About - Cilantro's Restaurant
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Amenities and More
Children
- Good for kids
Dining Options
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Dessert
Service Options
- Takeout
- Dine-in
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The food is good, but the prices are ridiculous, and the servings have gotten a lot smaller since they moved to their new location. I drove all the way to PG to get some food for takeout, and there was one waitress in the entire restaurant and one person cooking. It was during the lunch rush, and the waitress was audibly complaining and had a bad attitude the entire time. She ignored me for almost 10 minutes, before finally taking my order, and I ended up paying over $30 for 2 meals. I ordered a side of white rice, and they charged it as an additional meal. When I pointed it out, the waitress told me "that's just how they do it now". I didn't want to argue and I had driven all the way there, so I paid and left, but we will not be going back. M & F International Restaurant in Port Charlotte has even better food, bigger portions, and the prices are reasonable. Plus, they have a buffet a couple times a week, and the staff is very friendly, if you're looking for an alternative to Cilantro's.
Great food but they really don't care about business at the end of the day. We arrived at 8:05 on a Saturday and watched them turn off the "Open" sign. I've been talking this place up to my wife for weeks and when we got there we were kinda turned away. Someone else that worked there offered to let us stay after the fact but I was too upset. We got food to go though and it was good. This was a very disappointing experience.
Was really hoping for a good experience here but I think I need to force myself to come back...NOT ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON... and try this place when there is more than ONE, NOT SO FRIENDLY, waitress, that is doing everything but cooking the food. The mofongo was pretty good, did not care for the Venezuelan empanada, I could taste the bad oil it was fried in..😝 If you are looking for a quick bite, this is not the place. Everything is cook to order, which should be a good thing, if the kitchen wasn't overwhelmed and it took forever to get anything on the table to eat for the first 1/2 hour we were here, no, drinks, no bread, plantain chips, nothing but a daunting menu that promised wonderful food. SAD 😢