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    El Califa

    4.4 (7 reviews)
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    Sud 777

    Sud 777

    3.6(93 reviews)
    3.1 km
    $$$

    came here with bryce and the food and experience was so good! did the 13 course small plates…read moretasting menu. never done anything like this so quite enjoyed it. will say it is quite pricy (a little overpriced imo) but loved how they catered to my vegan diet. service and ambiance were quite nice

    I will start this review by saying the restaurant is gorgeous. They have a beautiful tree right in…read morethe middle of the restaurant and you almost feel like you're dining in a treehouse, although be at a very fancy exclusive treehouse. We were welcomed as we walked in and invited to sit in the lounge area as we were a little early. We knew that traffic in Mexico City could be bad and Sud 777 was about 35 minutes away from our hotel. Fortunately for us traffic was not too bad and we got there about maybe 15 minutes early. No worries, the waiting area was very comfortable. Later on we were escorted to our table and our waiter was friendly. One thing that struck me was that the place was almost empty. There was no one until about 40 minutes into our meal that was even seated around us. I thought it was kind of strange on a weekend night for a Michelin star restaurant to be so "deserted". We were asked about our drinks and my wife ordered a white wine and I started with my normal gin and tonic. Five minutes later my gin and tonic arrived but her wine did not arrive. Five more minutes after that the waiter arrived to let us know that the wine that she selected was not available. So she graciously pointed to the second wine right underneath the one she selected said she would have that one he bowed his head and left. 10 minutes later A box of different breads and breadsticks and dips arrived but still no wine for her. Five or six minutes after that, the waiter arrives and ask if we're ready to place our order. We asked about her wine and he proceeded to tell her that she never ordered another glass. Now I know a lot of people may think that oh you're in Mexico different languages maybe there was a misunderstanding. That would be a wrong assumption, my wife was born and raised in Mexico City and is obviously fluent in both Spanish and English. I am also fluent in Spanish being raised in Miami Florida. We never spoke English to our waiter it was always in Spanish. Led me to believe that whoever gave this place a Michelin star must've been there on a very good night because that one interaction would've probably not allowed them to get the Michelin star in the first place. So we told them to forget about that glass of wine and we just ordered a bottle instead to get us through dinner. We selected a 2017 Valle de Tintas Riserva. The wine had a wonderful nose but when the first tasted it tasted awful! However like a lot of great wines once a little air hit it became quite good. As far as the food we selected we decided to choose a bunch of different things in this share a few bites with each other. I had read a review that says I should try the potato salad with the anchovies, and I can say it was really good. We also had a dish they had mushrooms and foie gras which was decent as well. I believe the kitchen was showcasing mushrooms at the time, lots of dishes had them on those and thank God we both like mushrooms! We also decided to go with some grilled octopus (as I've said before, it's her favorite seafood grilled octopus) within chose to order some duck breast and some lamb chops. The duck was pretty good but quite honestly needed some salt or some other kind of seasoning. The lamb was not very good. And was very difficult to cut even with a knife so I actually picked it up and ate it like Fred Flintstone. Not that that bothers me because my wife probably considers me a caveman anyway, but when I'm in a restaurant like this I try to maintain some semblance of respectability! LOL. We ended the night with a smoked cheesecake... It was pretty good actually, and then as I have pictured in the review they brought some chocolate covered cherries that were even better than the cheesecake. I'm not gonna say this restaurant was bad. I'm gonna say that I don't believe it was Michelin star quality, not even a bib Gormand (as it was pretty expensive) but price never bothers me when it comes to paying for a good meal because I will pay for anything as long as I want it. I will say I'm glad for the experience, but I cannot recommend this restaurant for anyone else.

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