from greeting us and also as we departed.
Entrees were roasted Pumpkin agnolotti – butter-sage, parmasean, aged balsamic drops for me. Heavenly pillows of pasta with the pumpkin filling and light sauce with the glaze was divine. David chose the Linguine Vongole, aglio & olio with baby clams. He enjoyed it to the last forkful.
Two in our party opted for the Carbonara with Rigatoni and crispy guanciale. Loved it. The other two had the veal and chicken parmigiana. Both were huge pieces of chicken which they could not finish. As they depart tomorrow both agreed it was the best meal of the trip. Lastly one ate the salmon filet, pistachio cranberry crumble in a lemon buerre blanc. We all were extremely pleased with our meals and the service. Complimentary shots of Limoncello were offered which we kindly accepted.
Some of us ate dessert. Mine was the Semifreddo which was light and refreshing. One large scoop of Crunchy almond-carmel gelato with amaretto sauce. Three in our party ate the chocolate mousse served with a biscotti. They said it was rich and delicious.
No grat or service charge added to bill.
Before leaving Marco showed us Mr Chow telling us the food was very good. He highly recommended the Pad Thai. I love Asian food so hoping to get there.
Carol - they had a Bo bun salad on the menu.
Lunch was prepared on site, simple and light. With the rain and wind we decided to cancel our reservation to Bamboo and instead made one at Roma in Maho. Good decision as we had a wonderful meal and did not have to venture from from Beachside Villas.
The ambience is beautiful from the outside as well as inside. A nice sized bar with several different indoor dining areas as well as outside tables are at your disposal.
While the restaurant is open air, they have 4 large air conditioners in the room where we dined as well as ceiling fans making for a very comfortable dining experience.
Happy hour is from 5-7 although we didn’t make it in time.
For our table of seven, we received two bread baskets filled with small round rolls, focaccia and bread sticks. A server came around with a very robust extra virgin olive oil he added to our small plates for us to dip the bread in.
After ordering cocktails we started with a Caesar salad. I mentioned we were going to share so they split it into two bowls in the kitchen before serving us. Delighted they did that instead of me having to separate and maybe make a mess on the table. I appreciated all the extra attention to details with their service. The Caesar was very good, shaved parm pieces, croutons in a creamy garlic dressing.
Our table was cleaned in between courses, crumbs removed, wet areas wiped down cutlery replaced. Very stellar service from greeting us and also as we departed.
Entrees were roasted Pumpkin agnolotti – butter-sage, parmasean, aged balsamic drops for me. Heavenly pillows of pasta with the pumpkin filling and light sauce with the glaze was divine. David chose the Linguine Vongole, aglio & olio with baby clams. He enjoyed it to the last forkful.
Two in our party opted for the Carbonara with Rigatoni and crispy guanciale. Loved it. The other two had the veal and chicken parmigiana. Both were huge pieces of chicken which they could not finish. As they depart tomorrow both agreed it was the best meal of the trip. Lastly one ate the salmon filet, pistachio cranberry crumble in a lemon buerre blanc. We all were extremely pleased with our meals and the service. Complimentary shots of Limoncello were offered which we kindly accepted.
Some of us ate dessert. Mine was the Semifreddo which was light and refreshing. One large scoop of Crunchy almond-carmel gelato with amaretto sauce. Three in our party ate the chocolate mousse served with a biscotti. They said it was rich and delicious.
No grat or service charge added to bill.
Before leaving Marco showed us Mr Chow telling us the food was very good. He highly recommended the Pad Thai. I love Asian food so hoping to get there.
Carol - they had a Bo bun salad on the menu.