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Would I come back? Nope
Prior to coming here, I heard plenty of good things about this place on Yelp and Thrillist. I'm a big fan of empanadas so I was looking forward to coming here.
I've been twice so far and have been unsatisfied both times. The first time I came, I ordered the chicken empanada and the Cubano with the rice and beans. The shells of the empanadas are good. Crunchy and hard. But the fillings are underwheliming. The chicken was forgettable. It was underseasoned and not very flavorful. The Cubano was better but the fillings seemed unevenly distributed. Pork on one half, ham and cheese on the other. The second time I came was a worse experience. After being seated, the host asked if we were ready to order but we weren't. After that, it took about 25 min for someone to take our order. No one even came back to check. 4 other couples came in after us and had their orders taken and some were already eating before our orders were even taken. We eventually ordered the El capitan, the caramel apple empanada, and the jalapeño popper with salted ham. The El capitan was decent, it had ground beef, eggs, potatoes and green olives. The consistency was a little pasty and mushy though. The jalapeño popper was better. It was salty, spicy and fatty. I'd recommended it if someone was going here. The waitress forgot to place the order for the caramel apple empanada so she brought it out late. I wish she didn't remember it though. It was like a bad apple pie. It was dry, with no caramel in sight. Sadly, McDonald's apple pies are better in my opinion.
Overall, I expected alot from this place after all the hype and just from the fact that it's an empanada restaurant. Empanadas are fucking awesome. But not here. Very disappointed and wouldn't come back. Having a a shitty staff experience just solidified my decision not to eat here again.
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