It has come to my attention ... that I (S) am the sour apple of the bunch.
What do I mean by this? While my co-contributors are charming, lively, and more than tickled to shower praises to our restaurant ventures. I am not.
So, I will do the unthinkable and write the about the bad experiences. Yes! I will be bad cop and darn proud. Just don't come after me please... I'm scared of all you foody fanatics.
So... now to say what I've been wanting to say about Cuban Petes located at Montclair NJ.
I loved this place... I still like this place(?) slightly commercialized cuban treat tucked in the center of Bloomfield Ave. Their concoction of mojitos and sangrias that are essentially alcohol free and the music blasting, buzz of excitement. I don't know....
My last experience was bad after a string of bad experiences at this place.
I will only comment of my most recent experience. Got there around 9PM on a Tuesday night. Which, I don't think is prime dinner time but whatever. We got to the front and put our name down for 30 minute wait. Okay, so we go out and take a walk (it's a beautiful night) and come back promptly 25 minutes after we left. I go back to the hostess to check when we would be ready and there is only one other name before ours that hasn't been crossed out. SWEET! and the waiting area (notorious staircase) is pretty much half empty, there are about 8 names after us so this makes sense. Right? WRONG! The manager/owner... I don't know who this guys is comes in and out of the area and starts pulling people to tables until ... eeek. My party and I are the only other couple waiting for a table. about 20 minutes have passed. Okay... whatever. I've heard of the horrible waiting line. It's okay. Once we sit down the waiters are usually very prompt and lively. USUALLY... NOT TONIGHT. waited another 15 minutes until the waiter came to us. We ordered our drinks (pitcher of mojito) and 4 tapas. No water on the table yet. okay. our tapas come out in literally 15 minutes. (awesome... their service is quick. ) but we just walked around and waited for over an hour - we are thirsty. no waiter... no water... no mojito... 30 minutes passed with 4 lonely tapas on our table. we are slowly getting hungry so we start eating... but the food only makes us more thirsty and everything tastes dry. (maybe because the lack of refreshments?) Finally got our waiter's attention - he really did forget. he genuinely apologized. okay... he's off the hook. but still... 2-3 hours of our lives down the drain for this?
i know some that are still fans of this place and i don't know how i feel. but i did not like this past experience. NOT AT ALL. if my friends want to go... okay. I'll come for the ride to see how the night turns out, maybe it'll be better. but i don't think i'll make a trip down there on my own or ever suggest going there for cuban food.
(ps. sorry for the grammar mistakes and all that junk. not my forte and i'm venting so... please excuse. if you are one of those people who find poor grammar irritating , just avoid my posts in the future and please enjoy the lyrical ranting of JT or M. )
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