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Fonda

Fonda

434 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn 11215, 11215-7341, United States

Beer • Salad • Mexican • American


"overpacked and overpriced for quality. we needed 20 minutes to get our reserved seats that were stuffed in a table in a corner in the backyard behind a 10 birthday party so that the server could hardly reach us. music was so loud inside, but no music outside, so you could hear any other conversation in the backyard, which was worsened by the fact that everyone sits on each other. almost an hour lasted eating, it seemed as if the kitchen had a little annoyed with the above-mentioned crowded quantity. spicy guacamole and soft tortillas were really good to start, the maulp for the huhn enchiladas was a delicious taste, just knocking on the eating is the carnitas were slightly dry and chew. carnitas should have every bite with moist, juicy, porky, delicate taste melt in their mouth. still good, but disappointing for a $25 court if I can get similar carnitas at a taco truck. Finally we ordered a reposado mezcal and the dispensed drink was 100% blanco as in completely clear liquid and did not taste caustic. When I brought this to the server, we were told that we were wrong and paid for the pricier reposado. only if my friend brought this back to the waiter on the way out, he was friendly enough to offer us free recordings of the reposado, which once looked clear and tasted touch in the old. are silent to write all this, but it was a strange ordeal and not my favorite eating experience."

Mi Casa Grill

Mi Casa Grill

12056 San Pablo Avenue, Richmond, 94805, United States Of America

Full • Grill • Mexican • Catering


"When Mi Casa Grill opened it got lots of rave reviews. . I remembered when the location was a great Cantonese restaurant run by a family with food that was as good as my grandmother and mother 's. A friend and I decided to have lunch there today indoors. The restaurant is nicely decorated, appeared clean and not cluttered. She ordered the super taco with carnitas; I ordered a burrito with grilled fish. We were both disappointed for different reasons. My burrito did not have much fish; in fact about 1/3 of it had no fish and was filled mostly with beans and rice. The few fried tortilla chips on the plate did not come with any salsa--the server said the salsa was inside the burrito. Whoever heard of having to dip your toritlla chips into a burrito to scrape a teensy bit of salsa? There was no salsa to scoop out of my burrito! Besides the 8 pieces of chips, there were two slices of cucumber and a dehydrated piece of radish. That is all and it cost $20 plus tax and tip. The base price was about $16; the fish was extra $4. My friend ordered the super taco. She liked the crunchy tortilla on top of a soft tortilla; she said the carnitas were good and it had salsa. Her super taco was served with a tiny container of rice and a tiny container of black beans. It cost $16.25 plus tax and tip. The food is not innovative nor creative. For the prices, I expected something special. I think a lot of their investment went into fixing up the building, decorating, creating an outdoor seating area enclosed by clear plastic curtains, and their online presence. The server did stop by to ask if everything was ok but didn 't stay long enough to hear our response. The bus boy refilled our water glasses. He was also much more attentive when collecting our plates and asking how we liked the lunch. I told him I was disappointed that for the extra money there was hardly any fish and that it wasn 't his fault. He said sometimes the cook forgets to put ingredients! I was surprised. Although my friend was unhappy with the service and said the food was not memorable, we left a decent tip for the service because we know servers and buspeople need to earn a decent wage. Without even a beer or cocktail, lunch was $25. The prices of other entrees at Mi Casa Grill are not for people on a budget. Given the prices and paltry bit of fish in my burrito, and the taste of neither lunch not being memorable, we decided to take Mi Casa Grill off our list of close-by places to eat. That 's too bad because the location had been empty for years and we looked forward to having a good, close-by place to dine informally.Vegetarian options: The vegetarian options consisted of vegetables instead of meat, poultry, or seafood."