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| - This review would go better if it weren't for two things. The most annoying first: the table top where we were seated was sticky.
Two: I don't know what type of place sofritas is trying to be.
We had chips and salsa to start. The chips were ok but the salsa was super bland. About the only thing I could taste was the cilantro. We asked for "hot" salsa and were brought a small (tiny) dish with two different salsas. The red one wasn't bad, but the green one was very strange. I asked what it was but the server didn't know. However someone said it was "Lebanese". Ok. Lebanese. The tomatillo salsa that came with the "street tacos" was the best of the bunch.
My guest had the street tacos and she said, quote: "they all tasted the same. Beef, chicken, pork, black been, or vegetable. All I could taste was cabbage". Street tacos are cabbage tacos? Where? Apparently, here.
I had the cubano, which was just barely ok. I'm used to cubanos with mustard and pickles. This one had sliced cucumbers. No mustard that I could tell and definitely no other condiments either. Which is unfortunate. The pork was pretty dry. Very disappointed because it looked like it would
Be wonderful when it came out. Except for the weird garnish of chopped lettuce and tomatoes. (I didn't understand why, it made the plate look weird).
All that and over thirty dollars later, we left still hungry and confused.
What kind of place is this? Spanish, like we were told it was? Cuban, like one of the dishes? faux Mexican? Lebanese? Flavor free? Tofuganic-gluten-free-range? I still don't know.
I get the impression this is more of a bar than a restaurant.
Update:
Since moving to fh, I've come here a few times. There have been some new additions to the menu which I'm happy to say I really like.
For example. The tacos ropas viejas, which is sort of like a shredded beef in ranchero sauce. It's not ranchero sauce though, it's "ropa vieja". Which is Cuban. Anyway. It's very flavorful and the new update to this taco is that it has papas and fried matchstick onions. Flavor explosion in your mouth.
Regarding the table tops, I've not experienced the sticky situation since that one time.
I'll say, "I like this place". One of the better restaurants in fountain hills. Definitely unique. The menu, the decor (check out the baño!) and the "santería sacred lounge". I really like the concept of that even though sometimes the owner seems to get unnecessary flack for it from uneducated "experts".
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