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Buffalo Cantina
Categories: Restaurants Tex-Mex Restaurants Chicken Wings Tex-Mex, Chicken Wings [Edit]
149 Havemeyer St(between 1st St & 2nd St)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Neighborhood: Williamsburg - South Side
(718) 218-7788
- Nearest Transit:
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Marcy Av (J, M, Z)
Metropolitan Av (G)
Hewes St (J, M)
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 11 am - 11 pm
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Hipster, Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Caters:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
112 reviews for Buffalo Cantina
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112 reviews in English
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Review from Guillermo K.
Brooklyn, NY
5/24/2012
Their wings are crazy spicy. Tried the suicidal sauce and was only able to eat 4/6 :).
It's fun to see everyone in tears who's trying those atomic wings.
Ok place, little understaffed. -
Review from Steve W.
3/24/2012
my second challenge of the week. i finished the phaal curry challenge at brick lane curry earlier in the week and my balls were now the size of grapefruits. i could conquer anything.
seppuku challenge my ass. we'll get to my ass later. i could handle this. me and my friends trek out here to conquer this beast of a challenge. 3 or us tried it (shoutout to jay saunder and christian sales). lets just cut to the chase.
the challenge is to eat 12 seppuku wings in 3 mins. thats 15 second a wing. i don't eat this fast on normal wings. but hey whatever, you only live once yolo. yeah i think i'm a rapper sometimes. so they make us wait for the wings as the special sauce has to be prepped. if we finish it, we have our pictures on the wall of fame and our dish paid for. these 12 wings cost a whopping $42. i guess for the sauce, regular wings are much much cheaper. bam, here it comes after much anticipation. first bite, damn its nasty tasting and quite a kick. but i go through my first couple no problem, altho i'm falling behind on time. 3 wings in the first minute, i'm behind schedule. i look at jay and he's chowing through it. i think he's cheating cause he takes one big bite and is done with a wing. bullshit, i'm a hater, i want to finish this and don't want to be beaten by my friends. 6 wings finished in 2.5 minutes. ugh i''m not gonna get through this. and i'm sweating and feel sick. jay's up to 10 wings (cheater), chris is one ahead of me only. the last 30 seconds, i finished another wing for a total of 7. FAILURE. chris finished 8, jay 11. so close right jay? wrong, his 11 is more like a 6.5.
now the aftermath, they rush a gallon of milk to our table. and while it was hot while eating it, it doesn't truly kick in til after the fact. my mouth is on fire. like almost unbearable heat pain. and i aint no sucker, i could handle my spiciness. but damn, this is painful. one cup of milk downed, as soon as you finish, the burn comes back. 3 cups of milk done, still there. shit, i need a refill of milk. 4 cups now, mixed with that nasty seppuku sauce is a bad combination. finally someone gave me gum and that actually helps. where were you before you late bastard?
now back to my ass. it did not like me for the next 2 days. i had to cancel plans that night cause my stomach was in knots. 4 days later, i was still not fully recovered. i'm coming back next year. -
Review from Matteo R.
2/22/2012 1 Check-in Here
Buffalo Cantina is the proof that being under the influence leads to questionable choices.
After an evening of copious libations at nearby Banter, Buffalo Cantina looked like the perfect place for some late-night drunk food.
The buffalo wings ($10.75 for 12) were pretty solid in taste, albeit not particularly crisp on the outside. And rather hot, I have to say. I can only imagine that the hotter and suicidal versions will likely induce some permanent damage to the adventurous (aka irresponsible) eater[1.
These wings are also able to fly. During the meal, in fact, a wing managed to launch itself across the table while my dining companion was eating it! I could only watch in shock and awe while the red-hot wing landed on my chest, and then proceeded to fall according to the law of gravity, leaving an orange streak of grease on my cream-colored sweater of Italian wool, and finally came to rest on my corduroy beige pants.
