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| - When another Pittsburgh restaurateur recommends a restaurant, I would do well to listen. I arrived here on a Friday night without reservation at 6pm and the place was less than half full so seating was not an issue. To help pass the time, they have a happy hour that runs Tues-Fri from 5-7pm. They have 4 different martinis for $5 each and beers are $3. You can't even taste the alcohol in the Puerto Breeze so it's definitely the drink of choice for the ones who like lightly alcoholic drinks. There were some appetizers available at a discount but we didn't pay much attention to that since we were having dinner there soon.
The fare is less asian fusion as described by this profile page but more of a coastal style since a majority of the entrees are seafood. Before our meal we were served bread with this delicious red pepper butter. We ordered a bottle of white wine for our table of 5 to accompany our meal (at less than $50 for a bottle, it was decently priced). because our table had the sea bass, ahi tuna, scallops and crab cakes. I've never gone wrong with sea bass before, with its naturally tender and delectable meat, but the sea bass I received this time was still tender, yet tougher than it usually is when I have it at other establishments. Another person in my party who ordered the sea bass agreed with me.
The person at my table who ordered the ahi tuna found out that the dish she ordered was off the old menu. The difference? The side from the old menu was bok choy and sticky rice but the new menu had these couscous looking items that did not complement the tuna at all. Given this mishap, the waitress and the host immediately started to sort out all the old menus from the pile of menus so another patron wouldn't be faced with the same disappointment. Pangea couldn't provide us with the sticky rice because the chef didn't have any in the back so the next alternative for a restaurant of this caliber is to offer us free dessert, as Soba once did when they disappointed me. I thought this was an unspoken agreement but I guess I was wrong when the bill arrived. We rounded off our dinner with a bottle of prosecco and a plate of vanilla creme brulee for everyone. I figured with the bill we raked up, at least something would be done about the menu change mishap.
Don't get me wrong now, the waitress was still very attentive to us, fun to speak with and apologetic. The dock of one star was for the mishap and the food not living up to my expectations from my the recommendation I received.
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