Kien H.
Yelp
So this spot popped up on my radar and I finally had a chance to slide through. The first time I went was for happy hour and I was not disappointed. They also have a hidden bar upstairs! So its definitely worth a try just to get the experience of going into an attic after walking through a bookshelf lol.
So first it's going to be in a shopping district. Similar to the Avalon if you ever been to Alpharetta. There's a courtyard and plenty of little nooks and crannies. They're building it out so there's going to be plenty more in that area coming soon.
They have a parking structure that's free parking. I don't know if it's going to stay like that, but I hope it is going to stay like that for quite some time because we already pay enough to park in Atlanta so we don't want to pay to park outside of Atlanta LOL. Even though the mall is right there in the mall does have paid parking as well. So let's just see what happens.
Before I get to the food, I want to get into the upstairs hidden bar/speakeasy in the building. The name of the upstairs bar is Maya Speaktini, and you won't know its there unless you know its there... if that makes sense lol. You have to go through a bookshelf in order to find it, so you may have to ask some people at the reception desk about it. But you go upstairs and there is a spacious but more intimate bar experience. They have a full bar and their own menu. There are plenty of tables there and they have little rooms that you can pull a curtain and duck off if you want some alone time with your party. The bartenders there, super cool! The last drink I had was the Forbidden Ruins and it was good too, they had good presentation (they set leaves on fire for extra razzle dazzle lol). I dont think you can do food there, but that is what downstairs is for! They will tend to you at the bar and try to accommodate, so I really appreciated all of the customer service as well.
Back to our regularly scheduled program...I came in there for happy hour (3p - 6p M through F) and happy hour is actually really solid! You can get a myriad of different tacos, at least 8 or 10 different types of tacos, and they're all for about $4. Very reasonably priced. They have a couple of different shots that are on special for happy hour. And they have a bunch of drinks, well not a bunch but enough drinks for happy hour that will keep you interested. I had a margarita, was pretty good.
Food:
Carne asada taco - the taco was damn good. The first time I came I had 4 of them. Mad tender and super flavorful. The tacos come with some pickled vegetable so there is an extra tang to it.
Adobo chicken taco - tender and juicy and very good.
Barbacoa taco - these were just as flavorful as the carne asada, fall off the bone (if they was a bone lol)
Shrimp taco - this taco came topped a little different. It has its own sauce to it and maybe like a pineapple puree,so it's fairly sweet.
Queso dip - this was good. The pico tasted really fresh on it. Had a nice kick too. Only thing was the fact that it felt like 5 minutes after they put it down, the cheese started to get firm (you know how cheese gets when it gets cold).
Chips and salsa - chips always come out hot and I appreciate that because that means they had not been sitting around in back all day. Come with 2 salsas as well.
The place looks a lot bigger on the inside. When you get on the inside. You can't tell how big it is from the outside but it is super spacious and it's very appeasing to look at. The decor is really nice. A lot of art on the walls, it'll definitely be a good vibe if you're kind of interested in taking some pictures for social media.
Interested in taking some pictures for social media.
This could be a clutch place to go to happy hour for me so I would definitely come back!