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| - I have been to Bakersfield twice, both early Saturday in the afternoon and have loved my experience each time. I originally attempted to go on a Friday night when they first opened but the wait was 2 hours- eek! Other than the expected busy times, if you go doing off hours you'll be greeted, seated, and eating right away. I particularly love the eating right away part, knowing you can sit down order and quickly have your food.
The ambience is cool with the wooden walls and Edison bulbs- it's all very trendy right now and the space doesn't disappoint in that regard. I've only sat on the first floor at the high top tables, so I can't comment on the upstairs but the bar is nice and has a lot of seating.
The food is incredible- probably one of my new favorite restaurants in the city. I'm a creature of habit so both visits I had the same thing- queso with no add ins, guac, and the chicken chorizo tostada. First off, the queso is different than you would typically expect both in taste and texture but it's insanely delicious. Just the look of it alone- caramelized cheese in a cast iron skillet- it's enough to make my heart skip a beat.
The guac is INCREDIBLE as other reviewers have mentioned. It's more on the chunky side, often getting whole pieces of avocado but who'd be mad at that. The flavor is perfect, no lie. I'm not a huge fan of oniony guac and this is far from that so it rates high in my book.
Chicken chorizo tostado is bomb. It's so so spicy but an amazing combination of flavor and spice without being overbearing. The portion size is not huge but after indulging in chips + then eating this I felt perfectly content.
My fiancé did get tacos during our first visit and mentioned he wasn't super impressed given the size (they are about 4 inches) and price ($4 a pop) - he referred to them as "trendy tacos". Although he said the flavor itself was good, he ate 4 and was still a little hungry so I think if your plan is to get tacos, don't come starving or you might spend to get full.
Yesterday, he had the chicken Milanese torta and was impressed and also left full so that was a win.
Last thing I'll mention is the service, or service of one of the wait staff in particular. Her names was beans, or so she told us to call her that. She was super friendly, great personality, very attentive, and even kicked us a free order of chips and salsa because I mentioned my fiancé wanted to leave feeling full. She was also waiting on the tables around us and was engaged in conversation with each. Half the battle in having a good restaurant (outside of the food/cost being good) is having staff that is personable and can provide great customer service. I'm sure we can all agree, it's terrible going out to eat and getting a miserable server. Beans was excellent and seemed like a cool person in general so I definitely hope to visit again and sit with her.
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