Lillo's Tuscan Grille

"We were in search of a new local restaurant and unfortunately this place isn't it. We begin the night walking through the entrance to a musty motel to get to the restaurant which is in desperate need of decorating. Our expectations were high based on friend who I will be billing for this experience. I ordered water with lemon, my wife ordered UNsweet tea. She received sweet tea. When the server returned, she asked for an unsweet tea again. And again, received a sweet tea. We ordered our appetizers, stuffed mushrooms at the recommendation of our server, and the stuffed 'fried' Ravioli. We also asked again for an UnSweet tea instead and the server apologized for the mix up and rushed back, with a sweet tea. For the 3rd time, we asked for an UNSWEET tea. This time she got it right but blamed someone else. The stuffed ravioli was ok I guess. Nothing to be praised but FAR better than the stuffed mushrooms which I can only describe as tasteless lukewarm tuna-like stuffed mushrooms. We had half of one and left the other 3. The server failed at recognizing that we were dissatisfied and were basically not going to eat what she happily took. "How was it" she said; to which my wife replied "It was ok". Her response was "Awesome" but was already 5 feet towards the kitchen so I doubt she heard my wifes response to her question anyways. At this point we were actually just thankful we had the main courses coming which by the description in the menu, were going to be lovely. How wrong we were. My wife had ordered the Chicken Alfredo and I the goat cheese chicken salad, which came out without dressing and I was told "here's some oil and vinegar, we're out of italian dressing" I'm not sure how they managed to remove all the flavor but I now no what it must be like for people who couldn't taste their food when they had covid. I'm thankful I can now empathize with people without tastebuds. I imagine this is what food will taste like if people are forced to live underground. We had perhaps 2 or 3 bites from each dish. I put my card on the table and the server asked several minutes later if we wanted to box anything up to which we replied "no thank you" with a less than impressed expression. Again, her response was "awesome" and happily left us there with full plates she now knew we had no intention of eating. $112 with tip included. We left to go find somewhere else to eat."

"5 star by the bay! The service was great, and the food was the best! We had the prime rib, and it was cooked perfectly and tasted great! With a crackling crust around the edges. A little slice of Italian New York on the gulf..."

"Do not miss this spot! We almost turned around, because you have to go through a very modest hotel lobby to get to the restaurant. But then we realized that this place may offer the best view in the area. We watched a direct on sunset. There was live music playing; we had great Italian food, and absolutely out of this world homemade dessert. Notice the picture. This is a romantic place. So take your sweetheart. And a bonus is that the food was very fairly priced. This is obviously a local gem."

"We were vacationing in the area and I had heard quiet a few recommendations for this place from some locals and decided to give it a try because everywhere else had a minimum of an hour wait and we were all starving and tired after being at the beach all day. We had a party of 6, three adults and three children. Lillo’s is in an old hotel and felt very 70’s. It was kinda nostalgic and reminded me of vacationing with my family as a kid so I didn’t mind that too much. They had a musician singing and he was great! There was a great view of the sunset and the place wasn’t loud and mostly empty. And now I know why… The food left a lot to be desired especially for the price. The Calamari had no flavor and was a bit rubbery. The lasagne tasted much like a frozen pre made one from the grocery store. The chicken Alfredo barely had any chicken in it (I never saw any but was told there were a few small pieces buried in there) and it was $30. The crab cakes were pretty good but certainly not worth $14 for one crab cake and 2 for $24. They’re double the price of most places. For dessert we also ordered a piece of cake (6 slices). The cake looked amazing but was not impressive at all, especially for $60!! It was a little dry and lacked flavor. We took the dessert home but no one finished theirs, not even my sugar & sweets loving kids. Our waitress was very nice but not attentive enough, especially considering they add their own gratuity on the ticket. She certainly didn’t do $57 worth of work. For that tip she should’ve been getting on our nerves but we barely saw her even though the restaurant was pretty much empty. We got 1 refill on our drinks and had to ask the person that brought the food out to find our waitress so we could get refills. We have both worked in the food service industry and never skimp on tips for good service but we also believe in tipping accordingly. I almost fell out of my chair when we got the $367 bill. Not in a million years was it worth almost $400 bucks to eat there. We could’ve gone to an upscale restaurant and had a mind blowing meal for that price. All in all we were extremely disappointed and would not return or recommend eating there."