My wife took me to Santa Rita for my birthday as she heard of the hype this restaurant has. The decor is nice with a touch of classic and elegance. The food is good, but nothing to be "Wowed" about it. I had a steak with chimichurri sauce and I've had better steaks and chimichurri elsewhere for a fraction of the price. The wine selection for this range of restaurant is quite limited. Parking in Casco Antiguo is hard to find, but they offer valet parking. In most restaurants, they offer free valet, but here they charge you, which is a little cheap on their side. The service is lacking in terms of knowledge of the floor staff. I asked our waiter a few questions concerning the different wines and paring with the food and instead of simply telling me he doesn't know and would seek someone who does, he simply tried to invent some non sense answers and always trying to divert us to pick the most expensive wines. For the record, I used to be a restaurant consultant and worked in the food and hospitality industry for over 25 years and proper service and etiquette is cruelly lacking for the type of restaurant and price range Santa Rita wants to be. To summarise, this is an over hyped restaurant.
