I've never written a review before but I had to after my experience at Cayo Coco.
My boyfriend took me to this cute little restaurant for my birthday dinner and it was absolutely AMAZING!
We walked in and were lead to the second floor for our dinner. The décor was a nice Spanish style and the ambience was warm and cozy.
The server greeted us and took the time to explain the menu items and make suggestions (since we never had tapas before). There were so many choices (even the pickiest eater would be able to find something). He was very attentive, cleared all the dirty dishes right away and filled our drinks before even noticing they needed to be refilled.
These are the dishes we ended up ordering:
Bread with pico de gallo and garlic dip - the bread was fresh out of the oven and the pico de gallo was one of the best I've had
Jamon Serrano - started off with this dish of Serrano, grilled red peppers, olives and melon. Great combination of ingredients
Garlic Mushrooms - basic but very tasty dish and the sauce was flavourful but not too garlicky
Crab cakes - the best crab cakes I've ever had, hands down! It had huge chunks of crab, not cheap filler a lot of other places use
Wild poached scallops - these scallops were delicious! I didn't know scallops were available that big!
Lamb with lemon - lamb was super tender and flavourful
Stuffed calamari - great presentation and stuffed with even more seafood, very yummy!
Paella - cooked perfectly with so much fresh seafood. Presentation was perfect
Mojito - I've had mojitos in Cuba and these are almost like the real thing. All that was missing was the sun and a nice whitesand beach... I agree with the Toronto Star who calls it: '#1 Mojito this side of Havana'
The service was pretty much perfect from the moment we walked in to the moment we left. Even the owners/managers came by our table to wish me happy birthday and make sure everything was good.
Overall, my first time experience here was amazing (food being my favourite part!) I would definitely give it an A+ and highly recommend to family and friends.
My only complaint? I live outside of the city so I don't think I will be able to visit Club Cayo Coco on a regular basis. But I'll definitely have to go back before my next birthday!