Arlyn's - West Bay in La Placita

 Disappointing!  Today we went with some friends to La Placita which is a little tourist area behind Bananarama with about 5 restaurants, icecream and coffee shop.  We have tried about 3 of the places here (see other posts) and this was #4.  Our friends speak Spanish, which is a good thing because when you go to pay, they charge one rate for tourists and a lower price for locals.  I ordered the grilled fish plate and Greg had the fried chicken plate.  Both looked pretty much the same except for the meat.  I forgot to take a picture of the chicken.  We went up to the window to order.  The choice for drinks was something that looked like Hawaiian punch, so I went down the block to the little store in the plaza and bought two sodas.  Came back and turns out there was no rush.  It took them 45 minutes before our food came out and that was after our friend called the owner of the restaurant on the phone to complain.  Mean while there were several other people that got their food in front of us.  The food was just ok,  the fish was barely cooked through and I couldn't eat the skin because it was so incredibly salty!!!.  It came with rice and beans which were dry and a little tiny bit of a salad and fried plantains.  It was plenty of food.

They didn't have prices on the menu so I have no idea what anything cost since our friends paid for our lunch.  Of all the choices of places to eat, I will definitely not come back to this one.

*****  Side note - Greg and I have spent most of the next day running to the bathroom.  WILL NEVER EAT THERE AGAIN!


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