I love Tommy's. Granted I have this problem where I order the same thing everytime I get there so I can't really give it a solid review. The M.R. is a delicious spinach pie with mushrooms, falafel and cheese. I immediately take out the hot sauce, drench it on and eat a piece of heaven. The spinach has a strong acidic taste which brings it out above the other ingredients. I also love the falafel by itself, or in a wrap. However, my friend ordered the boiled tamales and I found them to be a bit boring.
The four stars is for the price. While the 7-8 bucks for the spinach pie isn't bad, I calculated how much my milkshake was costing and immediately stopped ordering it. It came out to almost 8 bucks. Granted it's delicious but come on. It's a milkshake. Yogurt with banana and peanut butter. Goodness, I'm a grad student. That's almost all of my grocery budget. So for that alone I cannot give them a five star rating. Even 5-6 bucks is expensive. Also, sometimes the service can be spotty. I've waited several minutes for a server or have had to flag down the server when I've been consistently ignored. Other than that, I'll go and eat my spinach pie and when I start raking in the big bucks, I'll come back for the shakes.