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| - So there's quite a bit to say about this place, however, most if it is not positive.
We decided to visit for lunch on a Saturday (11/25/17 at 12:30pm) and upon entering, we were the only people there. We thought it was suspiciously empty, but we forged ahead nonetheless.
We ordered the 6 piece chicken (1 breast, 2 drumsticks, 2 wings, 1 thigh) and 2 beef empanadas for take-out. Personally, I prefer white meat and was happy to have a breast included in the order.
We waited for about 15 minutes for our food and when we received the packaged to-go order, I was already concerned by how they put the order together. They put the empanadas into one Chinese restaurant type take-out box. They placed all 6 pieces of chicken into a slightly larger box of the same type. The box with the chicken didn't close and it was placed into an open paper shopping bag with handles on the top and I was concerned the food would be cold by the time we got home.
When we began to eat the food, that is when the real concerns started. As I was pulling the chicken out of the box, I realized we did not receive a breast. Very disappointing considering we paid for a breast included in the 6 piece order. The chicken was EXTREMELY greasy, had way too much batter on it and was fried so crispy that when you bit into a piece of chicken all you got was batter and the chicken just slid right out (kinda gross).
Being from South Florida, I was a bit excited to have an empanada. Empanadas are their own food group down there. The empanadas were very doughy (almost as though they weren't fried, but baked) a big faux pas for anyone who knows what a real empanada should taste like. The filling consisted of ground beef, one large bit of olive and egg. Again, this isn't empanada filling. If you want to add olives to empanada filling, do so by chopping small pieces into it. Don't just throw a whole olive into each one. A bite consisting of only olive in an empanada isn't good. And eggs don't belong in beef empanadas, but again, if you decide to put it in there, don't just have one big piece of egg white.
The food came with the choice of 3 sauces. We chose chimichurri, tamarind BBQ, and ginger soy. The chimichurri was kind of dry, while the other two sauces were good and reminiscent of standard Chinese take out sauces.
All in all, the whole experience was like having an A.D.D. lunch. Fried chicken that was trying (but failing) to be Southern Fried Chicken, Latin Empanadas (that had a more pierogi like texture), with Chinese take-out sauces.
The meal also came with what appeared to be homemade sweet pickles. Unfortunately, the pickles were the best thing about the meal for me, which doesn't bode well for the overall rating.
Pros:
Pickles are good
People are nice
Service is prompt
Cons:
WAY too much grease (they really need to drain their chicken before serving)
Way too much batter
Accuracy of order needs improvement
Packaging to-go orders should be done better (closed containers are important)
Their empanadas are NOT real empanadas
Are the restaurant owners even reading these reviews? Pretty sure we won't be going back and by the looks of the place during a Saturday lunch rush, not many others are going back either.
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