Comments on: Café Atlantic - Cool Cuban Cuisine http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/ foodblogging los angeles Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:27:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: How To File Taxes Online http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-1756779 How To File Taxes Online Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:56:31 +0000 http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-1756779 Spot on post. Great read with my nightcap Spot on post. Great read with my nightcap

]]> By: Pauline http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-29210 Pauline Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:44:37 +0000 http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-29210 I haven't been back to Cafe Atlantic since they moved. I am very disappointed to hear the quality of their food has gone down... way down... Nevertheless, thanks for the update/warning. Let us hope that Xiomara Ardolina reads this and fixes the problems with Cafe Atlantic because it really was a good restaurant once. I haven’t been back to Cafe Atlantic since they moved. I am very disappointed to hear the quality of their food has gone down… way down…

Nevertheless, thanks for the update/warning. Let us hope that Xiomara Ardolina reads this and fixes the problems with Cafe Atlantic because it really was a good restaurant once.

]]> By: Kat http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-29194 Kat Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:33:35 +0000 http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-29194 And yes, the plaintains were awful... And yes, the plaintains were awful…

]]> By: Kat http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-29193 Kat Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:32:31 +0000 http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-29193 I agree with Yvette-Janine. By coincidence, I was there this past Sat. night too. We were a party of 10 and ordered all kinds of different dishes but all of them were so-so in terms of presentation and taste. The Arroz con Pollo was NOT worth the 30 minute wait - I could have cooked that chicken in 10 minutes and that rice tasted like it came out of Uncle Ben. The pork plate didn't look appetizing. The list goes one. The only thing we liked was the hot garlicky bread. And for some reason, there was a lot of fruit flies buzzing over our table the entire time and we had to keep swatting them from our food and drinks. I wouldn't go there again. I agree with Yvette-Janine. By coincidence, I was there this past Sat. night too. We were a party of 10 and ordered all kinds of different dishes but all of them were so-so in terms of presentation and taste. The Arroz con Pollo was NOT worth the 30 minute wait - I could have cooked that chicken in 10 minutes and that rice tasted like it came out of Uncle Ben. The pork plate didn’t look appetizing. The list goes one. The only thing we liked was the hot garlicky bread. And for some reason, there was a lot of fruit flies buzzing over our table the entire time and we had to keep swatting them from our food and drinks. I wouldn’t go there again.

]]> By: Yvette-Janine http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-29145 Yvette-Janine Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:51:08 +0000 http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-29145 I meant beans, not beens LOL I meant beans, not beens LOL

]]> By: Yvette-Janine http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-29144 Yvette-Janine Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:33:01 +0000 http://la.foodblogging.com/2005/06/04/cafe-atlantic-cool-cuban-cuisine/#comment-29144 I was surprised by the amazing review of Cafe Atlantic. Perhaps now that they have moved in back of Xiomara's, they changed their need to serve an extraordinary meal. I went there last night for the first time; five of us, my cuban father one of them. The ambiance was extraordinary. I started with a guava batido, which was excellent. We waited 40 minutes for our food to find thatthe food was less than ordinary. Each of us ordered a different meal and not one was to our liking. This was not cuban food at its best, not even was it good. The rice that was served with each of our meals was basmati. ?Que cubano come basmati? The fragrance of basmati was overbearing and didn't let me enjoy my rabo encendido, which was burned in some areas. My husband had bistec encebollado y peregil, and he said the steak was flavorless and it came with two tiny slim slices of onions (encebollado?). He said that his beens were the only thing that was good so he drenched his steak and rice in beans. My father, refused to eat and said "estos cubanos tienen mucho que aprender". On top of everything "los tostones estaban socatos". The tostones were reheated, which anyone who makes their own tostones knows that if you reheat plantains, they limp like micowaving french fries. Anyhow, if it hadn't been for our lovely cuban server (the other two were asian and could barely speak english), we would have left running. If you are seeking an extraordinary atmosphere, but less than ordinary cuban food, go to the Atlantic Cafe. I was surprised by the amazing review of Cafe Atlantic. Perhaps now that they have moved in back of Xiomara’s, they changed their need to serve an extraordinary meal. I went there last night for the first time; five of us, my cuban father one of them. The ambiance was extraordinary. I started with a guava batido, which was excellent. We waited 40 minutes for our food to find thatthe food was less than ordinary. Each of us ordered a different meal and not one was to our liking. This was not cuban food at its best, not even was it good. The rice that was served with each of our meals was basmati. ?Que cubano come basmati? The fragrance of basmati was overbearing and didn’t let me enjoy my rabo encendido, which was burned in some areas. My husband had bistec encebollado y peregil, and he said the steak was flavorless and it came with two tiny slim slices of onions (encebollado?). He said that his beens were the only thing that was good so he drenched his steak and rice in beans. My father, refused to eat and said “estos cubanos tienen mucho que aprender”. On top of everything “los tostones estaban socatos”. The tostones were reheated, which anyone who makes their own tostones knows that if you reheat plantains, they limp like micowaving french fries. Anyhow, if it hadn’t been for our lovely cuban server (the other two were asian and could barely speak english), we would have left running. If you are seeking an extraordinary atmosphere, but less than ordinary cuban food, go to the Atlantic Cafe.

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