Would my dad come?
When I go to restaurants around this neighborhood (aka the hood, westchesta, Big W, my hometoooooown) I have a list of requirements to be met in order to rate it. You see this area is filled with corner spots and hole in the walls that have good food and great prices so I pretend I'm my dad when I dine in these parts. My dad aka cheap a@@! (My dad will never read this and if he did he would say money doesn't grow on trees proudly and would not be offended. This is a man that bought me BROWN sneakers as a young girl and tried to convince me it was all about practicality, not style. Gotta love him and I do. Quite the penny pincher that wears ugly sneakers thanks to him) so this review is written and driven with my dad's influence. Here we go....
We enter and sit down at a little table. The place is small with maybe 3-4 tables that can accommodate 8 people. A counter to the right aligned against the wall with the traditional Cuban coffee making machine. Well just imagine any Latin America counter and you can imagine; now mini size it. The table was bare, no plates, forks, napkins, nada! We were given menu's and brought a basket of bread with 2 rolls. One for each of us. Ha, penny pinching maybe? Life is funny like that. Another friend joined us and we ordered. I had to request for butter, plates, etc. no big deal. It's a homely place. But just keep it in mind if this kind of thing REALLY offends you. If I was a t a 5-star restaurant maybe it would, but not here. Do you get it, the vibe, the experience, what to expect?
The ceviche was good. Refreshing and fresh. Not too spicy but that was my fault. You can gauge the level of spice in your ceviche. The sopa de marisco (seafood soup) was pretty good. I split a whole snapper fried. It was ok. I kinda got the feeling that maybe the oil wasn't fresh. This affects the condition of the foods cooked in it. They are a bit soggy and/or hard as opposed to perfectly fried. Our friend ordered some fish grilled with onions and enjoyed it.
Breakdown:
2 ceviches
1 soup
1 whole fried snapper
1 order of tostones
1 fish plate
5 bottles of water
//drumroll// sixty something dollars and with tip and everything it came out to be $80.00 (it was lunch).
IDK what to tell ya. I have to think of it like this (because of its location)
1. "Would I bring my dad here?"
2. "Would he return or come on his own?"
No, if I brought my dad here despite how good the food was he would be pissed at me; pissed because we could have gone to "Bahamas Fish Market" down the street for half the price. It was good but they missed their target - prices don't reflect the neighborhood and neither does the appearance of the restaurant itself. read more