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| - I've had mixed experiences at the Breadfruit & Rum Bar before, but this last one has pushed me to the "maybe come for drinks, but definitely not food" category.
The problem is the service and the speed at which the food comes out. Now, I understand if the restaurant is busy that it may take the kitchen a little longer to get the orders out, but to wait 1.5 hours before ANY food hits the table is beyond ridiculous. The waitress never kept us abreast as to what the hold up was, and we had to hunt her down in order to find out what happened to our order. When we finally got to her, she went and checked with the kitchen and said it'd be 10 more minutes. More than 20 minutes later, the food came. This situation could have easily been handled by a) letting us know that the kitchen was very backed up, and b) offering to bring us something to eat in the interim. Neither of those things happened, so we were left twiddling our thumbs in hunger for waaaaay too long. By the time the food finally arrived, everyone was a bit cranky, so the joy of the atmosphere had been spoiled.
It's really too bad because the food (once you actually get it) is actually quite good. We had the guava pork belly, red curry shrimp, and jerk pork and all were quite delicious. Same goes for the drinks. If you're a rum fan, and particularly a Caribbean rum fan, then you will absolutely love the cocktail menu. They even serve a rum punch of the day, which the bartenders change daily, so that is always fun.
I wish we had had a better service experience at the Breadfruit, but alas it was not to be had, and without a beach view to distract me from the unnecessarily long wait for food, this has pushed me overboard and is probably the final time we visit the island food at the Rum Bar.
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