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Santana Beach Restaurant

Village Centre, Mahabalipuram, India
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Ranked #29 of 36 restaurants in Mahabalipuram
Cuisines: Seafood
Dining options: Breakfast/Brunch
Most recent review
- Apr 10, 2013
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Dining options: Breakfast/Brunch
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bangor
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22 reviews 22 reviews
11 restaurant reviews
17 helpful votes 17 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed April 10, 2013

Location is great, first floor, open and on the beach overlooking the towns fishing fleet. The restaurant was more a cafe style in furnishings and could have done with a good sweeping out. We had large tiger prawns grilled (selected from fish display), vegetable rice and french fries washed down by Kingfisher beer. the food was good but the prawns... More

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Aalsmeer, The Netherlands
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68 reviews 68 reviews
27 restaurant reviews
25 helpful votes 25 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed August 15, 2012 via mobile

We had two super fresh lobsters, which i hand pick from their tank. They tasted great. They were served with fried vegetable rice. We also had fried squid and chips. The squid was also fresh. As desert we had pancakes, they were not good but also not bad.

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london
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9 reviews 9 reviews
6 restaurant reviews
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed July 2, 2012

we went there twice but could not believe how BAD it was, food was worse than bad, dirty tables everywhere, no staff. This place actually runs raw sewage onto the beach/ water so avoid swimming anywhere near this place, when we were the (2012 they bulldozed the beach to add extra parking!! Restaurant is full of very drunk load locals... More

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Wales
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7 reviews 7 reviews
3 restaurant reviews
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed April 25, 2012

OK the waiter is a bit grumpy but on a hot afternoon a couple lagers and a reasonable meal overlooking the beach this place is a great hangout!!

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Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
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152 reviews 152 reviews
42 restaurant reviews
104 helpful votes 104 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 14, 2012

The best part of this restaurant is its location right on the ocean. We were able to enjoy good food in an open air setting while watching the activity on the beach. One of the specialties is the fresh prawns that are brought in daily. There are several sizes including giant prawns.

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Washington DC, District of Columbia
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7 reviews 7 reviews
5 restaurant reviews
4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 5, 2012

A very good "beach" restaurant, casual outdoor atmosphere. Excellent fresh fish and prawns, had some Indian style and some simply grilled. Very friendly waiter. The chef came to the table to be sure all was okay.

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Netanya, Israel
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8 restaurant reviews
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed December 20, 2011

Overpriced and not great. Vegetable Kurma was the only thing worth talking about (and cheapest). Beer as always is also nice. The upstairs patio is very nice to sit at. Overall, we would not go back there.

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7 restaurant reviews
18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed November 27, 2011

during the day you can get a reasonable lunch, but at night this restaurant becomes a most unsavoury drinking mens club... do not take children or ladies.... unless you like some rowdy drunk interefering with your evening

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Lublin, Poland
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3 restaurant reviews
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed August 30, 2011

Generic beach side restaurant. Smelly, absolutely not fresh fish. Be aware!

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Milano
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110 reviews 110 reviews
56 restaurant reviews
268 helpful votes 268 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 4, 2011

We sat on the secong froor for luch and had a really memorable seafood meal. First some grilled tiger prawns, then a 2 kilo sea bream perfectly cooked on the grill again. Fantastic for the price!

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