Spindler's To-go - East End

This isn't the Spindler's you used to know. Living in town for many years my partner and I came here every anniversary. We moved away in January and were looking forward to coming back again this August. Unfortunately, Spindler's menu has been reimagined and is almost fully Mexican food. This took us by surprise and we opted to only have a couple of appetizers (chips, salsa, guac) and drinks and went elsewhere. The bill still ended up over $60. Our server was extremely rude but we still tipped as if we had two entrees. We were hoping he just had a bad case of Augustitis, but reading other reviews now, it seems as Spindler's has changed. What happened? If you're looking for Mexican, go elsewhere, like Rosie's. If you're looking for great service and food, Strangers and Saints was just down the street and fit us in. All in all, Spindler's is currently not worth the price or rudeness of staff.

I had one of the best burritos I have ever eaten here. The NM chili was real as advertised. The fish basket was also awesome. Loved the food. The service is everything you've read here; lots of attitude, disappeared for long intervals, completely inattentive, whether or not you get the right food is up to the gods. Get new help.

A friend raved about this place so came with a group Friday night, the day after Carnival. Perhaps everyone was exhausted from the day before because it seemed like a disorganized mess. First we were sat out front at a table for 4 but there were 5 of us. Realizing this wouldn't work they moved us inside to the second floor. Before we ordered 3 different people came over to ask our name and what time our reservation was as if we hadn't checked in and just sat ourselves!? The waiter was missing for most of the meal and when he did appear he wasn't helpful. As for the food it seemed everything we wanted was not available. I ended up getting the Lamb Barbacoa Tablita. The presentation was phenomenal but the dish was lukewarm. I also found a piece of octopus in my dish (I thought it was baby corn when I saw it) and as someone who doesn't eat seafood I was turned off and couldn't eat anymore after that. Halfway through eating the staff turned on the bright overhead lights, guess they didn't see a table of 5 still eating. The cocktails were good! Gorgeous space. For such a pricy meal we expected so much better.

I don't write many reviews, but this place is so good, I feel I must support them. IMO, this is the best meal in PTown. The wife and I have been here twice this summer. Both times we were blown away by the food. In June, I had the shrimp and she had the ribeye. Both were memorable. In fact, she dreamed about that ribeye all summer that's why we find ourselves here again tonight. Tonight I had the halibut and she once again had the ribeye. Both were exceptional. Also, the spicy cucumber margaritas are delicious. I'm just surprised that this place isn't packed. I sincerely hope they survive until next summer, as we'll be back!

It was Carnival in Provincetown today (8/18/22 and we stopped into Spindler 's for a bite and some drinks before the parade. We were a table of five. We placed drink orders and one of our party asked our waiter, Amadeo, if he could change his order before Amadeo left the table. Amadeo 's response was No, I already put it in. This seemed odd, the bar was right near our table so, I stepped over to the bar and I asked the bartender if he could alter the order, he said, No problem! When it was time to order food, the menu offered tacos at $8.00 per taco. Two people at our table ordered a taco each, when the order came, there were two on each plate. Since only one taco per person was ordered we asked about this and Amadeo told us that this was right, two came per order. Which we perceived as 2/ order or $8.00/order. We were prepared to send them back and wait for the order to be corrected, but we were assured that everything was alright. When we received our bill the total for two orders of tacos was $44.00. When we asked about this we were initially told that the extra was because we ordered rice and beans. We did not order rice and beans. We noted this to Amadeo who then said, that the tacos come with two and it is $8.00 per taco. We pointed out to him that we asked him about this when the order came, since it was not clear on the menu and he told us when the food was delivered that the order came with two. Never actually clarifying the price. He brought his manager into the situation. I do not have the manager 's name, but this person took this situation to a drastic extreme. We were willing to pay for what we ordered, we were trying to bring to attention the misleading information we had received about this menu item and wanted to make it clear that we tried to address this appropriately earlier in the meal. His only rebuttal was to ask How many tacos did you eat? Okay yes, however that only happened because the waiter, Amadeo led us to believe that this was how the order came. (Truthfully, neither of those who ordered tacos wanted more than one. The bottom line here is customer service. We did not do anything wrong. The manager did not address this situation appropriately. He told us we were annoying him. We were talking about $28 in up-charges, that we had attempted to clarify long before this manager got involved. Realistically this was not even about the money, it was about appropriate and thorough communication, it was clear from the start of our time at this establishment that our waiter, Amadeo, could not be bothered. Once we had the misfortune of interacting with his manager, it became clear where his attitude came from. We were kicked out of this establishment for questioning the advertising on their menu. I don 't write reviews like this. I don 't go out looking for traumatic dining experiences. I have been a waiter and a bartender and have never once treated a customer as disrespectfully as I was treated at this establishment. I will never go back, despite their remarkable margaritas, which is unfortunate because the The bartender was attentive and respectful.