Sand Dollar Restaurant & Lounge

Not sure what the rave is about! No star if I could help it! Usually a 20-25% tipper and I regret giving even the $3 tip that I left (tip difference from their rip-off side of rice/beans). Their food is mediocre at best! They rely on tourism and location with their $$ pricing for terrible food. They were nice until we needed accommodations for my son's allergies. We went from Seattle to Los Angeles and this is the worse and least accommodating stop we made! We talked to them about my son's several allergies and they could careless about accommodating. We asked for a side of rice and a side of beans! Then when we got it, the portions were terrible. I wished I took pictures but I had two starving kids to tend to. The $4 sides of rice was literally rice spread enough to cover the bottom of the small dish! The beans were straight out of the can and microwaved. Not even salted! $8 and it wasn't even robust enough for my 18 mos old! He was still hungry! I was so appalled I couldn't get myself to tip well! Absolutely disgusting how inconsiderate and skimpy they were considering what they charge!! Don't get baited by the reviews! Mediocre food and worst service from Seattle to Los Angeles!
Nov 16th, 2021

Salmon linguine is a safe choice if you want something very tasty. Grilled salmon and mussels is a masterpiece, great sauce, amazing risotto and parsley root, yummy 😋
Nov 13th, 2021

They were crowded for a rainy day, and there was a longer than normal wait time for our order. Several menu options were simply unavailable due to supplier issues, but the food we did order and receive was very tasty, even if the portion sizes were in my opinion quite small for the price.
Nov 8th, 2021

Only negative was the adult coffee I had, which was the Tipsy Pumpkin drink special. The coffee was weak and I have decided vodka should not be added to coffee.
Nov 6th, 2021

Do not eat here! Stopped here while on vacation, because it was the closest place near by. It was dinner time and the place was empty, that should’ve been our first sign. The menu was limited and very expensive! A bowl of clam chowder is 12$. We decided to split the seafood platter, for 42$ you would expect an actual platter with lots of food. Nope, this was a plate, not enough food to split between 2 people. The shrimp on the skewer was fried and when you tried to take it off the skewer the shrimp fell apart and the fried part and the shrimp became mush. The batter used to fry the food was disgusting, left us with a very bad taste in our mouths long after dinner. They give you a tiny soft shell crab (fried whole) it is very gross! We had to wait 10 minutes standing at the cash register to pay our 100$ bill, she would not let us separate our bill between the two of us, leaving one of us to pay the whole thing. Do not waste your time, it is not worth the money!
Nov 12th, 2021