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| - A real disappointment--especially moving into the space formerly belonging to the awesome Stagioni, which really made itself a culinary feature of Bloomfield before moving off to the South Side.
This is definitely a teeny restaurant space. Unfortunately Adolfo's doesn't do much to help with that. Our table was SUPER cramped. There really wasn't any forethought given to the size of plates/dishes, amount of flatware on the table (at one point, I had 5 forks. WTF?), or organization of the space. There was also a serious gnat issue in the restaurant. Yes, I know that's a risk when you have open-air from the front of the restaurant, but there were flies and gnats everywhere. Our waitress calmly placed napkins over our wine glasses, but that didn't save us from swallowing some insect protein throughout the night.
Food was super disappointing. The fried plaintains with cheese were not very appetizing. I've had something similar before...but with a sharper cheese, vegetables, and even meat...and with larger/thicker slices of plantain so that you actually get the unique flavor of them. Not these. Two fish dishes were exceptionally bland...crying out for some salt, some pepper, something. The best thing about our meal was the fried yucca with its garlicky sauce...and that was basically just like eating fries & mayo...so not THAT awesome. The pasta was overcooked, although the tomato sauce was pretty decent. Salads were terrible (giant chunks of unappetizing lettuce and a few pieces of tomato), overdressed, and just, yuck. The overwhelming consensus was that the food lacked flavor and creativity.
The desserts were cloyingly sweet and just so "overdone." The tres-leches cake might have been ok, but had one too many ingredients/flavors going on. The kicker of the night was when our server rattled off the ingredients to the house sangria...unfortunately AFTER we ordered...and it featured...can't remember...Sprite or 7-UP? There are no words to describe how awful this stuff was.
Our server was SO sweet. She took great care of our table, really seemed to believe in the quality of the food they were serving, and was definitely focused on customer service. But at around $30 for a fish entree...this restaurant is way over-priced for its niche. You can get significantly better quality food for less in Bloomfield, even at some of the high-end restaurants.
Won't be back. Don't imagine this place will last long.
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