I recently met up with an old friend. The weather was pretty rough, she has been living outside of NYC for some time, and I wanted to be a gentleman. So I decided to come to her and we would eat somewhere in the Bronx. Now, the only place I really eat in the Bronx is at mom’s place. So I did not know where to go or what the scene was. I had to go tourist mode and search around for some spots online.

I chose this place, and when I went to pick up my friend, we asked her mom if she wanted anything. She said no at first. But when we told her where we were going, she got interested and changed her answer to yes. That raised the bar since it seemed to have a good reception from my friend’s mom.

First thing I have to say is that this place is tricky to find. We went to Bronx Terminal Market, which is actually really close to my friend’s place, but once inside the mall, the restaurant is way in the back and quite hard to find. Now that I know where it is, it will be easy, but walking around in the cold took some time.

Once we found it, we were immediately seated, greeted quickly, and provided water. The service here was really good. The staff were friendly and fast with everything. The food was hit or miss. Some items did not have much flavor, and some did. Here is a quick rundown.

We had bread, I did not take a picture, but it was warm and toasted garlic bread. A nice touch after coming in from the cold. To balance things out, we both decided to have a pina colada!

About the pina coladas, like the food, it was hit or miss. One was watery, the other perfect, so a 50/50 chance! I took the cherry stem and showed off that I still have the skills to tie it in a knot. When my friend asked what that was supposed to mean, I just smiled and said, SKILLS!

This was the rice I went with on the side. It was not very flavorful and was a bit disappointing.

My friend seemed to enjoy the white rice.

These tostones were pretty good. Nice and crunchy!

The sweet plantains were also quite good. I had to hold myself back to make sure her mom got some in her takeout order. Hehe.

The grilled calamari was okay. I have had better, but it was not bad, just not amazing.

I enjoyed the fish croquettes. They were like regular croquettes but with fish instead of ham or whatever. These were really good. Sadly, none were left for her mom. Ha!

She had steak and wanted me to try some, but I was busy with my own meal, which was pretty massive. That steak went to her mom!

This was my dish. We joked that both our steaks were tough to chew. The shrimp and lobster tail were enjoyable. The portions were very generous, so I sent some to her mom as well. Between the two of us and what we saved, she had a large meal. The servings were big enough that we did not need to order something separate for her mom. There was enough here for maybe even four people!

The restaurant was okay. Not a place I would go out of my way to revisit, but if I am in the area and nothing else is around, I would go for the seafood since that was pretty good. I would avoid the steak as it was tough and hard to chew. Aside from that, some of the food was decent, and once again, the service was great!