This place had so many good reviews I don't know what happened the night I visited. We first had a seat at the bar to wait for the rest of our party. The Smash I ordered was fine, just like a nice refreshing mojito with Bourbon. But the drink my girl ordered was definitely made incorrectly. She ordered a frozen drink, but it was more of a meal since she needed a spoon to actually drink it with the huge chunks of ice. I'll give the bartender the benefit of the doubt since he was obviously new and was reading the ingredient list as he was making it. But even I knew you had to blend the drink for more than 10 seconds.
We decided to see if they could make something simple so we ordered a Jameson Ginger. You cant' mess that up... Yes you can if you put all ginger ale and barely any Jameson. I went back to ask for a bit more Jameson but he said it was standard pour and would charge me for another shot. I was pretty surprised as we saw him make the drink right in front of us and he might as well has forgotten to put the whiskey in it. This night was not starting out well.
We were sat 15 minutes later, around 8:00pm. We didn't get our food until 9:20pm. Even drinks were a difficult to get at our table as we watched them sitting at the bar, ready to be served. We watched a family next to us leave after not being served after a while. We were lucky we were in good company or else we would have definitely got up and left.
I ordered the Ricky Ricardo sandwich. They should have just called it a Dijon Mustard sandwich because that's all I could taste. The plantains were the best part of the dish. Do not order that! The Oxtail Empanadas were not memorable.
All night we had to flag down our server and we had wagers on the Over/Under on the time we would get our food/drinks. The OVER won 9 times out of 10.
I will not be returning to this establishment. Whether they were understaffed that night or chef's were having an off night, this experience was one of the worse dining experiences I have had in a long time. Usually Yelp reviews have steered us in the right direction but something was off with this experience.