Citrus Fresh Grill

Who knew??? And why didn't you tell me sooner?? This place is tucked away in the world's most lavish gym.  Great patio seating, fire pits, and martinis that will knock your socks off.  All martinis are only $7 all night long on Mondays.  Aye, ya, ya!  Lovin' it.

Love this bar!!!! Great cocktails!!!! Love all the staff!! ESP. Alfredo,Will,Juan,Michelle and Natalie!!! Bummed the soft-shell crab sandwiches only lasted a pinch on the menu......Prob.the best thing on the menu!!!!!! So now I guess I love the fish tacos 2nd!

I was so embarrassed about the over the top, bad service received at this place when I was with friends. I live so close to this place my husband and I walked. We thought it would be a great place to meet with some friends who were moving away.

I visited the restaurant, which is located in the Renaissance Club Hotel when it first opened. They had a menu that was horrible, but have since made changes. The service was no so good on my first visit since the server didn't know the menu, the food took a long time and it was tasteless. I wrote it off since they were newly opened and I thought they just needed some time to get used to the groove.

So, on to my recent visit. My husband and I got there a little early, so we sat out on the patio, which has a nice view of the pool, a cool fire display and nicely decorated. I saw a server out there, but she didn't come over to us, which I didn't mind since we were waiting on our friends. We sat for 15 minutes without the server coming over...again, it kind of worked out since we were still waiting on friends. When our friends arrived with their 2 and 4 year old girls, we chatted with them for another 10 minutes before going to find a server. When she did come out, she said to us.."oh, you can't have kids out here. You need to move over there". So we did move over there. When we sat down and waited...she came back over and said, "no I meant, in there...you can't be anywhere on the patio with kids".

So we move inside. When she walks by, we ask her if we can make a drink order and she says...

"Oh, I'm not your server".

I ask, "who is, because we have been waiting a while'.

"I don't know...let me get someone" she says

She then calls out to a young girl to tell her we want to order. The girl says we are not her table either. They discuss who is going to take our order and finally the young girl gives in and asks us what we want to order.

I would have just left at that point, but I didn't want to stir the pot with our friends and their kids being there. So when we gave our order, we just chatted about how awkward the whole exchange was.

The young girl came back and we asked her about the cheese platters on the menu. The cheeses were so foreign, we had never heard of them and just wanted a recommendation. The said she didn't know what they were, she had never tried them. I thought we'd just try something new so I asked for the third platter listed and we ordered some dessert. She comes back to say they are out of the cheeses we requested. She finally brings out the dessert and we remind her that we ordered drinks too and asked is she could bring them out.

I would have loved to provide my feedback to the manager right away, but I didn't want to ruin the mood further since we were sending our friends off. So we made a few jokes amongst ourselves about the horrible services and the awkwardness and tried to brush it off and have a good time. But geez, it put a wrinkle in having a great send off.

If you want to get dessert before your drinks, wait for 15 minutes before being acknowledged...and only when you hunt a server down, win the server who loses the match of "who gets to wait on you", take the chance on ordering something that the kitchen is out of, get a clueless server, then this is the place for you.

Also, the hotel has had turnover in management and staff, so if the horrible service is a reflection of that and is just a growing pain, they had better get themselves together fast.

Since this place is so close, I was hoping it would become a regular place I meet my friends for drinks or a place my husband and I could go have a good meal. So much for that.