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We my wife and I) went to lunch on the beach La Boquilla) to a restaurant next to the Las Americas Hotel and were very disappointed by the service and quality of the food Ordered to start off cold beers which arrived luke warm since the server informed us that the electricity had been off all day. That alone should have red lighted us about the quality of the fish. We ordered snook Robalo) with seafood sauce Marinera) and the plate arrived about an hour later completely cold and the sauce had ONE 01) small shrimp and TWO small calamar rings. The fish itself was mushy and tasted like cardboard. We each took 2 small bites before deciding not to eat any more Good thing since we both got the trots that night) We requested that the cook taste the food and give us his opinion but the waitress disappeared and we had to go to the cashier in order to have someone take the plate to the kitchen where after 10 more minutes they informed us that the fish was OK and they then proceeded to charge us US$20 for the plate $35000 Colombian pesos) The owner Jorge Villarreal while present, did not even bother to talk to us and in fact avoided the scene leaving the waitress to take care of our complaint A complete rip off and NOT to be recommended. There are cheaper and much better seafood places Try la Casa del Socorro Getsemani) or San Pedro Centro) both cheaper and a MUCH better dining experience. However if you want beach seafood try El Bony in front of the Hotel Caribe. BocaGrande)

We wanted Ceviche (not available) and ordered the small fish soup (thanks to hot sauce needed to mask the fishy taste and there were only fish crumbs) and mixed fish cocktail. All in all, the food was a disappointment. Table next to us said the fried Mojarra was good.

Coming in to la Boquilla I was very pleasntly surprised by what this place had to offer. It was a very cool place to chill with the locals and get really fresh seafood. We had whole fried fish with rice salad and patacon. I would strongly recomend it. Also its a realy cool place to go to avoid most of the tourism that you find in Cartagena

We went here with a group of 12 our first night in Cartagena. The service, although slow due to our group size, was great. The waitress was very kind and accomodation. The paella is amazing and the typical fish is great also.

Gracias al mal servicio en "Blas el malo y teso" salimos a comer en este restaurante buen servicio, sirven rápido quema comida y lo mejor la actitud de las personas que trabajan allí, muy bien