Criolla Restaurant

4098 Sandfort Rd, Phenix City - 36869
61 reviews
Seafood Salad American
(334) 384-9990

Called in a takeout well before closing(first time customer) and was told the grill was closed. A full 15 minutes before close on the website. (Last time customer)

It was overbook, waitress was trying but was too many tables. Filet was ordered well done and came out black .Fried Lobster tail was too crispy. The two pieces of Asparagus was good. 1st glass of tea was good. 2nd glass was watered down. Very disappointed. Had looked forward to this for a week.

This place may not look like a lot. But WOW! The food is superb! Don't judge a book by it's cover.

We are regulars. The food is always a 10. The service is always the best. The food is fabulous. This is our go to restaurant. Jade is always so courteous and accommodating. I would recommend to anyone.

First time visiting this restaurant and loved it. Great food and awesome service! We will be back!

Outstanding food. The restaurant itself is a quaint little place. The owner was a sous chef. Finally got a chance to try it out for the first time tonight and took my mom along with.For appetizers we had fried oysters and Boudin balls. Both were very good, but the Boudin balls had a great flavor with the remolaudeI had the shrimp scampi with bow tie pasta, mushrooms and tomato cream sauce and asparagus. That was outstanding. Everything was cooked perfectly. You don’t get any “little” shrimp either. You get extra large ones. I thoroughly enjoyed itMy mom had the fried grouper with crabcakes, cheesy grits, and asparagus. That was cooked very well also. The grouper had an outstanding crunchy crust to it.Definitely will eat there again and definitely recommend it. The plating of the food is reminiscent of any Michelin rated restaurant. It’s good to find small businesses that serve outstanding food

Food was amazing. My steak cooked perfect. Presentation great. Staff very friendly and accommodating. A definite place I will return to.

I had to put a one star bc it wouldn’t let me write the review without I wasn’t pleased by my first appearance of this restaurant before we even shut the door we were turned away from this restaurant that is not good business the lady that greeted us she was very rude from the start. I know my husband and I will not be going there the lady said that the best way to get something to eat is to get a reservation I have never heard of having a reservation for a small town cooking place also she told me that they were running out of food that’s not good for business either we were there about 730pm on a Friday night we will not be back I would not recommend this place the worst part about it is we didn’t even try it. The lady wasn’t friendly at all not trying to justify it but she may have been overwhelmed but still being overwhelmed does not do justice of being rude.

The food was cold, steak over cooked. I asked for med rare and got med well. The mashed potatoes were instant, and the crab meat topper was canned crab meat. The prime rib had liquid smoke on it which tasted awful. I will never eat here again and never recommend to anyone. The chef is supposed to be a five star, I have never heard of a five star chef serving food that is cold and serving instant mashed potatoes.

Food was delicious and our waitress was amazing. Thank you for a wonderful New Years dinner.