Enso: Nice Patio  

It was the worst experience ever! We went to this restaurant because we enjoyed it a year ago. This year it was a complete opposite experience. We wanted to order a bottle of wine but it was no wine list and waiter said that he got it all in his head. The choice was great: Merlot and Cabernet with no name:) We ordered Merlot and made a mistake by not asking about the price for the wine. We were waiting for 20 minutes for our bottle of wine and even made a joke that they might send somebody to buy it in the closest store. In result we got a bottle of $7 wine for $60. I am not cheap, but selling me cheap wine for $60 is just ridiculous. We were the only customers at that moment but we were waiting for our food for exact 45 minutes. Our order had several different dishes including salads but we got it all at one time instead of having some of it as an appetizers. But the worst experience was from the service of our waiter. He included the gratuity in the bill (18%) and just didn’t care at all about doing his job because he knew that he is going to get his money anyway. If you don’t want to waist your money and feel like a “cash cow” for your waiter instead of an important customer, please don’t go there. There are so many much better places in Miami Beach.

Posted on 03/25/2010 at 12:01 AM

The burger and fries were McDonald’s.

This is how I want to start, as everyone may not read the entire review. I never write reviews, but this place was such an incredible rip off, I must share my tale of horror with all of you.

Strike #1- I got a GC from restaurant.com which after seated THEY DID NOT HONOR. So why advertise, take my money for the GC and then not honor it? The waitress was quite rude about it too saying “Yeah, we don’t take these anymore, if you have a problem call restaurant.com”. No apology, no nothing. I figured we were already there, so how bad could it be? Little did we know….

Strike #2- My meal, the fish, was disgusting. It was half a filet, boiled (the waitress said it was fried) with about half a cup of rice and a ridiculous amount of lettuce used to fill the plate. I found three (THREE!) fish bones in my pathetic excuse for a fish.

Strike #3. My husband ordered the burger. When he got it it had that unmistakable smell and look. I tasted a fry. Now, as a red blooded American i know DAMN WELL what a McD’s fry taste like. This was from McDonald’s. We then inspected the burger. Perfectly round, not fresh, and that unmistakable sesame seed bun. A few pieces of Arugula could not deter us from the obvious- this was a dressed up Quarter Pounder. I am not alleging that they went and BOUGHT IT from McD’s, but that they are serving McD’s food.

All in all, the worst place I have eaten in all the beach. Ever. Cheap, dishonorable service and pathetic food. If it was the last place to ever get sustenance in the WORLD I would rather starve to death than visit this Ponzi scheme masquerading as a restaurant.

DO NOT GO. If you like McD’s there is one on Lincoln.

Posted on 04/10/2011 at 4:47 PM