Winnie W.
Yelp
I wanted to like Angelicas so much and was so excited to try it. But the food is simply SO BAD and left us very disappointed.
Food / cooking deserves 0 star.
The beautiful decor +1 star.
The nice friendly service +1 star.
Upon entering, I was very excited and impressed by the beautiful restaurant, pretty and sophiscated, Spanish style decor. We opted for the outdoor seating, which has nice shading and the outdoor roofing allowed for sunlight to shine through... all so far so good and I was very happy about the restaurant choice.
Between the 4 of us, we ordered 4 dishes and they were all bad. Simply tasted bad, bad culinary skills, not enough spices, and everything came out cold, and it's like they were served straight from the processed package. Every dish is almost like not cooked thoroughly and everything came out cold, or lukewarm at best. It's like the dishes were from a cafe where you line up, and someone just scooped up the combo dishes for you. And for Chris' sake - we only had brunch here!!! Think "easy" dishes of eggs, hash brown, potatoes, salad... and everything was simply NOT GOOD. :( Very disappointed.
My favorite go-to is the corned beef hash ... when my dish arrived, the nice waiter placed the dish in front of me and said, be careful, it's a hot plate. I touched the plate and it's not hot. Then, I glanced at my dish... the hash brown does not look "cooked".. there's no browning or that "toasty" look of nicely cooked hash brown. The corned beef were not mixed in but were simply cubes of corned beef placed with the dish. OK, looking bad so far... and upon trying, it sadly reinforced to me that it does taste as bad as it looks. Everything is cold, flavorless, and - just - simply NOT GOOD. The eggs were cold, lacks flavor. The hash brown looks straight from the processed packaging and mixed in with some bell peppers. I couldn't finish the dish, and ate only 1/3 of it. And this is my favorite brunch dish. :( Very upsetting. (see pictures)
The ahi tuna salad is just as bad. Presentation is already bad... one would expect the ahi tuna slices to be placed ON TOP the salad... but no, they have cubes (or small chunks) of ahi placed on the side of the dish... it's like they have all salad plates ready to go, then place whatever on the side (chicken, sausage, etc) and just serve it. This dish also tasted just as bad as it looked.
How can a restaurant messed up breakfast dishes? I am scared and will not come back to try their real lunch or dinners. All dishes are cold and absolutely flavorless.