"Madroño is proof that phenomenal service does not only exist in crazy expensive restaurants that require reservations years in advance. This Sweetwater Nicaraguan classic has better service than most of those places. You will have to wait for a table here (they don’t take reservations). But once you’re seated, you can relax knowing you’ll be well taken care of. The small army of staff, all dressed in mysteriously stainless crisp white shirts, hustle around the dining room collecting your straw’s wrapper the millisecond it hits the table. If you order the bandeja de antojitos "El Madroño" platter (and you should), they will drop a very heavy lazy Susan in the center of your table as if it were light as a feather. For the rest of the meal, you can watch the owner float through the dining room giving cheek kisses to regulars, who seem to make up the entire dining room." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo