Bahama Breeze

I took my mom to Bahama Breeze a few weeks ago for her first experience. Living close to I-Drive, she had passed the restaurant numerous times and always wanted to go but had not been able to. Since the restaurant does not take reservations only call ahead seating, I called on my way to have our name written down. I asked how long the wait was for a party of two and I was told 15 minutes. Once we arrived, 5 minutes later, we checked in with the hostess and was told it was going to be a wait time of 25 minutes. It was a Saturday night close to 9pm so the restaurant was packed with people. I would have thought that in order to maximize space they would keep a close eye on their waiting areas. However, when we were looking for seats near the bar area to wait, the wooden seats had dirty plates, napkins, and bottles everywhere. We had to move things around to make space. Once we were seated 30 minutes later, our food arrived at rapid speeds. The Roasted Cuban Bread was amazing! The bread has a combination of vine ripened tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, fresh cilantro, and basil. My mom ordered the Bahamian Seafood Chowder which is a cream base soup with shellfish and vegetables, topped with fried shrimp. My entree was different than what I had expected but it was a pleasant surprise. The Fresh-Pan Seared Salmon Pasta comes with cut up pieces of salmon in a passion fruit cream sauce with fresh spinach and basil on bow tie pasta. The service and food were exceptional, the only negatives were waiting extra outside and the cleanliness of the bar area.

Service-5
Food Quality-4.5
Food Quantity-5
Cleanliness-3