Juan Aracena
03/02/2017 Camden, Philadelphia and the region
Restaurant review 1 - Arelis Restaurant
For my first Restaurant review I went to eat in Arelis Restaurant which is in Camden NJ 2198 River Road street. Arelis restaurant is a Spanish restaurant where their most popular servings are mostly white, yellow Spanish rice with chicken. The Hispanics who run the restaurant are Dominicans so they also had foods from the Dominican Republic such as "platano" and "magoo". Not only did Arelis serve Spanish food, but they also serve food that are common in America such as Cheesesteak, Spaghetti, Cheese burgers and French fries. They also serve seafood such as fish and shrimp. Arelis restaurant was pretty small, it had a large painting of a very green forest with a river in it in the middle and on the right had the flags of a lot of Hispanic countries like Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican, ect. It also has the American flag.
I went to eat at Arelis Restaurant, Saturday February 25, 2017 in approximately 3:00 pm. It is a small restaurant with only about 5-6 tables and I decided to sit on the empty one. It being such a small restaurant, a busy one especially on Saturdays, it took quite a while for one of the waitresses to notice me especially since at that time they were understaffed. However, as more waitresses arrive to work I was able to get served a little earlier than usual. One of the waitresses that served me was a young girl who I personally know that comes through as a member at my job at the Kroc center. Before I ordered we had a small conversation about our lives. After our small conversation, I was ready to order and through their menu I picked Spaghetti with shrimp since I was in the mood for Pasta. After picking Spaghetti with shrimp as my food of choice the waitress asked if there was any drinks that I wanted. For my drink, I picked sprite soda since I was in a mood for something sugary. The waitress wrote it down and told me the food will be ready in about 20 minutes. As I was waiting for my food, the restaurant was getting more crowded to the point where there weren't some seats left for some of the custumers. After about 20 minutes, my meal arrived and I had about a medium-large size yellow Spaghetti. I found the spaghetti shrimp to be very delicious and it took me maybe less than 10 minutes to demolish my whole plate.
After eating at Arelis restaurant, I would definitely come back and eat there again. However, I would recommend coming around the afternoon around 2 or 3 o'clock if you are the type that likes to have a quick service. If you are the type of person who likes eating at big restaurants and have a quick service then would not recommend you to go o Arelis. If you don't mind eating at a small restaurant but just like to be one of the few custumers that receives a quick service I would recommend to go there around the weekdays where it is less busy. I am definitely a fan of Arelis restaurant and will return to eat there! read more