Dan Maher

Review of The Stoned Crab

Between last night and this morning the service he...

Between last night and this morning the service here is quite lacking for the prices you pay.
We we are staying at the hotel here. Unfortunately last night we chose to eat here the server was quite knowledgeable about what was on the menu, but not very knowledgeable about how food should be prepared.
I like the idea of what he said about three handed fresh fish. It touches the hand of the person who caught it. It touches the hand of the person who prepared it. Then mine is the third hand.
Unfortunately the one who prepared it didn't do a very good job last night. I ordered the fish special blackened. My experience of eating blackened fish in several places around Florida that was not it. A steamed dry piece of fish that was completely white on one side with no seasoning no grill marks ( I wish I'd taken a picture). To have a small amount of seasoning on one side of a fish wrapped in a leaf from some type of a plant to me is not black it. I asked her mail server about it and he said oh no that's the way it's supposed to be would you like me to have them black in it more? I'm not sure how you can blackened fish more after it's already been cooked and is already dried out.
After that comment I realize that this server was not going to listen to much I asked about.
The conch fritters we had were dry, and the stuffed breaded shrimp lacked flavor.
We came here this morning for breakfast because that's where the restaurant send you I'll comment on the restaurants page about their continental breakfast. My girlfriend wanted eggs cuz there was nothing on the menu that didn't have carbs in it. She stays the cheese was good multiple types of cheese to pick from but the eggs were a little dry overcooked for scrambled. As the morning staff was rushing around getting ready for the day when we asked about anything we were told it's over there in a bit of a Curt attitude pointing towards the continental breakfast table. Get your own water get your own coffee basic attitude of don't bother me. But I gave the waitress $100 bill to pay for breakfast bit of an attitude as she went to look for change.
Our meal last night was $178 for 4 people.
I don't mind paying $178 for 4 people to eat but it should have more flavor a better presentation we're not New York city so the servers really shouldn't have that much of an attitude I mean come on this is Key West enjoy Where You Are.
Dan