My wife and I recently had dinner at Azul Latin Bistro and loved it. The interior design is remarkably different compared to its exterior. It set a great mood for a great meal. We started off with the chorizo and goat cheese quesadilla and a couple of their signature cocktails. The drinks were a bit strong, but good nonetheless. The quesadilla was fantastic, perfect amount of cheese and chorizo.
Our dinner took about 20 min to get to the table, which was fine considering my wife ordered the chicken and received a bone-in chicken breast cooked perfectly. I had the chile relleno and found it impressive. The black bean puree and ancho chile sauce was a great contrast smoothed out by the cream sauce.
The presentation on all of the dishes was great and each had a good balance. I read on some other posts that the service was sub-par but I have to disagree. We had excellent service, very attentive and the right amount of talkative. Perhaps some of those post were older and they enacted some positive changes since. Our water was never low and drinks never empty. This could be because the place was only half full..on a Saturday night. Which leads to my only qualm with Azul, the lack of patrons affected the atmosphere. When the music changed tracks, the restaurant fell silent. That and the weird graphics flashing on the flat screens. But, there is no reason this should be the case.
This quality of food and prices combined with the new tourism downtown should get this place the business it deserves. We will be back this weekend, do yourself a favor and try it out.
Our dinner took about 20 min to get to the table, which was fine considering my wife ordered the chicken and received a bone-in chicken breast cooked perfectly. I had the chile relleno and found it impressive. The black bean puree and ancho chile sauce was a great contrast smoothed out by the cream sauce.
The presentation on all of the dishes was great and each had a good balance. I read on some other posts that the service was sub-par but I have to disagree. We had excellent service, very attentive and the right amount of talkative. Perhaps some of those post were older and they enacted some positive changes since. Our water was never low and drinks never empty. This could be because the place was only half full..on a Saturday night. Which leads to my only qualm with Azul, the lack of patrons affected the atmosphere. When the music changed tracks, the restaurant fell silent. That and the weird graphics flashing on the flat screens. But, there is no reason this should be the case.
This quality of food and prices combined with the new tourism downtown should get this place the business it deserves. We will be back this weekend, do yourself a favor and try it out.
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