Don Coqui, great food, but it was obvious that the tip was already added to the bill

I went here for a group dinner last Saturday night. It's located on Cedar Street in New Rochelle. It is a large building with a couple of different levels. There's a bar area, a lounge area, and a dinner seating area. It seems to be a popular place for group and special event dinners. We arrived on time for our reservation, and waited at the bar for a while until the rest of the group got there and we were called by the hostess/waitress or whatever. After the entire group was there, we waited about 20 minutes at the bar before the hostess came by and led us to another room. I was thinking "great, we are about to eat!". I was pretty hungry by then. Anyway, we were led to a lounge area to keep waiting. This was ok, I guess. So after about another 20 minutes or so, we were finally seated.

The restaurant is pleasant looking with lots of white tables, chairs and linens. Since we were a group of 12, we had a prix fixe type deal set up in advance. There were special menus printed up acknowledging our celebration. That was nice. Not so nice was the waiter. He brought out our appetizers, which were so tasty that I filled up and didn't finish my entree. There were little pieces of fried pork and fried chicken, crab legs, clams casino, empanadas with shrimp as well as beef, plantains with bacalao salad, and a few other things I can remember. All that stuff was really good, and since we had all been waiting over an hour (and most of us had eaten light in anticipation of a heavy dinner), we scarfed it down quickly.

When he brought our our drink order, he spilled beer all down my back. First of all, he didn't apologize. Second, when he realized he had spilled it on me, I had to ask him for napkins not once, twice, three times, but FOUR times before he finally brought 3 god damned napkins. He was sporting a heavy attitude, but whatever. I was with a group, so I decided not to get nasty with him.

Finally the entrees came. I had the red snapper fillet in plantain crust. It came with a few grilled veggies, and some mashed yucca. The fish was flavorful and tender, and the crust had just the right amount of crust. The vegetables had a nice grilled taste, and weren't overcooked. The mashed yucca was a nice idea, but the texture was odd. It was a little sticky. I guess yucca doesn't lend itself very well to mashing.

The waiter never came by to ask if everything was ok. Luckily it was.
It was obvious that his tip was already included in the bill. I know sometimes people are cheap with their tip, but his service was so underwhelming that I would have almost been inclined to speak to the manager to reduce the tip. But, again, I was with the group. All in all, the food here was surprisingly good. I would eat here again, and steel myself for crappy service. Entrees are in the upper teens to low 20's, and the portion sizes are large.