Kitty L.
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I came in to ACEQ by myself, early for my reservation and luckily they were able to seat me right away in the main dining room. Note that the happy hour menu is only available in the bar.
All of the staff I interacted with were warm, polite and helpful. The drinks were perfect.
Overall the food was good, but there were a couple little details that made me decide on 4 stars, mostly because it's pricey and well regarded and the little things matter to me.
The elote corn ribs were cooked well but they needed salt, there wasn't enough cotija to make up for the unseasoned corn. And there are no salt shakers on the tables. The mole was great though.
So then I ordered the lamb small plate and the Butternut squash gnocchi. After a long while the server comes and says that they do not have the gnocchi tonight actually. So I get the Brussels sprouts instead. And it took a pretty long time for the food to come after that.
The lamb was tender and cooked properly in my opinion, seasoned nicely. But the pea puree that was piped on the plate was kinda crusty like it had been on there a while, it was okay. The pickled red onions were good but the only sign of chimichurri I could find was some big chunks of herb stems.
The Brussels sprouts were perfectly cooked, caramelized, crunchy. They had a good amount of cheese and pickled red onion, but there were like 4 marinated raisins and barley any almonds on them, which made me sad because the couple bites I got with all the elements were so good.
At this point I'd been there an hour and twenty minutes and I wanted dessert but I was anxious because it says on the menu not to stay longer than an hour and a half. I asked and they said I was fine, which is good because I just had a starter and a main and it wasn't really my fault I was there so long.
I ordered a creme brulee for desert and they knocked that out of the park. I thought the custard was the perfect texture, I loved the sweetness level and the vanilla flavor.
Overall I had a nice time and would go again if I lived in the area. Just a few little things.