Barbetta House

Went to the beach bbq. I was originally only going to give it 3 stars. That would have been a mistake. Stay for the entire program to understand why it’s 5 stars.The good: jerk chicken, the salads, fruit tart, rice and beans, music with DJ singing, our server was nice. Bonfire was a nice touch. It was great that they set up loungers by the bonfire.The bad: high cost ($254 before any drinks for 2 adults and 2 kids), $5 for 500 ml bottles of water since no drinks included. Drinks with alcohol start at $24 and go up from there. We stuck with bottled water.The ugly: extremely buggy. Wear long sleeves, turtleneck top, and tight pants. I could feel the bugs crawling down my shirt even though I was completely covered. They had free bug spray, but it did not do much to keep the bugs off. Set your table light to red to have less bugs.The wow factor: I was about to leave but the staff said I should stay for the fire dancer. Wow! The Dragon changed my experience from 3 stars to 5 stars. I don’t want to give too much information away but you should definitely stay for the whole thing. Don’t leave after the bonfire and the buffet.

BUYER BEWARE!! We have been coming to Turks and Caicos for 15 years. We decided to finally try the beach barbecue at Barbetta. First of all the line to pay and get your tickets was ridiculously slow. We probably stood online for 45 minutes just to pay to eat. That’s all you can eat barbecue $65. When you get up to pay oh did you want lobster tonight as well which they advertise as one of their menu items for the barbecue, if you do that will be another $20 per person. So now you were online for 45 minutes to pay and they spring that on you.OK as if that’s not bad enough you agree, once you’re done paying they let you know that oh by the way, your drinks are not included not even soda forget alcohol, that will come as a separate charge after you finish drinking.Unaware I waited for my husband to finish paying I ordered a Diet Coke, which I assumed came with the barbecue meal, but I was wrong and the bottle of water that she graciously offered me that wasn’t free either. I watched people walk by and stand online endlessly to get their barbecue food, using paper plates and music blaring so much so that you couldn’t hear and it was not enjoyable. My friend and I were unaware of the up charges at the time of payment so when my husband and our friend got back and told us I was furious how dare they advertise $65 and you end up paying over 110 because you have to leave a tip, even though you don’t know how the service is going to be.Thankfully, we walked out and they gave us a refund minus the Diet Coke and water were exorbitant priced at $22. Not worth it in my opinion, And quite frankly feels like a scam they get you there for $65 which to me is nothing to sneeze at and then they keep increasing. Who knows what the cost of those alcoholic beverages would’ve been each. So now that you know everything, they don’t tell you before you get there you can make an informed decision about whether or not you want to go. I never got to try the food because we were so upset we left!Never again, don’t care for the deception

My family had dinner here last night. We had a reservation at the Deck in Seven Stars, but wanted to try something else. First bad sign was there was only one other table in the whole restaurant. Ordered the paella and it was horrible. The worst I ever had. The rice was dried and the seafood was old and dried. Did not taste anything like a paella. Even my kids wouldn’t eat it. My wife ordered the lamb and the meat was bad and had to send it back. Restaurant only had two other tables the entire night. It probably do not have enough turn over and food is going old and bad. The restaurant is in the courtyard, so there is not much to look at! I wouldn’t recommend this restaurant; bad food, over price, no atmosphere. There are many other options.

Last night my husband and I went to Barbetta house to have dinner, we sat at the bar. We ordered drinks and an app. For dinner we got the paella for two all the way w fish and chorizo and chicken. When it came it was missing the chicken and chorizo. We were hungry so we ate it and when the bill came we were charged for all the way paella. We should have spoken up right away but we assumed it was an oversight, no big deal. We let the bartender know when he dropped the check. Then the manager came up and said “is there a problem?” At this point the bartender already charged us for it. We explained the situation and his response was the chef said that chorizo and chicken were in the paella. We explained it wasn’t. After we were called liars and put up a stink he decided to fix the credit card charge. I’ve attached a picture to show there was no chicken or chorizo in the paella. No one goes around lying about this. I will never go back and if u go check your check twice.

My husband and I dined here in a Friday night. We were one of 2 tables out of the whole restaurant. We loved the atmosphere, the live music and our server but the food was mediocre. My husband said his lamb was good but nothing memorable. I had the braised oxtails which was good but the rice on the side was not. I wouldn’t return because I didn’t find the food very good and think there are better option for fine dining on the island.