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| - The best thing I can say about Brisam's is that it is air-conditioned. No, that was rude. Actually, the service was pretty good. It's pretty beat-up inside and we were seated at a table that had been wiped down but still had crumbs on the table-top and seat. The tables are VERY close together. It was about 5 pm and Happy Hour was in full-swing. Almost every table was seated and the acoustics not so great, so even though DH and I sat catty-corner to one another, it was hard to hear each other. It didn't help that a person of the female persuasion in the bar area was very happy, and for our entire meal made conversation or whinnied laughter at ear-splitting noise level.
The good thing, is that the average age of the clientele in the dining room made DH and I feel young and frisky!
I ordered the fish tacos with a dinner salad. DH ordered the honey chicken sandwich. DH got a glass of wine, I got ice tea. My ice tea tasted like a hint of old pipes, but it was cold and came with a big ol' lemon wedge, and was okay once you got used to the weird flavor. It would have been nice if server had refilled my glass once, because odd flavor or not, it was really hot and the afternoon sun beats on the front plate glass windows, making it a bit warm in the restaurant, even with the ac at top speed. DH was happy with his wine---served at proper temp, the glass was clean, price acceptable.
Our salads were not very interesting and they were a weird combo of old and icky and new and crisp. Half my salad was that big, yucky bitter yellow heart that should be tossed. The other half was fresh green leaves and then those slimy dark green bits that come from a salad left in a bag or bin too long. DH's was the same, excepting he didn't have as much lettuce heart in his. Our salad dressings were good and the amount provided generous.
My fish tacos arrived accompanied by a bowl of black beans and "mexican" rice. I could tell the black beans would have been really tasty if they hadn't been so over-salted I choked on my one and only bite. DH tried a bite (he loves black beans) and his comment was; "J***s!" The rice was not memorable. The fish tacos were so overcooked---there was nothing succulent or delicious about them, except the blackening seasoning was quite good. DH said his sandwich was very tasty as far as seasoning and sauces go, but the chicken was overcooked, and this is a man who likes his meat cooked to the point of shoe leather. He said the bun was very good. DH's comment as we left was: "Hey, the food arrived hot". And that is a positive point.
It was not an expensive meal.
I think if we want a quick, casual meal and we are in the area, why wouldn't we just drive the extra five minutes and go to Heart & Soul? But if I was really, really hungry and for some reason not willing to drive up Cave Creek Road a piece, I'd try Brisam's again, because if you aren't concerned about noise-level or flavor, it does provide a goodly amount of food and acceptable pricing with decent service.
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