Magda M.
Yelp
I go eat to this restaurant every couple of weeks or so because I like Cuban food. The food was always good. I never had an issue until I started ordering take outs. Three weeks ago, surprisingly, my masitas de puerco had a lot of pieces of skin and chicharrones, which is not what you would expect from this dish. The tamal tasted good but did not have any real meat inside, it was just a piece of fat. We did not make a big deal out of it and did not report it to the restaurant. However, what happened yesterday with my takeout was a different story. I ordered vaca frita and ropa vieja. When I brought them home, my husband and I were struck by a strange smell the meat had. We had eaten these dishes before many times. We had vaca frita en Las Terrazas just last weekend and it was great, but yesterday, it was disgusting. It smelled weird, the texture and taste were unusual. It did not look, smell or tasted like beef at all. My husband who is Cuban, concluded it tasted more like birria (goat) or a horse meat because of this weird sweet after-taste. If I lived closer, I would haver returned the food. Instead, we threw all the food away. We really hope it was just an unfortunate choice of condiments of a new cook and not a meat from a different animal.
I do not like writing bad reviews but nobody picked up the phone and nobody answered my message on Messenger, even though there is a message they responde within an hour.
The truth is, from now on, I am never ordering a take out there again. I might return to the restaurant, but I will eat everything at the table, just in case. I recommend you to do the same. NO TAKE OUTS!