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| - The concept is good. The decor is great, and the employees, although yes, they are young as some people pointed out, they were very friendly.
Unfortunately, a restaurant comes down to the food. It always comes down to the food, and in this case, it was not good.
It was 6:30PM on a Friday night, and the place was empty, which should have been a warning, but we went in anyway. The protein in the warmers up front was old, old, old. The only thing that saved our meal was the fact that we both wanted tofu, which is cooked to order. The rest of the food (the rices and vegetables) were also old, bit not as critical to the dish. You can keep rice in a warner a long time and its still good.
We sampled several of the sauces and they were all wonderful, a nice blend of sweet and spicy, good texture and color, I can't say enough positive things about the sauces, but unless something changes with the other food, this place will not last. Especially when the official Chipotle version of Asian food makes its way to Phoenix.
A couple came in after us and left because they didn't eat tofu, and I don't blame them. I understand that you don't want to waste food if there are no customers, but its a vicious circle because you won't have customers without fresh food. Why can't all of it be cooked to order? At least until you are constantly busy?
For those sauces,
I would wait.
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