My avocado burrito ($7.50) was truly awful. I've had my share of bad burritos, and this one easily makes the top 5 (or bottom 5?) list. Cold and flavorless, tough-skinned, the grated cheese not melted at all, it really tasted like something that came straight from the fridge, after spending in said fridge the previous 24 hours.
The waitress was a real sweetheart.
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[1] In fact, the suicide wings were featured in Man vs. Food: http://www.youtube.com...Comment from Ciarán C. of Buffalo Cantina 3/30/2012
So let me get this straight. You're drunk off your ass,… More » -
Review from Kenny F.
Queens, NY
Updated - 5/6/2012
Time to update my review of cantina......FREAKING LOVE THIS PLACE!!! Wings are amazing....enough said, good to hang out w friends, eat, and talk.....five stars without thinking
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12/29/2009
Saw this place on Man vs. Food and had to try it out.
Went with two of my coworkers and we tried the… Read more »
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Review from Chung T.
3/23/2012
Came to witness the " SEPPUKU ATOMIC WING CONTEST" as 3 of my friends attempted to climb Mt. Everest. I love watching them act all manly and Shizz and then come up short, like way short and sweating like balls in the process. Putting the entertainment value aside, this place kinda blows. Food is ok at best. Our server was super nice and really hooks up the drinks but I see this as a huge YMMV instead of the norm. I'd prolly won't come back ever again, unless my friend's bruised ego wants another go at them wings. I guess spending a week in the can isn't enough. They're all so silly.
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Review from John M.
Brooklyn, NY
1/4/2012
Oh Buffalo Cantina, what happened? The wings are still pretty good, but that's it. Every-single-time I call for delivery one of Four things happens: 1) I get hung up on. 2) The person on the phone cant understand me. 3) The counter person has left the phone off the hook and all i get is a busy signal to where I walk over and notice NO ONE is inside and the counter person is chewing a straw. 4) The order is wrong.
Im sorry guys, I really used to love you and I want to so bad but I cant anymore; Im breaking up. The chicken has clearly been degraded to inedible. No one pays attention to the order. ugh. Im done. Its over. Bye. *tear* -
Review from Reed M.
Brooklyn, NY
11/14/2011
Oooooohhhhh Buffalo Cantina......
My love/hate relationship with you is amusing.
First the good.
-Their Buffalo Chicken fingers are quite good and this is the ONLY reason I keep coming back (75% of the time take-out). I usually get the hotter as I have made the mistake of ordering the suicides and finishing them, this was not a fun time. The fingers are also paired with fries, carrots, celery and choice of 2 sauces, all for $6.80 out the door! Out of all the food on the menu this and the actual wings are the only things worth eating.
-The rare times I do bite the bullet and decide to be ignored by eating there I usually hope to see some idiot come in and try their Seppuku wing challenge. I have seen this challenge take place around 7 times, each time the poor sap gets about 2-3 wings in and is in tears. It's pretty entertaining, kinda like you're at Medieval Times or something.
-The horchata
Now the bad.
-As everyone else says, the service. It is awful, I can't count the number of times we've had to ask for water, silverware, the check and it seems like the right to order food. Lately I have noticed the staff has been changing very frequently and this is probably due to management actually opening their eyes and realizing the place sucks when it comes to service. But, it still sucks and seems like it will always suck. But hey at least they aren't mean.
-How is this place always out of things? It's rarely busy, I walk by it everyday. Numerous times my friends will order things and the waiter will come back to say they are out. It's fine if it happens once or twice, but this has happened over 5 times. Someone there needs to learn how to order for an actual restaurant and not a home kitchen.
-As I mentioned above, pretty much everything on the menu sucks besides the chicken tenders, wings, horchata and other drinks.
All in all, I will continue to get take-out from here, strictly the buffalo chicken tenders. And that is the only reason I gave them an extra 2 stars. -
Review from Casey B.
