The Secret Garden Placencia

So cute!!! The food was delicious I got conch fritters and my husband got the Alfredo. The waitress was so sweet. They didn’t have any Coke but she went next door to the convince store to get us a bottle. Great portions and delicious.

Let's start with the good. The caprise salad as an appetizer was very good. We had both the chicken alfredo and the jumbo garlic shrimp. Both were served very well done. I had a beer that was luke warm. So one beer and no more. The jumbo shrimps were anything but jumbo. Tasty, but relatively small. Now for the bad...the mosquitoes ate us alive. We ran out of there eaten up. The only way I'd go back would be in a full body suit. It was 2 days ago and I'm still itching my legs and around my waist. If you go, wear lots of bug spray and ask for a fan.

Great little courtyard restaurant. Super friendly and helpful staff. Excellent mohito and sugary sweet pain killer. We ordered the tuna tartar, the coconut crusted catch of the day (grouper) with mashed potatoes and the coconut curry with shrimp. It was all cooked to perfection and we ate every bite!! Thanks for a lovely evening!! 😍

I went there because they advertised Grilled age Rib Eye! I needed to get some beef into me. I should have listened to the following cues: 1- there is no mention of the size of the steak on the menu, make it seem amateur. 2- when i asked about the size, she showed me with her hands…3- she never asked for how i wanted it cooked and when I precisely asked for medium rare she was caught off guard and had sat it again. Not her fault, she was nice, she just does not have the training to serve steak because this is not a steak place. Obviously the steak was ridiculously small, poor quality and overcooked. Probably not aged and definitely not grilled but cooked in a pan…. If you want a steak, do not go there. With that out of the way. The rest of the service was great, cool quiet place, the mash potatoes and veggies tasted really good. The chimichuri kinda sauce was awesome and the wine was good. I wish i could rate the place better but honestly they should not have steak on their menu. Or at least, avoid bragging about quality , put the weight of the meat on the menu and do not falsely advertise for grilled meat if you are going to fry it. Sorry for bad review, the rest was good.

I’m from Toronto where there are many outstanding restaurants, yet, Secret Garden blew me away. It’s healthy, favorful and presented like a fine dining restaurant. Don’t forget to try their homemade hot sauce.

Wonderful dinner at the Secret Garden! This fantastic spot is Cash Only so come prepared because it's worth it. We enjoyed the Shrimp Ceviche and the Garlic Butter Shrimp with coconut rice. Lovely setting and good service.

In the second row of the street, a little more quite to dine. Just a tasty ceviche and pork chops with vegetables 🥩. Also very juicy and delicious. They just had a little problems with the master card at payment, but after a while they made it.

Strong (if not too sugary) cocktails previewed a rather unimpressive food showing. Decent, meaty ceviche was the starter but the mains didn’t wow…overcooked snapper and curry that begged for more flavor. Had hoped for better given the reviews.