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| - After reading the bio on the chef, I had to check it out
Wait Staff: 5 Stars -- Ethan, excellent service (based on other reviews, we must have caught them on a good day)
Bartender: 4 Stars -- My companion and I had a margaritas, not a fan of the 'simple syrup', but he made it work. They use a decent tequila for HH.
Food: 2 Stars
Guacamole: I consider this a tell-tale sign of a good Mexican restaurant. I mean it's just avocados and a few other ingredients...right. They prepare it table side, which is cool but, the guac is basically tomatoes...lots of tomatoes, onions, jalapeno, cilantro, with some avocado tossed in. They add 'pomegranate' for color I guess. The chips were greasy as well.
QUESADILLA de JAIBA (crab and corn quesadillas) : First of all I was incredibly disappointed in the fact that the tortillas are 'store bought'. No way those tortillas are hand made. In fact the item looked and tasted like something from the freezer section of a grocery store. The flavors were just all over the place; bland mushy crab, sweet corn, over-cooked cheese...a mess. It didn't even look appetizing.
Tacos: Probably one of the better items on the menu. Looked and tasted pretty good.
I guess my point is this....if you are going to break away from traditional Mexican recipes, you got to make it work, visually and with flavor. Just didn't taste award winning food here.
I would go back just for drinks at HH. $15 (regular price) for a margarita (short glass) is insane, unless I'm sitting on a beach in a hut somewhere watching some waves, while getting spritzed with scented water every 15 minutes by a cabana boy!
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