Review of Village Fish Market

1200 W Retta Esplanade, Punta Gorda, FL

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Came here based on the review posted from another diner. First visit...loved everything, my meal, the view, my waiter. I totally appreciated the dedicated gluten free menu and how thoughtful and considerate they were to my allergies. I had the local gulf shrimp cocktail and the grouper sandwich served on a gluten free bun. The bread was what all GF bread is like so I can't complain but the fish was lovely and overall the food was very good.

Then I went back. I originally rated this place as five stars but was so disgusted during my second visit I wanted to give them zero stars. We sat at the bar area bc it was really crowded. I notified the waitress that I was gluten free and ordered from the dedicated menu. We ordered an app but all of our food was delivered at once. First mistake. Then I look at my side salad and there are croutons in it. Huge 2nd mistake. I sent it back and start eating our shrimp cocktail app first. When we finished it I put to the side of the table to be taken away. The server comes back with the salad but never takes the finished plate with shrimp tails on it. Then I cut into my fish and it is raw inside. 3rd and final. I wanted to cancel it but the waitress just went to the kitchen and started another fish. At this point I start eating my sides and salad while I waited. By the time my fish was finally cooked I had eaten the sides and so the fish was brought to me with nothing to accompany it and so it was just a salty piece of fish. Btw, my empty dish of shrimp tails sat there until we left.

I was really disappointed to see no adjustments or courtesies were provided on the check. I will ever eat there again.

Updated 11 years ago