Brooklyn, NY
11/7/2011 1 Check-in Here
I came here to watch two fiends do the infamous Seppuku Challenge: 12 of the hottest wings around in 3 minutes (thats 5 seconds a wing!) with no napkins, gloves or water, followed by a mind-numbing three minutes of intense agony. If you make it through, you get as much milk as you want to calm the pain, your photo goes up on the wall, and your food is free. These wings are so hot you have to sign a waiver before eating them.
It was fucking epic.
I got the mildest wings they make (hot) and my mouth was on fire. The moral of the story is that this place is for champions and I am a giant loser. -
Review from Elly F.
Nassau County, NY
9/17/2011 1 Check-in Here
I really really wanted to love this place. I watch Man vs. Food and I was convinced this would be a great place to visit. Sadly, I was really disappointed. Maybe with all the hype my expectations were too great.
The food was not bad, and the wings are ok, I have had better. Although, I have not had hotter. They do not offer mild wings, only hot, hotter and suicide.
All in all, Buffalo Cantina is a decent place to eat, just don't go there expecting anything other than ordinary. -
Review from Janie J.
Brooklyn, NY
12/12/2011
I used to love this place. L-O-V-E. Sure, it wasn't the best Mexican I had ever had, but it was cheap, tasty and reliable. I used to order so much that the counter people would know what I wanted when I got there.
But, in the last year or so, when they switched from counter service to table service, things just started to change and not for the better. Definitely the slowest service I have ever had, and that's saying a lot. And they changed the chips from really yummy things, to crappy prepackaged, well, crap.
But I continued to order, often. Because I loved their tofu. I'm a vegetarian and, sometimes, I want to eat things other than vegetables, you know? So those tofu tacos were perfect and filling and meaty and delicious. So, I went to order them last night, and I noticed that the tofu wasn't anywhere on the online ordering system. Hoping it was some sort of glitch, I called. And, sure enough, they have gotten rid of the tofu. Needless to say, I won't be going back here, unless they bring back the tofu. Until then, I'll stick with Taco-Chulo, which has much, much better burritos. -
Review from Heidi D.
Brooklyn, NY
9/3/2011
Was tempted to rate this with 3 stars, but honestly the food was not good. It wasn't terrible, but it tasted similar to what I've made at home only not nearly as good.
Friendly enough staff, so it's unfortunate. -
Review from Michelle R.
KEW GARDEN HL, NY
7/12/2011
I would give this place 0 stars if I could. I came here a while back with my hubby because we had seen this place on Man vs Food and we love wings. It was a total nightmare from beginning to end!!!
No parking, had to circle for 20 minutes
The place is small and hard to find
We get there and we weren't seated
The waiter didn't ask us if we wanted drinks, he just asked us what we wanted to eat.
After getting the wings the waiter never checked up on us to ask if we needed water or anything.
The waiter just left while we were eating and never came back!!! Noone took over his shift either so we had to go to the counter and tell them we were done eating and wanted the check!! It wasn't even busy when we went it was just us and ONE other table.
I WOULD NEVER COME BACK HERE, YOU ARE WARNED!!!!
THIS WAS THE WORST DINING EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD AND THE MOST BLATANT DISREGUARD TO CUSTOMERS!! -
Review from Tim D.
Brooklyn, NY
5/11/2011
Don't read this review if you don't enjoy getting angry. You've been warned.
A while back (before they filmed Man VS. Food there) Buffalo Cantina had a Sepuku wing challenge where you had to eat six Sepuku wings in 6 minutes. Sounds easy enough, right?
So a friend of mine and I go and give it a shot. We ask for the challenge and are told that it has been changed to 12 wings in 6 minutes....okay, we'll still do it.
I get through 6 wings and then my eyes swelled shut so I had to stop, but my friend actually finished all 12 in 3 minutes! They gave him his wings for free and I had to pay....still okay...the weird part was that they refused to take his picture to put it on the wall of winners. After some arguing, we decided that it would be better to get a blind drunk somewhere else than stand there bickering about a picture on some crumby wall.
