"Beautiful Views. Horrible Food. Egregiously Priced. Stay Away. Angel Oak has the benefits of being perched on the edge of a ridge overlooking the ocean, and located on The Ritz Carlton Bacara property. As a result, they are able to charge extreme prices for the most basic of wines and the most pedestrian of foods. And, when I say pedestrian, I mean borderline laughable. My $25 Caesar salad was bluntly chopped romaine leaves with what tasted like Newman’s Caesar dressing. The $32 Duck Fat Fried Octopus was severely over-seasoned with some kind of pork rub (they call guajillo rub) and severely over-cooked to the point that it had the consistency of rubber. My $78 Double R Ranch USDA Prime Filet was the worst steak I have ever had at a restaurant. At fine steak houses I always order a petit filet done blue rare because it allows me to taste the quality of the meat. In this case, I mind as well have been eating Play-Doh because the steak was cold mush; with a sear. Based on the taste and consistency, this poor piece of meat was likely vacuum sealed, frozen, thawed, cooked (when I ordered it) and left under a heat lamp (until we were ready). The only reason I did not make a fuss is because my wife begged me not to. But, this restaurant should fire their chef immediately. Brutal."
