The light and airy Mullins Restaurant & Bar is located on the beach at Mullins Bay, south of the historic town of Speightstown, on the west coast of Barbados. Waves are almost non-existent against the shore of this idyllic crescent-shaped beach and the calm, clear water and white sand is what makes Barbados’ “Platinum Coast” beautiful.

For the prices I’m expected to pay in Barbados, I want good food when I dine out. And the Mullins restaurant is, for its relatively high price, good, not great. I’d rather pay a little more and have a true dining experience at other West Coast restaurants like The Cliff, The Tides, and Fish Pot.

The last two times I’ve had lunch at Mullins, the service was very good and the setting lovely, but the food is okay.

I ordered a Chicken Cesar wrap on both visits. What I got was a few lettuce leaves and fried (ick, fried) chicken nuggets in a flour tortilla covered with a thick layer of mayonnaise. The wrapper was bland, bland, and the large amount of mayonnaise reminded me of the terrible white bread and mayonnaise sandwiches my mom used to send me to school that she was in grade school with.

My dining companion ordered a chicken salad sandwich on both visits. A year ago, he said, the sandwich at Mullins restaurant was made with all kinds of interesting vegetable bits mixed in an interesting sauce and combined with white chicken. This year, his sandwich consisted of chicken and mayonnaise. What’s the story with mayonnaise?

I’ll be back because I’m sure Mullins will get his culinary flair back. I just hope it’s soon.