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| - Underwhelmed. Went here a little while back with a friend visiting from out of town. Our overall impression? Non-memorable food, and mildly tacky decor led to a "meh" type experience.
We started with the chips and mango salsa. This was pretty good; their chips are made in-house and were tasty. My friend enjoyed the salsa more than I did, which could be because I didn't expect the mango-tomatillo to be quite so sweet. Could definitely appreciate their fresh ingredients.
Sangria was super-sour. To mitigate this, our server suggested simple syrup, and brought some for us to mix in as we saw fit. Take this as you may.
On to entrees: Friend got the jerk pulled pork quesadilla which was soggy and over-stuffed with pork (i.e. the cheese-to-pork ratio was definitely off). Although she consumed far less than half of it, she had no desire to pack the rest, and left it to soak in its own juices a bit further.
I ordered the chicken breast with confit enchiladas. While the chicken was good, it wasn't anything I'd make a special trip for again. The confit enchiladas, however, were memorable - in a bad way. They were over-cooked, tasting like re-microwaved taquitos. Not even taquitos that were good to begin with, prior to the round 2 reheating. Yikes. The outer shell was also quite oily/greasy in appearance and in taste. In essence, could have done without the enchiladas.
The barstools with hanging faux leather palm tree leaves gave my friend the sense that were in a cheap Caribbean hotel's lobby. Yikes again.
Maybe a bit harsh, but Kaya, you just weren't my fav.
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