Batey Resto Bar - Santa Marta

Good Rumba. Delicius margaritas. Good meat mixed with pointed food. Papa criolla. Morcilla. Chorizo.

I wanted to like this place. Really. Service was great, Jose our waiter was exceptional to explain the dishes and what are “fan favorites”. I threw him on a few, but I don't think anything could have repaired the food. The Calamari was not seasoned. It tasted like baked chicken honestly. Another family member ordered a Calamari court as their escape and it came cold (they did it at the same time as mine and left there until the ducks were ready). She asked him to take it back. But what he came back was again fried Calamari rings that drip with fat. The Lomo was a notch under the cut by leather. We asked to go back and he came back with another over boiled Lomo. The picture looked fantastic. But that was a lot. It came cold and inconspicuous after the first piece. Again. I really wanted to eat here, but I would never try again. Give him two stars from the lemonade alone.

My wife and I should have listened to the concierge at the hotel we were staying , but we thought we would give them a chance. BIG MISTAKE!!!!!!!! I must say everything was great except for the experience/ staff. I'm in the restaurant business so I usually look at situations at both sides all the time. 1) my wife and I order a bottle of wine. I thought it was easy enough. The waiter must have taken 20 minutes, mind you the place was not busy at all I counted 5 tables including the tables outside. There were also 3 other waiters on the floor as well. When the wine came he put the wine on the table and ran away. Guess what he does next???? He dances!! So I called him over and asked him if he minds if we have WINE GLASSES and also if he would not mind OPENING the bottle as well. So All I can think of is maybe this is his first week there. I'm going to let it go. 2) Now we decided to order food (why didn't we go somewhere else) My wife insisted it is going to get better. So we ordered a couple of items off the menu, I see him write it down. A half hour goes by our waiter is now taking shots. Now I'm starting to understand why our concierge told us not to go. I see some food in the service window just getting cold. So I call him over and asked him how much longer? So guess what remember I said we ordered a couple of items? Well he bought back 1 plate. Ran back to the bar started took a shot and proceeded to dance. Any normal person would have been extremely upset. Not me I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Why I have no idea! Mind you my wife and I are on our honeymoon so we don't want any negativity. So I call him back and ask him. Where is our other dish? You know what he says? Oh I forgot what did you order? I told him again and he said he was sorry I will put a rush on it. 3) Okay if you read this far you know I had a horrible experience. So check time. I just go straight to the bar because I know will have to wait an outrageous amount of time. My tab came out to 115,000 pesos now my waiter runs straight to the register (guess he wants money) now I get all the attention in the world so as I said I'm in the restaurant business it's kind of like an unwritten rule to over tip and take care of your fellow industry worker. So he takes my CC and proceeds to put his own tip on my card without asking me! So now I'm a little upset and asked him why he did that he had no excuse. I basically told him that I wanted to give him a cash tip of 20,000 pesos. Then I went off in a polite way. And explained to him I did nothing wrong and what did I do to deserve service like this service? Well hopefully this was helpful. But I did frequent some great restaurants in the city so I have more positives. DABARTENDER

Excelente ubicación, comida, atención y el mejor Margarita del mundo.Disfrute unas deliciosas pastas a la carbonara, las carnes siempre en su punto la comida muy fresca y sirven de manera generosa.Lo recomiendo para ir en pareja, en familia o celebrar algún evento.Pregunten por José el mesero del sombrero es el mejor en atención.De verdad les recomiendo el lugar.

Desde que entras al lugar todas las personas te atienden con mucha amabilidad checho hace que te quedes. El menú muy delicioso y la verdad que el precio es muy bueno. Sin dudar alguna volvere