📍 Address: 5248 Red Bug Lake Rd, Winter Springs

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4)

Finally got a chance to try this place out and it had its hits and misses. So let's start off with the good. Overall the food was great. We ordered the Mexican street corn appetizer and i have to say, its one of the best things I've eaten in a while. I can't think of a single negative thing to say about it. My wife ordered the fajitas and they were delicious. I ordered the chicken rice bowl and it was just ok. I felt it was a bit bland. No "kick" in the blackened chicken, no hint of cilantro in the "cilantro rice". I was expecting more. It was not bad, just didn't compare to all the other dishes. The restaurant is beautiful and the outdoor seating is nice but only after sunset. Between 6-730pm that sun is smack in your face. The only negative thing was the service. The individual was nice but super slow. We had to ask for refills on more than one occasion. He rarely checked up on us. That being said, that won't stopped me from returning. Could have been a rough night, could have been just him. My family and I definitely will be returning, especially for that corn :-)

📍 Address: 110 S Orlando Ave, Ste 4, Winter Park

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐ (3.5)

My boyfriend and I showed up tonight craving deserts but were very disappointed to see that the doors were locked and the place was closed. We saw a sign on the door that said they close at 10pm on Saturday. We arrived at approximately 8:15pm. We went through the trouble of looking for parking (their parking lot was packed!) and walked out to find locked doors. We would love to try this during the day when they are more likely to be open, but for tonight, we are forced to find desert elsewhere. It is just disappointing and a waste of time to arrive somewhere that is supposed to be open, only to find out they've closed early /:

📍 Address: 2261 Dorchester Ave, Boston

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐ (3.5)

Nothing special, the only thing this place has going for itself is location. This is basically the overflow lot for the better restaurants on the block, when the wait times at the Lower Mills Tavern or Yellow Door Taqueria are too long to put up with. Overpriced food served in a pretentious manner. Service is decent right up until you get your food, then instead of actually spotting what is needed and taking care of it (i.e. filling water glasses, removing empty plates, etc.) you'll get an overbearing check-in every 15 minutes asking "do you need anything? (...like the bill, you should have finished eating by now, please leave)".I ordered a burger and it was a sloppy mess. 2 bites in and I had to resort to a knife and fork as the bun had completely dissolved into mush. They also couldn't properly cook to order; as other reviews note the chef comes up a few minutes shy of how long the meats should have been cooked. The fries were good though.Most of what my date got was left on the table and not entirely appetizing. A heap of what looked and tasted like Cedars hummus alongside a pretentious and not entirely fresh looking array of accompaniments; gourmet peppers, baby carrots with the ends attached (so you know they're baby carrots) and indian naan...what's wrong with classics like sliced bell peppers, carrot sticks, celery, and pita? If you aren't going to get good fresh unique ingredients, at least go with the basics and execute well. The other dish was some cauliflower appetizer that had such an off flavor profile (garlic, honey, pickles, miso...so basically salty, bitter, sweet, tangy, sour, spicy and nutty, all thrown into one dish) that it only lasted 3 courtesy bites before being relegated to the corner of the table to be uneaten.The chef here clearly thinks if you get fancy and exotic enough sounding ingredients (aioli, fresnos, shishito, naan, black pepper honey, etc.) that it will distract the customer from poor execution and inflated prices.

📍 Address: 2 Alfred St, Woburn

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐ (3.5)

Food is decent, some fairly authentic but certainly not as good as szechuan gourmet in burlington.Echoing some of the other reviewers, the owner was very rude when taking carry out orders over the phone, took the orders of a caller who called in after me just because i asked one question (how long will it take?), and refuse to listen to my complaint when i arrived in the restaurant (still being on hold on the phone!) If he can't do business fair and don't listen to customer complaints, he will lose business. Or, if he does not have the client facing mentality, hire someone who does before he piss off all the customers.I would have given at least three stars for the staff who works there and the food but with the abundance of choices available, i don't have to put up with a rude owner.

📍 Address: 190 Newbury St, Boston

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐ (3)

Only redeeming part of brunch today was our server, Tyler. I hope he escapes this hellhole and goes to a restaurant that doesn't set their servers up for failure. Didn't get the managers name but he needs to put as much effort into customer service as he does on his suit jacket pocket square and texting on the job. My 2 friends and I ordered 2 bloody Mary's, a coffee martini, burrata , and main dishes. Tyler warned us that the bar was backed up. 35 minutes later our main dishes arrived, still no drinks, and no burrata. My first mistake was asking for the manager instead of complaining to Tyler directly. The manager comes over, immediately defensive, and claiming the drinks were late because "they make the Bloody Mary mix from scratch, and it's Sunday brunch so it's a very busy time for us." I didn't realize they flew to Italy and handpicked tomatoes off the vine then crushed them by hand! He offered an incredibly insincere apology with more condescending excuses. I asked what he was going to do to make things right and he said "do you want me to cancel your drinks?"....... amazing. 10 minutes later the burrata and drinks make it to the table as we finish our main. Tyler thankfully recovered for his manager, comped our drinks and burrata (which the manager was obviously not too pleased about despite later trying to get credit for the comp) and apologized again. It's VERY obvious that this restaurant is a shit show. The hostess looked like she was about to cry, bus boys were frantically running around and all the guests were miserable. This place is probably the most poorly run operation I've seen. Oh, and the food sucked. None of this matters though because it's a tourist trap on Newbury.

📍 Address: 50 Milk St, Boston

⭐ Stars:⭐⭐⭐⭐ (3.5)

The worst thing about Milk Street cafe is that they close at 3pm.Everything else is either fantastic or par for the course with a cafe-style eatery of this high caliber and excellence.The fantastic things are the selection and the quality of food. From the bakery up front and the "hot selections" in the middle of the cafe, to the sushi and deli selections towards the back of the cafe, you will have a pretty hard time deciding what to try when you first get in. My recommendation? Start with one of their always-delicious soups and then continue your culinary journey from there. You will not be disappointed by how flavourful, filling, and, oftentimes, healthy these things are.Now, the "par for the course" things: seating can be a little limited. So, if you are expecting to just walk in during lunchtime (or almost anytime, really) and not have to search for a seat, I encourage you to lower your expectations. Also, some patrons may balk at the prices. Perhaps it's my own privilege of being able to regularly eat healthy foods (and I recognize that privilege) but MSC is actually very reasonably priced for the area. Also, spare your diet and spoil yourself with one of their desserts. Go for the chocolate peanut butter bar for something super-rich or the pecan bar for something with a sweet, sticky edge to it.