Virgil's Cocktails and Cocina

This location now has brunch on Sundays. They haven't updated their Google or website yet, but it looks like a really tasty brunch menu. I came for tacos and one of my favorite desserts, tres leches. My first time at this location. First impression, great for vegans, vegetarians, and gluten free friends. I got the Carne Asada with rice side, an extra side of plantains, and Tres Leches Cake. Anything came out warm. The tacos were good. 3 per meal. The rice was yummy and had pieces of plantains mixed in. That was a really lovely surprise! The plantains with the vinegar sauce was really tasty! The bitter vinegar flavor complemented the sweetness of the fruit. Loved. Finally the cake was nice. The berries had a sour punch that was tasty with the thicker sweet cream on top of a obviously soaked in milk but still dense cake. Good food, intimate space, and good service.

Cute little place but that's about it EAT BEFORE YOU GO. July 30- Had the chips and queso and that was good. We both had the "chicken" paella. Two bite sizes pieces of chicken and some plantains and a very small serving of rice with onions $15 total ripoff. If you want good paella head to Bahama Breeze. It's excellent and you can't eat the whole thing. The server looked like she would rather be anywhere else than Virgil's. No redeeming qualities about this place other than it's cute but not that cute

The chips were so unique and delicious. A decent selection. The menu online does not reflect what they have in store. The music was a little loud so hard to ha e a conversation. The ambiance was nice.

The food was alright but we had to wait about 50 minutes for our paella. If you're going to have a wait that long, you should offer some chips and salsa on the house because that's super unprofessional. I liked the paella but it had like 3 small bites of chicken throughout the whole dish. The margaritas were good though.

Bartenders were very sweet and drinks were fantastic! Stellar food as well! My friend from Texas had the Elote app and said they were better than any she’s had there and I had the fried avocado tacos and wanted to order 4 more if I weren’t already full!! Will definitely be back!!

First the play list is all explicit music and I like hardcore rap. We were the only ones in the restaurant and the service sucked! Why do the chips come with sugar in them? Asked for new chips without any sugar and they came out 20+ minutes later when we were ready to leave. The rice had way too much salt. I can say that the margarita and guacamole was good.

Please be aware that the restaurant is closed and has changed to The Merchant. It is possible you can still get a reservation in their website. Please save yourself some time and just don’t, they will call the day of the reservation you to assign you a reservation to the Merchant. I mean it’s ok if that’s what you want but if you were looking for Virgil’s and expected a sit in restaurant I’d suggest looking elsewhere. I hope this helps.

Very nice staff. Cool atmosphere. Music was a at a good level to still have conversation. Food came out pretty quickly. Waitress was attentive and friendly. I liked that there was a raleigh cocktail. Lots of GF, Vegan and vegetarian options.