This week we were off to Alioli Bar and restaurant in the new Tres Islas City Centre in the very north end of the Golden Zone. The centre has the Fresh Market Grocery store as well as numerous restaurants and businesses. Today we picked a winner. Cathy and I arrived on the bus and the rest of the ladies were already seated and a birthday party was happening. Yesterday was Connie's birthday and Ruth was ready with party hats and a card. Connie hates a fuss but it didn't matter because we were having a party. Even a couple of the waiters had hats on.
Once we were all seated with our drink orders the waiter delivered complimentary mimosas for everyone. How nice was that! Sandy the waitress took our picture but the sunlight interfered a bit.
Georgia is perusing the menu. It turned out that this restaurant does not start serving lunch until 1pm and we arrived at noon. Decisions to be made.
Diane. Four of us decided to order breakfast and five decided to wait for lunch.
Another non alcoholic drink suggested by the waitress...tasty and refreshing. I only mention the non alcoholic part so that you know it is possible to have a cocktail without alcohol if you wish. In
Above you will see the lunch and dinner menu although we ordered from the breakfast menu. Very extensive and we four were a bit sorry we hadn't waited but, there is always a next time.
Cathy ordered a shrimp omelet and she said it was really upscaled and delicious.
Diane and I had eggs benedict and they are the best I've ever had. Served on salmon and a very tender biscuit with a dust of bacon and a salad. A very good choice.
Georgia had a Mexican plate with chilaquiles, refried beans etc. Very large and she couldn't finish it.
Isn't that an artfully presented plate.
Cathy's omelette.
A very large kitchen with lots of cooks. I hope they get the business to warrant all the money that has been spent constructing this restaurant.
Very tasteful.
Pat's seafood roll with rocks😁
This is Susie's shrimp roll and no that isn't edamame but rocks! A rather unusual thing to put on the plate.
Sandi ordered salmon and she said it was perfectly cooked.
A pasta dish that Ruth and Connie shared along with a ....
beet salad.
A nice photo of Cathy.
Connie received a complimentary birthday dessert complete with a candle/ firework that she couldn't blow out! The staff sang happy birthday as well.
That's quite the birthday candle!
Connie had a great birthday lunch and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Nice job Ruth for setting the birthday up.
I told the waitress how much we liked the restaurant and that I'd give them a good review on the Foodies Facebook site and she was very appreciative. She asked if we'd return and I said we certainly would.
Lots of staff who were well trained, polite and efficient. Top notch food at a reasonable price in a very comfortable, tasteful setting....what more could you ask for. Definitely a winner in our book!
Lunch over and some of us decided to go to the Fresh Market grocery store that you can see on your left. A small store with a huge variety of things you might not find anywhere else in Mazatlan and everything is fresh just like the name of the store says. Not a place to do your weekly shop but certainly good for those people who are here for a couple of weeks or a month or if you're looking for top notch produce. It is a market I'll visit occasionally. The whole shopping center is high end and there are many, many restaurants and we'll be back to try other ones.
A thoroughly enjoyable experience all round.
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