09/23/08

beautiful place, great ambiance, delicious food

by wowieee

Calypso is hands-down one of the best places to eat on the northshore. The menu is so unique & the prices are affordable with large portions. And is uniqueness shines through with the food and in the beautiful ambiance... dark mahogany bar, large windows overlooking the patio with a fountain as he centerpiece. On one of my many excursions to Calypso, I had a Homewrecker martini at $4 because it was Thursday and the tuna tostada. Wow is all i can say! So much flavor in the seared tuna but also in the sauces drizzled throughout. Duck quesadillas were tasty as well. Now that it's getting cooler, I can't wait to dine on their amazing patio. Definitely worth checking out. Oh, everyone seemed rather helpful and friendly!

• Pros: yummy! unique cusine

08/19/08

Not worth the money-same food as Shoney's/Denny's

by CovRN

We decided to give a local restaurant a try on a reent Saturday night. Calypso is a very pretty restaurant with a beautiful bar. The restaurant was about 40-50% full yet very loud. Wide assortment of delcious martinis. We should have stopped there. We had an appetizer of coconut shrimp that were very obviously processed and the same ones available at Shoney's for 1/2 the cost. We had a chicken dish for entree that was again Shoney's. I know these came out of the pack from Sysco. The salad was good.

If we ever go back it will be for cocktails only. We really wanted to like the local non-chain establishment.

• Cons: poor unoriginal food