Café De Marco - Marco Island

My husband made a reservation to celebrate our anniversary. We arrived on time and were seating immediately. The hostess was very welcoming. But she sat us a table next to 4 adults and 1 very busy 2 year old. The restaurant is lovely the atmosphere is quiet and nice. (Except for the child) We ordered the goat cheese salad and lobster bisque. The salad was good, the soup had good flavor but no lobster. We waited a long time after our 1st course for our entree. Meanwhile the waitress served the women at the table with the child and it was an uncomfortably long time before she brought out the food for the men. We finally were served our entrees. I had the shrimp scallop Samantha. 3 small shrimp and 2 smaller bay scallops. The rice was undercooked. The price was way too high for the food on the plate. My husband had their signature prawns which were dry. We were so disappointed. I told the waiter about the rice and he quickly brought me a small side dish of rice. But it was still bad. He offered us a free dessert but we declined. As we were paying the bill the manager came over and offered an apology and said he wished he would have known sooner. Not sure what that meant or how that would have helped.

We really loved it. It is a cute and cozy small restaurant. The food was good, they have a nice wine list and the staff is nice and attentive without hovering. Unfortunately, parking is definitely an issue, but that is the case in many places here on Marco. All that being said, we will be back for dinner soon.

Terrible experience! We love exploring restaurants and I must say this has been the worst place we’ve been to on Marco Island. Manager got in a verbal altercation in front of a patron who ordered a cup of lobster bisque. The patron was in the right and the manager failed to alleviate the situation and made a scene in front of my family and everyone else in the dining room. It made us all very uncomfortable. THEN we ordered steaks medium well. They all came back rare. We had them sent back and they came back medium rare!! What a disappointment for what they charge with such horrible kitchen performance. We went on to pay our bill and had a cute 9 dollar comp! Save your money, don’t go here.

Everytime we go to Marco Island, we visit this place for it’ s delicious meals, pleasant service and lovely atmosphere. The old building has a spirit and that gives it credit too. My favourite dish Jumbo Prawns never fails. Go and see taste for yourself.

Great service and great food! Always visit when im on Marco