What the … ?
JOHN’S REVIEW:
Vince ended up having to work through lunch this Friday, so I was on my own. I decided to join a group of co-workers and order Chipotle on-line for pick-up. Not only did everyone find the web page annoying and confusing, the rest of our experience followed suit.
Food:
Call me crazy for ordering tacos from a burrito place, but gourmet they are not. The flavor was uniformily bland and the hard taco shells where broken, squashed and limp. The Barbacoa meat was acceptable, but everyone in my group believes it’s pork not beef. Bottom line: I prefer Taco Bell leaps and bounds over Chipotle.
Decor:
I guess that’s what you’re paying for, cool decor. Every Chipotle I’ve visited was trendy in appearance, and looked as though good food was served there. I suppose everything seems better when it has a pretty wrapping.
Service:
The place was packed! We waited about 10 minutes in line to pick up our food. Chipotle forgot to give us the chips and guacamole sides they remembered to charge us for. New York, do yourself a favor and stay away from Chipotle.
Cost:
30+ minutes to order ahead of time, 10+ minutes waiting in line & $7.00+ for three sub-par hard tacos.
Proximity:
It can be accessed by the underground at Rockefeller Plaza, easy access.
Vince’s apology for John:
I am sorry that I had to miss FanFooFri and left John to his own devices. See what happens….UGH!! Work, work, work… We are definitely going to do it next Friday. So, stay tuned for our review of Cafe Habana!!
March 18, 2007 at 12:42 am
i hope you won’t give up on them. the chipotles in new york have been my worst two experiences at the restaurant. i promise that if you go to any of the locations further west then you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
also, you know you always get screwed when you take out. the drive-in folks at any chain will always give you the wrong thing, and somewhat typically of the situation chipotle doesn’t get their take out orders 100% right either. since you aren’t in store watching them make it, of course you’re more likely to have problems like mixed ingredients, broken shells and, overly soggy bits.
also, all you have to do is look at the barbacoa to know that it is 100% cow. pork just has a completely different grain to it. i wouldn’t doubt other meat related ingredients (since they use pork lard in the preparation of the pinto beans) but their barbacoa recipe doesn’t call for it http://chipotlog.com/recipe/the-real-chipotle-barbacoa-recipe
March 20, 2007 at 6:28 pm
This guy is a total Chipotle Molé. He’s totally toting the Chipotle agenda of all the union taco-slingers. This is complete Chipoltaganda! I demand my time back.