Bahama Breeze - Tukwila
Gifty Adinkrah My family really enjoyed having dinner here. Great food, excellent customer service and so easy to find. Everything we ordered was really delicious. Definitely gonna come there again
2 /5 Mason Gervacio: The Mill at the Kasteel…
A culinary experience I personally gravitated around for about three years. Today, however, suggests that maybe we shouldn’t meet our heroes.
My wife and I stayed at the Auld Holland years ago, and I’ve delivered countless meals for DoorDash from this restaurant. It has always been a personal landmark when passing through town for work. I’m not sure why it took so long for me to order a meal for myself, but the day had finally come.
I’ve always enjoyed the atmosphere, inside and out. It’s a comforting welcome to Whidbey Island after a long drive from larger towns around the Puget Sound. I was somewhat confused to see a neon sign with a foliage background (like one of those photo op walls influencers gravitate towards). Personally, it took me out of the old European home aesthetic that seems to be the original idea.
I ordered take out, because I like to eat in my hotel room alone like a weirdo when I travel. I wasn’t quite ready to eat just yet, so I SCHEDULED for the food to be picked up at 4:30 pm. It was to my surprise that the food was promptly cooked and placed on the pick-up counter shortly after I placed the order at around 3:15 pm. I confirmed this with the server who gave me the bag when he said “it’s been sitting here for a while”. He said that when they see a ticket, they just cook it and don’t pay attention to the scheduled time on the ticket. I don’t want to sound overly critical about the service, but I would suggest that the cooks make the food a little closer to the pick up time to keep it hot for the customers.
Moving on to the actual food; and this is where I became significantly more disappointed by my experience with this restaurant.
I’m not a chef by any means. Nor am I a butcher. But I’m fairly certain that the steak I received was a NY Strip rather than a Ribeye. That was a big red flag for me based on the cost of this steak.
However, on a more positive note, it was cooked relatively close to what I asked for which was a medium rare. It was tender and didn’t taste half bad. The gristle gave me a silent jump scare as I chewed, but I personally don’t mind it.
Vegetables and the mashed potatoes were cooked. That’s always a good sign… Sarcasm aside, they weren’t anything to cry about. I really enjoyed the gravy which worked very well with the mashed potatoes and vegetables.
I ordered a side cinnamon roll, and received one and a half rolls. The half roll looked as if it was cooked like a French toast. Interesting, but unexpected. The taste was pleasant, but the side of syrup made me question whether I actually had the correct order at that point.
Overall, I will probably stay within driving distance of The Mill at The Kasteel from now on. The takeout service was disappointing, and the food was questionable but edible.