Cut to a week later: Man Vs. Food is being filmed and Adam Richmond is doing the same challenge....but not exactly. They only make him eat 6 wings! and worse than that, they only made him eat the Suicide wings which are not nearly as hot as the Sepuku wings. That was when we were told that they made the challenge harder for us and wouldn't put my friend's picture on the wall so that it would look like no one ever beat the challenge. Understandably, we became enraged and caused a scene during filming and were swiftly escorted out by some large gentlemen who looked like they knew how to handle themselves.
So Buffalo Cantina get's one star for being a bunch of corporate stooges with mediocre food.
Adam Richmond gets zero stars for being a fraud. -
Review from Victoria R.
JACKSON HTS, NY
9/14/2011
First time I came was with one of my close guy friends. He was always talking about how good this place was. We came for his birthday it was 15 of us. We all had a great dinner + drinks. The manager was real friendly and even gave us a few extra round on the house. Towards the end of the night the guys decided to take up on the super hot wings. It was HILARIOUS! They were all crying and whining about how hot they were yet they kept eating them.
The second time I came here I had lunch and sat on the outside part of the restaurant. I believe I had a chicken wrap which was really good. Again....a great time here. -
Review from Richie N.
Flushing, NY
7/31/2011
This review is for the one in Williamsburg.
The food was great, including the buffalo wings. When they mean suicide the really mean suicide. The wings were so spicy that i could only take one bite but it was delicious.
Now here the bad review. The service is crap. My friends and I had to sit ourselves on a random table and waited for five minutes to give us our menu and another 10 minutes to gives water. When i order a ice tea, it tasted like powder tea! Getting a check these check took forever! Before i forget the restaurant had only 3 customers including me and my friends -
Review from Sean S.
7/31/2011
Taxi back from the west village, i know i know... driving down Havemeyer though, we sped past this place and I asked the taxi driver to drop us off.
We walked in and they were actually technically closed. Alas we coaxed them into making us tacos to go. I had a couple of grilled tofu tacos, and was mildly satisfied. Better than a san loco, but not spectacular. At this point in the evening anything would do. -
Review from Lia T.
East Elmhurst, NY
3/16/2012
Their water tastes like metal and their chicken sandwich consists of 4 small burnt pieces of chicken that were about the size of my thumb & I have pretty small hands. The salad wasn't bad but $8 for that sh*t? C'mon! Never going back
Comment from Ciarán C. of Buffalo Cantina 3/30/2012
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Review from Mr F G and Ms M S.
Flushing, NY
1/22/2011 2 photos
The one reason to come here is to challenge yourself with the suicidal chicken wings.
Other than that, the chicken wings were a bit hard.
Service were not that prompt especially when your tongue is burning hot and need some water pronto -
Review from Kevin M.
Brooklyn, NY
1/20/2011
I took my Sis here cause I heard about the Seppuku Wings Challenge from Man v. Food, and it lived up to the hype. Those wings were still spicy 2 weeks after we had been there! The waitress was cute, and friendly. I went there in the early afternoon on a saturday, there was no wait. I will be returning again to try that challenge, it was fun
A little more expensive than I am used to paying for wings, but it was worth it. -
Review from Allison S.
Brooklyn, NY
7/12/2011
This review is for the new Bushwick location:
Why is there a mediocre fast food tex-mex place newly open in a neighborhood flush with great taquerias? They get one star for being open when the others were not. My food was almost inedible.
This neighborhood could really use a few more restaurants, but not this one. -
Review from Andrew S.
5/14/2011
The place is small and seats are limited if it gets busy it's not too bad to hang outside in the summer time. Though not much to do around the neighborhood except eat. There's a bar next door with arcades but that's about it activity wise. There's outside seating but it's limited as well. They have two television screens, both times we went there, a basketball game was playing. The service is kind of slow but that's okay because it's sort of a hang out spot. It's clean.
