Barzola

J

2 months ago

★★★★★

I usually have a great experience at this chain of restaurants. The astoria & Brooklyn location serve the best encebollado I've tried in queens. ( trust me I've tried them all) This particular location seems to have the recipe all wrong. I tried to ask if they have a different chef or recipe but the workers seem not to know much information. I'll never return! Go elsewhere!

Eduardo Aragundi

2 months ago

★★★★★

DISCLAIMER: This is a review about a delivery order, I have never been in the restaurant. Ordered an encebollado de pescado for $25 (on doordash, costs $22 in the restaurant) excited about finally trying the food from this famous Ecuadorian restaurant, haven't had one in a while. Total disappointment. Poor portion for a $25 dish, the yuca didn't taste fresh at all (reminded me of the yuca from the canned encebollados), the broth lacked flavor (nothing that a lot of lemon, aji and oil cannot fix) and received barely 3 small slices of fish (which did taste good). Didn't receive cilantro and pickled onions (had to add them myself) with my dish. Tasted like any $1 encebollado in ecuador, which would be fine if it costed $1, paying $25 for this disappointment is a shame, and will never have an encebollado there again. Overall it tastes like encebollado in a can with only a different fish. Again, it did not taste bad, but it was worth barely $2. Will try again if the price drops < $5 (I am sure even here, they still will be making a profit)

Pat Alb

2 months ago

★★★★★

The food is always great! However Miss Lorena C. the Absolute WORST! Never came to our table to check on us, ignored us the entire time, looked very unhappy, and the food took forever to get to us. Even a soda took more than 20 minutes. Not sure how this restaurant is training their staff but it has gone down hill in just a few months. DO BETTER BARZOLA