Food: 7.5/10
Atmosphere: 8.5/10
Service: 7.5/10
Overall experience: 8/10
My trips to Valdez were a while ago, and when sitting down to write my review, I couldn't come up with much that stood out about my experience. This is potentially a good or a bad thing, depending how you look at it?
I find the food is okay/a bit above average. Part of the reason why it doesn't stand out to me is I think this flavour palette is just not something my taste buds are atuned to. I will say that the chaufa (duck fried rice) is really, really fantastic, but all other things seemed just okay to me.
Definitely a cool spot in the happening King West area and I can see if you're a few rounds of tequila in, it would be a good time. My more sober dinner experiences were just all right though.
THE BOTTOM LINE: potentially a great place for drinks but if you're coming for the food it'll just be okay.