We order a huge plate full of the wings, which include veggies with a tasty dip, both veggies and wings have a good crisp texture and the sauce on the wings flavorful. I've had better and have had worst but they are very good. The Suicidal wings are hot enough to stop me at just one wing with watery eyes and could feel the burn. That's not even the challenge!
The first time we went was because of the Man Vs. Food promo, yes Adam Richman's photo is on the wall with other mugs. The second time we went back was just to hang out. Good wings!
Bar and beer, yes! Jarritos! -
Review from Shelly A.
1/5/2011
Honestly Whatever. This stupid little mexican place in South Williamsburg is something the world could do without. Its not an
especially appetizing menu. You have to buy pretty much everything
al la carte. So a burrito with rice and beans would run you well over $15. Also, honestly in this day and age, you have to bring something special to the table when there's Chipotles and Qdobas on every block. Go figure - when we came in during lunch hour the place was a ghost house. The service really was bad considering how empty the place was.
You can go in and try the Suicidal Wing Challege like on Man Vs. Food!
The wings smell good, but I'm sure they will burn your tounge straight off.
PASS, don't bother. Unless you're really hungry and just dont care. -
Review from Valerie s.
Queens, NY
2/10/2011
I feel like this place is a classic example of a restaurant in a hip neighborhood not even having to try to stay in business. They sure didn't put much effort into serving me and my friends last night.
The waiter took our drink orders a few minutes after we sat down, and then it took about 20 minutes to get said drinks. Then we ordered, and 15 minutes later, they told us they were out of certain items. We didn't get our food until at least 45 minutes after ordering, and everything was cold. I couldn't even bite into my rubbery wings. We could even see our food sitting out on the counter in the kitchen for a while, but clearly the waiter's priority was delivery orders, not the hungry customers right there in the restaurant.
So yeah, I won't be returning. -
Review from Joe B.
Brooklyn, NY
3/12/2011
Pretty much every time I go into Buffalo Cantina, I get the exact same experience. I eat a plate of pretty damn good buffalo wings, I have to vigorously flap my arms to get the waitstaff's attention, I watch a lot of Spanish TV involving chicks with huge boobs and tight bright dresses and terrifyingly wide smiles, and I always wind up trying to look suave at some senorita with a face covered in sauce.
The atmosphere is slightly more bro-ish than I'd expect in Williamsburg, but the food will getcha going. Plus, it's always a blast watching someone try to beat the seppuku challenge, which was apparently featured on Man Vs. Food. According to the rules, you have to eat a plate of wings in three minutes, then sit down for another three without drinking milk or anything like that. I saw this one dude do it. He looked like he got maced and his friends had to physically restrain him from getting up. I don't envy him during his next trip to the facilities. -
Review from Sean J.
Pacifica, CA
12/4/2011
Hot wings were the Bomb! Cubano was great and the Teas were really unique and delicious. Desert was honey drizzled vanilla ice cream on crispy cinnamon wedged shaped flour tortillas that were simply the freaking best. (Sopapillas) Worth the subway trek from midtown.
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Review from Kenny C.
Brooklyn, NY
1/27/2011
So my friend has this stupid birthday tradition of following Man v. Food and pretending he's Adam Richman. Last year he did the phaal challenge at Brick Lane and since he managed to blow that one away (with an after party with his toilet at home) he decides to try the seppuku wings challenge at Buffalo Cantina. Bad idea. There's a sign that clearly states that Adam succeed with 6 suicide wings and the challenge has been updated to 12 seppuku wing. Really bad idea. The kid eats one wing and immediately gives up, takes a lap around the block and drinks a gallon of milk. I decide that I could maybe do one wing. WORST IDEA OF 2010. The spice isn't horrible at first but it creeps up on you, and then strikes again with a vengeance the next day. The wings are dry too, which makes it harder to eat quickly.
