"I walked passed this place many times on Broadway. This establishment has been here for years and always has great reviews. Today, I decided since it 's Friday, not to cook and order take out food from this eatery. I asked if they have octopus salad. She show me a small container and said yes, that it 's this one. I looked at the opaque container and asked both persons behind the counter in Spanish it doesn 't look like ensalada de pulpo (octopus salad). Both said it is. I asked how much and told it 's $11.99. OK , so we 're still in a pandemic and with the economic inflation problem we 're having, I realized price went up for that small container. I ordered 2. I also ordered moro (mixture rice and black beans, culinary known as Moors and Christian rice) and bacalao vizcaina (stewed codfish). The octopus salad, rice and codfish cost $37.97 and all 3 dishes, are basically Cuban/Basque cuisine and I personally know how to prepare and cook to perfection. When I got home and open the container of octopus salad, noticed it is not octopus, but calamari. Calamari is NOT baby octopus. I tasted it and did not have that ceviche flavor that is known for octopus salad. It was very bland and disappointing. I had to go old school, and add olive oil, white vinegar, fresh lime, oregano, basil, tomatoes, more chopped onion and most importantly, the Goya adobo seasoning to provide that authentic ceviche flavor known in octopus salad that it did not have. Only thing I didn 't have to add, was cilantro. OK so now I corrected the flavors with the existing calamari to have it taste like an authentic octopus salad. I had to redo the dish because they told me it was octopus salad, when it was not in flavors or ingredients. The rice and bacalao were OK. As for the octopus salad , it 's very disappointing that the staff would incorrectly identify as such. As for me, revisiting this place to order food from them.... It 's a NO from me!!!!"
