Latitude Island Grill Rohnert Park Revisited
November 10th, 2009 categories: Personal Notes, Restaurants
Latitude Island Grill has long been one of our favorite Sonoma County Restaurants. Not just one of our favorites in Rohnert Park, but one of our favorites in Sonoma County.
We like to think that we are positive people. This article may seem negative, however, look at it as we are being realistic, so please read on.
On a recent trip to Latitude Island Grill in Rohnert Park, we were thoroughly disappointed in the food. It seemed like all of their recipes had changed. The portions were smaller, the food tasted different (not in a good way), and it was just a big letdown as we were excited to go.
The meal started with a disappointing appetizer of calamari. The calamari was substandard, small pieces, and not many of them. Even though the plate was not even full, it seemed like half of the “pieces” were fried batter and not even actual calamari. They should consider changing the name to “fried things with some calamari mixed in.”
The main courses were not much better. Small portions, the taste left a lot to be desired, and the vegetables were overcooked, and appeared to be boiled as opposed to steamed, and the presentation of the food was, well…”dinerish”. We always find you can tell the quality of a restaurant by their appetizers…this is not good news for Latitude. If we had skipped the appetizers we would have come to the same conclusion about the recent changes at Latitude.
The ambience of Latitude is still great. The lakeside setting, outside dining if you so choose, the tiki torches, the cabanas, dining room, the tall ceilings, etc. Unfortunately, the ambience does not outweigh the recent shortcomings of the food however. I am not sure if we will be back until they are under new management, new ownership, or if someone we know says they had a better dining experience there. I would have attached a picture to this article, but there was nothing at Latitude worth taking a picture of.
I really think that Latitude should change back to the way it was. A few months ago I wrote about the change in the Seafood Salad at Latitude, and now it seems like they have made changes across the menu. Was this a few bad trips in a row for us, or is this a trend? I doubt we will be back to find out, again, unless we hear otherwise from friends and acquaintances.
If anyone has a suggestion of a great Sonoma County Restaurant, we would love to hear it.
Yes, I have to say that I was highly dissapointed as well. I used to get the crab salad that had the taste of heaven and now when the economy downturns so does the service and the quality of food…Yuck! I don’t know how they expect to keep up the mortgage payment of that beautiful place with the lowsy service and food. Oh, well!