I had some sort of sandwich but I can't remember what it was, I don't think I was able to taste anything really. Other wings came with interesting flavors, I did manage to try these before the seppuku wing and they were alright. Still too dry. The horchata I ordered was a little thin but had good flavor and helped save my life. -
Review from Amanda M.
Astoria, NY
2/9/2011
I wouldn't recommend this restaurant to anyone. Perhaps take-out is different but the dine-in experience was horrendous.
It took them almost a half hour to bring us our drinks. Then they took our order and all of our food came out after 45 minutes, cold. Every burrito was cold, the nachos were cold, the wings were cold. Everything tasted bland and disgusting.
It doesn't take 40 minutes to make a burrito and if I am dining in a restaurant I expect hot food.
A horrible experience. -
Review from Josette B.
Far Rockaway, NY
2/14/2012
the staff at buffalo Cantina get a 5 out of 5 and the food was good a great after work spot to sit have wings an a drink to unwind
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Review from Matthew L.
New York, NY
1/8/2011 2 Check-ins Here
What does entirely average food and completely shitty service get you? My repeat business for some strange reason. The one redeemable thing about this place is the addictive hot sauce, so stick to food with that and you won't be completely dissatisfied. The only things i order from here anymore are the wings and buffalo chicken wrap.
P.S. always get take out or delivery. You'll want to Kurt Cobain yourself if you have to sit there for more than 5 minutes. -
Review from Peter D.
Things Buffalo Cantina is Good For.
1. Sitting outside with a Pacifico; people-watching.
2. Proving you're a manly man by eating wings that are hot enough to make you sweat, cry, and snot all over yourself.*
3. Buffalo Chicken Tenders. In a greasy, once-in-a-while-when-your-arteries-are-too-clear kind of way.
Things Buffalo Cantina is Not Good For.
1. Salsa.
2. French fries.
3. Fast service.
4. Bathrooms stocked with toilet paper.**
5. That comforting feeling you get when there are other diners in the establishment, assuring you that the food is edible.
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*It's for the ladies. They love it.
** My companion reported having to use paper towels, and she was clearly very excited about that prospect. -
Review from Ted L.
Oakland Gardens, NY
3/28/2011
This is the friend that Kenny C's review of Buffalo Cantina refers to. I'll break this down into a few parts to make this a comprehensive review.
Parking + Location: Not too bad assuming you go at night. Isn't too far from the highway and we found parking pretty easily on a Friday night.
Ambience: Not too bad looking of a place, decor definitely matches the profile of a place serving wings, beer, and texmex food. I'd pick this place as a casual laid back place to hang out. This place is small. We had about 20 people and were practically the entire restaurant.
Service: Good service and understanding staff. Owner was great and congratulated me even though I had failed.
Food: Okay let's make this clear. I did not have a gallon of milk. The guy who did the Seppuku Wing Challenge at the other table had to have cigarettes and ran around the block and had a gallon of milk. More on me later.
Other Food: the food was decent and the service was pretty good given that there were a great number of us with some high standards and lots of demands (I partially kid...). I ordered Jalapeno Poppers to warm me up for the big Seppuku Wing Challenge. Can't speak to anything else except those. Their Jerk Chicken Wings were actually very good and I'd recommend those. I could actually taste the flavor while my mouth was on fire.
The Challenge: Seppuku in the Japanese culture is the practice of a Samurai suicide through disembowelment.
I started off pretty hyped as I had finished the Phaal Challenge on Man v. Food no sweat. I am a certified Curry Monster. The challenge is to finish 12 Wings in 6 Minutes. I took my first bite of the wing and didn't expect the vapors to be so strong from the sauce and I started to hiccup and that set me back from taking more bites. Anyway, my strategy was to suck the meat straight off of the wing so I proceeded to do so.
