Shrimp Quesadilla
La Casa Del Mofongo

La Casa Del Mofongo

1447 San Nicholas Ave New York, NY 10033, New York City, United States

Meat • Chicken • American • Restaurants


"Went on a Saturday evening and it was quite packed; a lively crowd with music playing in the background and baseball game on tv's. I ordered camarafongo (mofongo with shrimp) with a garlic sauce which I enjoyed for the most part. Wish there had been more sauce, but the plaintain with chicharron (pork) was the most enjoyable part of the dish; the plaintain was soft, great texture and very tasty. The dish contained only 6 shrimp and were not the really good jumbo shrimp which I would have preferred. They tasted rather bland, seeming a bit overcooked. I was disappointed that for the price of the dish, they did not offer some nice fresh bread and butter before the main course arrived. For hand towels, there were just regular napkins; no hand sanitizers were offered for wiping your hands after eating a meal you have to partially use your hands and fingers for. The decor of the place definitely could use a revamping; there are old unattractive pieces of art on the walls that do nothing at all to lift up the ambience of the place and the lighting is old and outdated as well. I was surprised because they seem to do good business, but it seems as if these features are not important at all. I was even more surprised when I had to go downstairs to use the ladies restroom and the hand soap was in a large plastic 1 gallon bottle with a dispenser! The bottle looked like the container the soap actually came in when purchased. Not sure if having attractive looking soap dispensers might be an invitation for someone to want to take it home with them? Lastly, I ordered a tiramisu for dessert which I decided to take home with me. I must say I definitely enjoyed the dessert and was glad I decided to order it as we were waiting for the bill. I might consider going again, but would probably try something different. Even though the quality of the food is what counts, it would be nice if they had a facelift done to their place!"

Don Julio Mexican

Don Julio Mexican

701 Apollo Dr, Lino Lakes, MN 55014, USA, United States

Pizza • Steak • Salad • Mexican


"I believe the food I had was not the best represention of what they have or that I might have just ordered something they don't do well. I come from California and know good Mexican, this was worse than taco bell. I ordered the bean burrito, enchilada, and quesadilla. First of all they didn't include beans in my bean burrito and only cheese, I think they misunderstood me when I asked to add cheese. But they put so much in it, it was pretty gross. They remade this for me and I was also disappointed in the remake. Everything tasted canned none of the food tasted fresh. Absolutely nothing was special about the food. Not the beans, the sauce, the tortilla. You can get this exact meal at any random hole in the wall Mexican restaurant and have it taste the exact same. The cheese tasted like pre shredded cheese. Nothing was fresh. The service was not that great. My server was okay, but the other bartenders saw me make eye contact with them and they continued to ignore me even when I said something. It wasn't busy, they were training... But they didn't do this once to me but three times. I felt I could have been on and out faster if the attention to the customer was more alert. I also have a background in the food industry, you don't ignore customers like that. The ambiance is much better than the food and service. And it was at least clean. The bathroom was very clean and stocked."