Sean S.
Yelp
If there was less than one star, that's what I would give. They should close the place and start over...
This place should be shut down.
I am gonna guess the "good" reviews are fake...??
The only person that should walk into this place is the health inspector.
I'm really surprised I didn't get sick from the obviously about to go BAD food.
Do not go to this place unless you wanna leave angry and hungry and tired and thirsty and also throw away some money into the street for no reason at all because this place is total shite!! Total downer !!!
There is literally nothing good about this place. It stinks, it's dirty, the food is bad, and they gave me a busboy to make my drinks
talk about a freaking joke!!!!
When you post a review, it gives the Management insight into what's happening in the place, so I will tell you the story.
I wanted to try the pink taco in Times Square because I had been to the one in Vegas like 20 years ago, (truly sub par)
and I thought, wow, New Mexican, let's see if it's any good
by the way, it was my birthday so I went over there for brunch, and I sat at the bar because I was a bartender for 20 years and I have 30 years of experience in food service and management so I can spot things pretty quickly
When I walked in the place was empty and obviously hadn't been cleaned in about three weeks I should've walked out right then and there, but I didn't I went to the bar:
I asked for a virgin bloody Mary salt around the rim extra spicy.
I knew something was wrong:
this guy really didn't look like a bartender. He was a young kid, and as a former bartender, you can spot a person who obviously doesn't know the way around the bar.
Maybe it's my fault for not walking out when I knew something was wrong, but I can warn everybody else not to go there.
Great drinks are something you can't fake...
Maybe
half the staff called in sick; ???
Something was just wrong and the fact that I didn't walk out like I said: I know better.
So the guy set this glass in front of me, and it's a weird color. I can tell because I used to make this really kick-ass Bloody Mary mix.
I am a complete expert, and this was not a bloody Mary.
It wasn't even close...
So I think what he did was take hot sauce and put it over ice with a little bit of salt on half of the rim
Yeah. I was like wtf ?? It wasn't just spicy. It was a freaking choking hazard.:
disgusting and pathetic.
It looked and tasted like this guy dumped a lot of Mexican hot sauce over ice for 15 bucks. I guess somebody told him that's what a bloody Mary was. I don't know.
Ever heard of Google??
I said
"Can you put some tomato juice in this?"
He said
"no, it's upstairs." (along with your fake bartending experience, I guess)
(I was just about ready to walk out )
then he said OK...
He comes back with some tomato juice, and he puts maybe 2 teaspoons of tomato juice on top. There was no celery salt, olives
There was no horseradish.
I still can't believe it, but it was true.
in my opinion, this is not his fault. It's the manager's fault: the bar
managers fault if, in fact, they even have one, which I bet they don't.
So he adds
About a 2 tablespoons of tomato juice and hands back to me
I think he's lucky that I didn't choke to death. Imagine taking a big swig of nothing but Mexican hot sauce going down your throat.
I gave it back to him like this guy has no idea what a bloody Mary even is
It's pretty ridiculous for 15 bucks.
I gave it back to him and asked for a Pepsi. He gave me Diet Pepsi instead, which I am highly allergic to, so I didn't drink that, but I did pay for it.
You don't wanna like to have to explain to a person how to do their own freaking job.
Downer !!!
It's not this guy's fault.
It's Management's fault.
and I imagine the place will be bankrupt in a month or two anyway; I've been in the food bar service industry long enough to know, but I digress.
Food: it arrived lukewarm, and also about to go bad you could just tell.
I ordered cheese enchiladas with green sauce and corn street corn with cream on top.
It tasted like it had a bad sour taste, not fresh bitter, and BAD.
The enchiladas were just unbelievably mediocre
Now I will never go back.
it felt like this place was about to go bankrupt anyway
there you have it
It was 60 bucks, and I paid it with a decent tip:
and then I walked out
hungry and angry with the taste hot sauce scalding my tonsils: (side note: I have eaten the hottest peppers ever created and it doesn't phase me but this was another level of drinking pure hot sauce: was the guy pulling a joke?)
EVEN Taco Bell is way better than this place.
I was considering just calling the credit card company and disputing the charge. What do you think ??
60 bucks, just thrown into the street.
Happy birthday.
Pink taco, don't go there.
There are so many great and cheap Mexican places in Hell's Kitchen, two blocks away.