Once completed I went for my second one but the hiccups wouldn't stop. Then the heat started to settle in, worsened with all the restaurant chanting my name to keep having more, and the time pressure of the challenge. Anyway, I gave up under pressure and the sheer fact that I felt the burn and couldn't take the hiccups anymore. For what it's worth the one wing was pretty good...
Then I did something REALLY stupid. I took the napkin and some of the sauce or remnants of it got into my eye. At this point I ran outside to basically cool off the heat and then my eyes started burning so I proceeded to the bathroom where I had to flush my eyes out.
Anyway the other stupid thing was I decided to have another suicide wing. I finished the second one just to keep my pride and it was much better with zero hiccups and zero eye burns.
-Cheers -
Review from Jane K.
6/18/2010 1 Check-in Here
This is a bizarre little sports bar in South Williamsburg that is reminiscent of a bad college bar - in the summer. Devoid of humans besides the begrudging staff behind the counter. Beer bottles displayed on an Ikea shelf haphazardly nailed to the wall, a neon namesake sign INSIDE the restaurant, cheap tables, printed signs advertising an "SEPPUKU ATOMIC WING CONTEST" and an afterthought of outdoor seating to the side. The decor consists mainly of beer advertisements and confetti flags ringing the windows, clearly left over from their hey day.
Why were we here? Well, they had buffalo chicken tenders on their menu and we needed a cold beer. The food was fine, the beer was Pacifico. As far as I could tell, they didn't have any draft beer but perhaps I overlooked something. The menu had lots of slightly Mexican items and a whole lot of bar food. Their lunch box special for $5 looked promising but I'm almost certain you can find better quality for the same price range in the area. -
Review from LaKesha W.
Brooklyn, NY
8/31/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Looking for THE ultimate hot wing, look no further! The fire burns here!!! Their Seppuku (Belly cutting, SUICIDE) wings are to die for! I literally almost did! I had my brother have a taste and he was about to commit homicide, my suicide! Them suckas are HOT!!!! I implore everyone to give it a try just once! This version of man/woman vs food.......food won!!
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Review from Gary L.
3/11/2010 1 photo
Alright, I finally gave this place a shot today after seeing this on Man Vs Food and I must say the suicidal wings here are mouth burning! I wouldn't say this place is overrated or over hyped but there is a lot of room for improvement.
Food - I came in here with two of my buddies and wanted to get a taste of the suicidal wings right away so we asked the waitress to bring us 12 suicidal wings and a order of cheese fries that sucked btw. So the three of us devoured the 12 wings and looked at each other with a blank stare "were those suicide wings? they weren't that spicy". The wings itself is a bit dry and just covered with sauce. We asked the waitress if those were the spiciest wings they have and the waitress then tells us those were just hot wings! This is where I got a bit upset and disappointed at their service. I didn't plan on having a full meal here, I just wanna try the wings and see whats the big fuss about. But anyway, we ordered 6 suicidal wings for real this time and I must say, it really gave my mouth a whooping.
1st Wing - ehh, chicken meat still dry. Not that spicy....
2nd Wing - Mouth is slowly getting numb and I feel myself starting to sweat.
3rd Wing - Mouth is numb and I am sweatin balls!
Now with all honesty, the quality of the wings itself are pretty bad. It's not really juicy so there's nothing really special going on over there. The sauce is very thick, almost like the other sirracha sauce with the seeds and shit.
Drinks - Water, beers, bar, vitamin water, and some other assorted drinks. The cup sizes here are ridiculously small so be ready to ask for water when you take on the wings!
Crowd/Ambiance - Pretty decent I would say. The inside is quite small but I really like some of the decor they have on their walls. The lighting in here is very dim and the store front looks alright. When we first walked in, there were a few douche bags in suits who gave us a dirty look. I mean seriously calm the fuck down, I'm here for the same reasons you are.
Service - Eh, could be better. The waitress either made a honest mistake or she was just trying to get us to spend more money here. The place was pretty dead during lunch hour.
