I have been wanting to try this Mexican restaurant after hearing only positive things, and I am glad I finally had the chance. I went out to lunch on a sunday with a group of people and was nothing but satisfied with my experience.
We started off by ordering a pitcher of sangria for the table. The sangria was not too sweet and not too fruity, just perfect. We could have easily ordered another! The table wanted to order apps so we went with guacamole and jalapeno poppers. I am not the biggest fan of fried food so I did not eat the poppers but I did try some guac, one of my favorite mexican accompaniments. The guacamole was chunky with enough garlic, but not too over powerful. I would not necessarily recommend someone to order it as an appetizer, there are mexican places that are a much better choice where the guacamole is actually made table side, but the guac was still tasty.
Being lunch, I was not too hungry so I wanted to order a salad. There were two options I was looking at, the house salad and the aztec salad. I was told the house salad had more fixins while the azteca was primarily greens. I went with the house salad; being that it was also only 6.25 I did not expect much. The salad that came out was over sized in a tortilla shell with lots of avocado slices, cheese, tomato, and onions. They also give oil and vinegar, which works perfectly for me. The avocado was fresh and overall the salad was tasty, especially for the price. I have had much better Mexican salads before, but those were all double the price of this one. This was perfect for a lunch.
My boyfriend ordered something that had tortillas wrapped with chorizo in it and he said it was very very good and the sauce on top was delicious. I tried some of his beans and they came out very good, with a bit of mexican cheese melted on top. Others at the table had quesadillas, enchiladas etc and no one had anything negative to say.
Aztec Emperor was very delicious and inexpensive for lunch and I will definitely be back to try it for dinner so I can get a better idea of the inside acoustics of the restaurant as well as the dinner portions and of course, the margaritas!
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Bond St, New York, NY
It has been awhile since rating a restaurant, since I have been busy with work, but I am going to review a few I have visited in the last month and a half.
First stop Bond St. This Japanese restaurant is located on Bond St in NYC. Hint, know the red dot logo because otherwise you will never find the restaurant!
Entering into Bond St you are greeted by a fairly dark lounge. It is a cool place to hang out and have a drink if waiting for your table, but since it was a week day and 7:30 we had no problem getting in. With our table being ready immediately, we were escorted down the hall and told to take the elevator up to the second floor. It was pretty cool and unique to enter into your dining experience via elevator.
Right off the elevator is the next host who promptly seats you. The inside of Bond St is definitely just eh.. I am not in love with the layout and you really don't feel like your expectations are met after taking an elevator to the private dining floor. The tables were way too close together and we tried to move them but told we weren't allowed to due to reservations.
We decided to order a nice bottle of sake while looking through the menu. The waitress was nice that she let us try a sake before choosing it (especially since the Sakes are so expensive) but she was not the most helpful nor informed on the sake choices.
We wanted to relax take the time with the menus but where given a rushy impression. I am the type of person who orders a couple of apps before really looking at the menu but the waitress said they prefer taking the whole order at once (ugh annoying). She told us that she will space out the order instead for us to accommodate (which in the end the order was spaced out nicely so this I did appreciate).
For an appetizer we shared the Toro Tartar. It was very tasty but the portion size was eh. We also ordered the grilled octopus. That was very good and worth the amount it cost. For an entree we shared two special rolls the jalapeno scallop roll and hot ell dice roll. The hot eel dice roll was out of this world but the other roll we could have done without.
We weren't getting the best vibe from the inside of the restaurant, maybe we just went too early, and the sushi was not really up to the expectation we expected. In the end we will not be returning, and advice, save the special sushi dinner for Nisen in Woodbury, much much more worth it.
First stop Bond St. This Japanese restaurant is located on Bond St in NYC. Hint, know the red dot logo because otherwise you will never find the restaurant!
Entering into Bond St you are greeted by a fairly dark lounge. It is a cool place to hang out and have a drink if waiting for your table, but since it was a week day and 7:30 we had no problem getting in. With our table being ready immediately, we were escorted down the hall and told to take the elevator up to the second floor. It was pretty cool and unique to enter into your dining experience via elevator.
Right off the elevator is the next host who promptly seats you. The inside of Bond St is definitely just eh.. I am not in love with the layout and you really don't feel like your expectations are met after taking an elevator to the private dining floor. The tables were way too close together and we tried to move them but told we weren't allowed to due to reservations.
We decided to order a nice bottle of sake while looking through the menu. The waitress was nice that she let us try a sake before choosing it (especially since the Sakes are so expensive) but she was not the most helpful nor informed on the sake choices.
We wanted to relax take the time with the menus but where given a rushy impression. I am the type of person who orders a couple of apps before really looking at the menu but the waitress said they prefer taking the whole order at once (ugh annoying). She told us that she will space out the order instead for us to accommodate (which in the end the order was spaced out nicely so this I did appreciate).
For an appetizer we shared the Toro Tartar. It was very tasty but the portion size was eh. We also ordered the grilled octopus. That was very good and worth the amount it cost. For an entree we shared two special rolls the jalapeno scallop roll and hot ell dice roll. The hot eel dice roll was out of this world but the other roll we could have done without.
We weren't getting the best vibe from the inside of the restaurant, maybe we just went too early, and the sushi was not really up to the expectation we expected. In the end we will not be returning, and advice, save the special sushi dinner for Nisen in Woodbury, much much more worth it.
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