Even after chef Armandine left the area, Mar Plata used to be one of the finest restaurants on the Riviera Nayarit! Disappointingly, it has gone way down hill.We used to look forward to the wait staff bring to the table a tasty little loaf of bread with a tapenade. They brought the bread, it looked like what was offered in years past but is was awful: dry and tasteless!! When I mentioned this to the waitress, she seemed shocked and said, "We make it here." That comment was not inspiring.The next "downturn" was not the dishes we ordered; they were quite delicious. The problem was that the hot entree was brought to us less than 90 seconds after the salads arrived, crowding the table and disrupting the dining experience.The coup de grace was when they wouldn't allow us to charge the food on our credit card (despite having accepted credit cards in years past). When I asked why they wouldn't take a card the waitress said "Didn't he tell you?" The trouble is there was no "he." The waitress seated us and was the only one with whom we dealt and neither she nor the menus said that the policy had changed. (BTW, language was not an issue in any of this.)Sadly, I cannot imagine this restaurant surviving. There are too many really good places to eat in San Pancho. Mar Plata has slipped badly and this is very disappointing!
