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Wai Ling / Fresco Tortillas II
- Nearest Transit:
-
7th Ave (Q, B)
Grand Army Plaza (2, 3)
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- None
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- Category:
- Tex-Mex
- Neighborhood:
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4 reviews for Wai Ling / Fresco Tortillas II
Not much to go on here, but Lis K and I hopped across the street for some Chinese before the event this week. We anticipated the usual lack of edible goodies, but oh man were we wrong.
Before we became aware of our mis-assumption, we waited patiently for two fairly spare orders. Mine: 8 fried dumplings and egg drop wonton soup, around $9. Lis: wonton soup and egg roll.
The wait warred with my impatience for what was probably only fifteen minutes. Delivery orders were coming in too, Lis reminded me. But I was here! I wanted the food now! We had Yelp fun to attend!
Maybe the cooks had no idea this "for here" order actually had two physical people sitting at a table in anticipation? I say this because our food finally came out and it was extremely hot. Like 'delivery guy has to ride a bike across Antarctica before delivering the food' hot.
The dumplings were fine, better than many served up in the Bronx. That isn't saying much. I cannot in full faith and clear conscience rate a Chinese/Mexican joint three stars without knowing whether they lazily use Mexican yellow rice in the fried rice dishes. Maybe next time. Probably not.
Ultimately I burned my tongue and gave up on the soup. (Only $1.95 and tax in the trash.) And all in all, those eight dumplings provided a good foundation for my night o drink&yelping.
Okay, not great. Suitable for late night takeout when bulk is more important than taste. Had the chicken burrito which had a lingering schezwan taste. $6.30 w/ tax
Not too shabby - - Its kinda ghetto and such when you go there, and the staff seem pretty grumpy, but once they know you, they're very nice, and sometimes even chatty. The prices are great, and you get a choice of different "international" flavors. Delivery is super fast. The food is above par for this neighborhood. Which isnt saying much. since I think all the chinese take out around here is pretty horrible. The (chinese) mexican is pretty standard but not as greasy as others around here. Pretty great if you like that particular flavor (which I do). But as I said for this neighborhood, Beggars cant be choosers. I am thankful they are here!
After waiting for our food for over a half an hour (this place is right down the street from us), my boyfriend and I were excited to hear our buzzer... the first time. The delivery man proceeded to press the buzzer 5 or 6 times before my boyfriend had time to walk across our small apartment and press the "talk" button to inform the guy that he was on his way down to pick up the food. My boyfriend left and the guy continued pressing the buzzer! I pressed the button to let him in (again) and the buzzing stopped, so I figured he made it in. Not the case, my boyfriend found the guy downstairs pushing and pounding on the door.
All would have been forgiven if the food was good. Sadly, not the the case. My steamed vegetables did not taste anything like vegetables and the vegetable fried rice tasted overwhelmingly of salt and onions.
My boyfriend didn't even finish his food and he's eaten cat food.
The prices are good, but most Chinese take out is inexpensive and a milion times better. Do yourself a favor and take your business elsewhere.