Verdict - Not a place I would come to twice. It's nice to just go and give it a taste since they were highly advertised on Man Vs Food but other than that, the quality of their food and the presentation doesn't impress. From their cup size to their plates, they all look dirt cheap and the presentation and quality of their dishes are very low. Their cheese fries were the most disappointing cheese fries I've ever had. The fries were soggy with some melted shredded cheddar and mozzarella on a flat plate. I never seen fries so flat and soggy in my life!
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Review from Ryan K.
Beverly Hills, CA
10/4/2010
By far the hottest hot wings I have ever tasted in my life!
Wings at a spice level you can handle are delicious.
Nice atmosphere, good prices. I've only tried the hot wings.
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Review from Jimmy S.
Brooklyn, NY
6/24/2008
When I'm at Redds watching a game, Buffalo Cantina has been a cornerstone of my sports viewing nutritional pyramid. A solid addition to the alcoholic beverages and free popcorn that you get there. BC is especially reasonable if you are there with a friend (or hungry acquaintance) or two, ordering a ton of wings is the way to go.
You can get 24 wings for $13.50 or 50 wings for $31.50. They're not the greatest wings in the world but they're tasty and they get 'em to you in a timely fashion. The one time they screwed up my order, they gave me a bunch of free food which was better than what I ordered anyway. Speaking of which,
The other half of the menu is a bunch of Mexican food. So far everything I've ordered has run the spectrum of LAME to "MEH". Their tacos are pretty weak, the nachos are not good, and please, please, don't waste $6 of your hard earned money on them crappy fish tacos. Haven't tried their burritos yet but the menu leads me to believe they have the whole fusiony California thing happening (see my Loco Burrito review) which is not how I roll.
So if you know you'll be in Williamsburg and there's a chance that an emergency wing situation may arise, put BC in your speed dial. You don't need to look at a menu. Trust me.Listed in: I like my women like I like my…
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Review from Nick V.
Brooklyn, NY
1/27/2010
Ok, here's the deal BC. Your food is good. It's actually pretty good on the days it doesn't show up cold to the point of being raw. But there's the problem. It doesn't show up.
Whenever I order from you, phone, online, etc, I always have to call 45 minutes later to see what is going on. Every time, the person on the phone is surprised and responds with "We'll start on your order right away." This is not how things work BC. You don't *start* my order 45 minutes after I place it when I call to ask "whats up, where's my grub?"
And I still don't learn my lesson as I sit here writing this Yelp review waiting for my food over 1 hour after I ordered it... again.
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Review from Haley C.
Jersey City, NJ
11/13/2007
Yay, I love that I live like a block away from this place. They serve up one yummy burrito and their nachos are to die for. Open pretty late and it's very cozy and cute on the inside, so even though it's kind of like a take out place, it's not generic feeling like Buritoville or Chipotle (although I'm not faulting their food!).
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Review from Jerman V.
Manhattan, NY
5/8/2010
It took about 20 minutes to place an order. They claim they have table service? I couldn't find it.
Wings tasted like they just doused them in the crap you buy at the supermarket. The seppuku were spicy - but uh, they were cold? WTF.
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Review from Preethi C.
San Francisco, CA
6/3/2009
Ordered food from here tonight. The food was okay, not worth the price. My boyfriend ordered a Little King Buffalo Burger, which he said was overcooked and hard. He ordered it with fries, which were hard and greasy.
I ordered a tofu burrito with a jalapeno tortilla. The burrito was huge and filling, but it wasn't that great tasting. The rice was bland and overcooked. The tofu was rubbery and flavorless.
We also ordered red sangria with our meal, which was the highlight of our entire order. First of all, the fact that they deliver sangria is pretty sweet. Second, the sangria was really tasty and had enough alcohol to make me feel pretty relaxed. The sangria also had a lot of fresh fruit. Yummmmmm!
