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| - Came to Adolfo's with great expectations from a colleague's review for my resident foodie's [KB's] bday. I was excited for this addition to Bloomfield because of the Venezuelan twist. The place is small and quaint with many authentic dishes, perfect for our intimate Sunday brunch endeavor. However, the experience was a bit underwhelming.
The server was lovely and knowledgeable. Our third friend was late, so we had an order of Arepa Fritas which was good, so I thought we were off to a good start. Because it's BYOB, we brought a bottle of Champagne to celebrate the occasion. They will make in house mimosas for you, which is neat, however they took our bottle to the back never to be seen again. We each had a mimosa and I ordered a second one because one should get 4 or 5 out of them, but that would have gone completely to the wayside if I hadn't asked. The second one was practically all orange juice so I'm unsure what goes on back there.
They have a brunch menu where you mix and match 5 dishes to make a plate for 8.95. What a deal, or, as it was Christmas season, there was a Holiday special dish of 5 preset items. For the special occasion we had the Holiday dish. Honestly, I'm not sure what they did with the potato salad, but it was inedible and looked like it came from a can shaped into a tupperware mold. The rest were hit and miss. The shock was definitely when the bill came that the special was $20 bucks. NOT worth it, especially because that's a pretty steep up charge from their regular menu and not displayed beforehand. I should've asked and will from now on, because I definitely felt duped.
Otherwise, everything was alright, but I don't understand the hype. Personally, I won't make plans to come again unless I'm invited by someone else, because it may just be the items on special. Disappointing.
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