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Seaside Grill Pompano

Seaside Grill

1406 N Ocean Blvd
Pompano Beach FL, 33062
(954) 783-3193
Overall Rating
2.5
Food
Service
Ambiance
Value
Last Review
04/10/2015

Details

Attire: Casual
Parking: Private Lot
CC: Yes
Alcohol: Full Bar
Reservations: Yes
Delivery: No

Pros

Decent Food
Free Parking

Cons

Overpriced
View of Pool, not Ocean
Different Menu on Website

Critic's Review

I can't recall where I'd first heard of this place, but the lunch menu on their website looked strong, so I thought I'd break my usual avoidance of hotel restaurants, particularly small hotel restaurants, and try this place for lunch.

They call it "sea side" dining, but I certainly wasn't impressed with the entrance. This place used to be called Christine's By the Sea. Slap up a new sign and you have a new restaurant.

Seaside Grill Entrance

I walked in at 2:20PM and there wasn't a single customer in sight, just a guy swabbing down tables. "Can I help you?", he asked. How about some lunch? Ok sure, and he tried to seat me at the smallest table in the restaurant. "How about something a bit more comfortable?".

The place smelled of ammonia. The table was streaked with some of the solution. The dude tried to convince me that it was packed a few minutes ago, but I wasn't buying it, as I was outside for 10 minutes and didn't see a soul.

I ordered a tea and took a look at the menu. Ugh. This wasn't the menu they have on their web site. The only "seafood" entrees that had was a sampler and fish and chips. Why the hell did I come all the way out here? He brought my tea and I still needed more time. I really felt like leaving.

Seaside Grill Iced Tea

I took a look outside. The restaurant is being the pool, so the view is of a tiki bar they have by the bar, the pool and all of the families from the hotel. It's a condo hotel, so many are residents and other are tourists. You can barely see the sea; this is only waterfront dining if you consider a pool to be "water".

Seaside Grill View of Pool

There were a couple of people at the bar, which is probably ok for a hotel bar. There was one table on the lower level; I could hear voices but I couldn't hear anything.

Seaside Grill Bar

I decided on the crab cake sandwich, which comes with a side. Just cole slaw or fries, so I went with the slaw. It would be nice to get a salad with a $16 sandwich.

They play country western music, which is just perfect. The buy was setting up tables all around me during the experience. It's not a bad looking dining room considering the location. Not nearly worth the prices they're charging.

Seaside Grill Interior

The sandwich came out in 11 minutes.

Seaside Grill Crabcake Sandwich

A pretty skinny crab cake. A skinny, not so ripe tomato slice and 2 small rings of red onion. Can you spare it? The cake was served with straight thousand island dressing. They probably call it a remoulade, but it was thousand island. Not my favorite accompaniment for a crab cake.

Seaside Grill Crabcake Sandwich Close

Overall, the food wasn't bad. You should get a bigger cake for $16. The cole slaw wasn't bad either. If it was $12 I would have been pretty happy with it I think.

Conclusion

When you have the wrong menu on your web site in 2015, you're going to have a lot of unhappy customers. It's bad enough that they have a menu with no prices, which will keep everyone away by itself.

There's no waterfront ambiance and the prices are too high, so there's really no reason to go out of your way to come here, unless you're staying nearby.

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Ray
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It's not just manipulation, it's false advertising. There is no 50% rule. If you only mention lobster on the menu, it has to be lobster

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