I've been to Life's a Beach countless times. I would agree with most of the comments that the food is either bad, they've run out of an ingredient (or the entire dish), etc. However, I was there this past week and was impressed with the new menu.\r
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The service was much better than it has ever been and the waiter not only knew the menu, but also made great suggestions.\r
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I always go to Life's a Beach for the atmosphere. Once, while my son was playing in the sand, I found a broken beer bottle in the sand. I gave it to the waitress and she started complaining to another wait staff person about ""see what happens..."". She was obviously upset about something that seemed to have happened previously.\r
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I was a bit taken back that after finding the glass in the sand, and my son running about with bare feet, that there was no apology or even a ""thank you"". \r
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Still, I do enjoy Life's a Beach and was very impressed with their new menu. I just make sure that my son now wears shoes while visiting Life's a Beach.\r
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I too hear that it is owned by the same person who own's Village Grill.
Pros: Sand, Kids can play, casual, relaxing
Cons: Found a broken beer bottle in the sand once
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