A "Wooferz" W.'s Profile

I was kind of nervous to bring my boots here since people felt they were slow or disorganized, but my particular experience ended up being highly favorable and should I need to, I will be coming back!

The zipper of one of my boots required repair. They did so very quickly, in an organized fashion, and it only cost $8! I'm very pleased and again, should I require their services, absolutely will use them in the future.

Cocina Real does not douse their entrees with cheese. If that is what you are looking for, you should go to Dos Reales. Please note that sometimes what I want is a meal doused in cheese and that's when I know to keep heading north on Prospect. For the days that I just want tasty Mexican that I don't feel guilty about after, I come here.

The salsa and chips are great; the guacamole--either freshly made or what can be purchased as a side--is delicious; I have had the Los Cabos, a lunch serving of chicken chimichanga, and the pollo verde tacos (forgive me as I cannot remember the full name) so far and all have been great! The first two come with a small 'salad' including a portion of guacamole but the pollo verde tacos come with sliced avocados inside. Is it sad that the first time I saw this I was shocked because that has NEVER happened at Dos Reales (at least in any of the entrees I've tried over the last 10 or so years)?

This restaurant can also serve different hankerings for Mexican food. For example, my husband had a torta today that he really enjoyed, but last week (yeah, we come here a lot) he got the chile bianco, which had a light almost sweet sauce. So there's an array of tasty options to choose from.

Now go, eat at Cocina Real!

Okay, sooooo I had to go back here to get a good maternity belt. Even though I find their shop to be chaotic and the staff members who I interacted with on my first trip to be pushy, my experiences have improved. Well, kind of. The second trip ended up being awful in that I purchased what I thought was a good maternity belt but ended up being too small (this might be hard to believe, but your belly tends to grow in size when you're pregnant. Wowzers.). I brought it back during my third visit because I wasn't positive that the problem was related to sizing and wanted to see if they could offer advice. As it turns out, it was too small and the two incredibly sweet and helpful women on staff that afternoon did pretty much everything in their power to get me a store discount and fit me with the right belt, which ended up being more expensive and totally worth it. I might be back here thanks to them!

I have been here on several occasions over the last 13 months and I fear that my most recent visit is the final one. I am annoyed easily so things like the wife chatting on her iPhone while she's clipping my nails (and I'm trying to relax); the husband and wife getting in small arguments; or most recently, the mother-in-law playing incredibly loud music from her laptop because she had nothing else to do are all moments of irritation that I write off as my own issues. What I cannot write off is a $10 manicure-pedicure (plus design) that I'm being charged $43 for. And frankly, it's embarrassing that I have recommended this place to friends who had to pay the same amount for such poor work. My friend's pedicure was ruined on both left and right feet the day after she received service; my own manicure is already chipping as is the mani of my other friend; and they don't do a very good job of monitoring the heat of their stones. I have received two kind of icky burns including one at this last visit. They seem to be getting lazier because my design was inconsistent from both sides and the wife only used one color, where normally she uses at least two and tries to make it relatively uniform. On top of that not being uniform, they arbitrarily clip the nails of one hand and not the other and I was pretty irritated that they decided to do the hot stones after my toe nails had been painted. Consequently, they had to redo some of their own work by my request. I'm not going to give it one star because they still treat me far better than U&I Nails did, but it's time to find a new nail place for sure.

I had the good fortune of eating some delicious food catered by this company. I have zero complaints. The meat was delicious, the borekas were delicious, salads, hummus!, everything was delicious. If you require a kosher catering service in the Boston area--or even if you don't--go with Motti!

My husband and I had a few hours to hang out in eastern New Hampshire and southeast Maine, so when we came upon this place as a lunch spot we decided to go all out (being from Illinois and all, it's probably going to be a bit before we get to eat fresh seafood again). We got a lobster roll, a bowl of clam chowder, steamed clams, and a side of corn on the cob. I was not a huge fan of the texture and taste of the lobster roll due to its wetness and sweetness. I kind of wish they would use another type of bread than a hotdog bun. My husband liked it fine so he ate most of it. I thought the clams were delicious, filling, and of course ample, thus that became my main item for the meal. The soup was DELICIOUS as was the corn. If we are ever in the area again we may come back here, but to be honest I am excited to see how its competition stands up.

The stars are for the chicken makhani roll special I had and the cheery order taker (sadly she is not also serving the food). Actually, the chicken makhani roll itself was substantial (and cheap--only $7.99!) so half was kept for leftovers. I kind of wish they would serve a half roll option for less cost because the food doesn't reheat well at all.

So why only two stars? They have the worst system of delivering food to tables that I have EVER witnessed. Rather than giving an order number (since they don't know what table you're at), they ask you to put the name of your entree on the table so they can identify who you are. This means that if there are three different tables all eating the same thing, then it doesn't matter if you ordered 10 minutes before someone else cuz if the server delivers to that table before yours they get to eat first. Which is exactly what happened to me and I think raises the question, "are you effing kidding me?"

So when the MANAGER/server (seriously) was walking around in circles trying to figure out whose table this meal went to, my friend and I waved him down since she had gotten her food about 5-10 minutes before I did and I was hungry. He put the food down and walked away but not before I could tell him his restaurant has a terrible system. Was that kind of a rude statement? Sure, but it's true, so I don't really care. Anyway, his response was mumbled and something to the effect of "yours needs to be cooked to order." Okay... so my friend's jalfreezie does not require cooking to order? That would explain why she thought her cheese tasted like chalk, at least. Someone was thinking on their feet.

If you're going to come here, I would suggest coming at an off hour, otherwise you have been warned. We ordered right before the lunch rush started but it doesn't matter a whole lot if the server doesn't give two craps about what order you showed up in and doesn't think his system is lacking.

I hold our local Einstein in very high regard. I love the taste of their mocha because it isn't too sweet. I do wish that there were discounts on reusable cups for mixed drinks as there are at Espresso Royale, for example, but I'll live. If you were to get regular coffee there would be a discount, so that's good. I haven't tried any of their other mixed drinks but I do wish they had more variety (although variety equals confusion and right now that mocha is really near perfection!).

I have yet to be disappointed by any food that I have ordered. The lox are delicious, the thin slice BLT is also delicious, as is any bagel with any shmear. It is disturbing that two separate people found what is likely synthetic fibers in their fruit cups. I feel sympathetic to those who this happened to, but I'm not a big fan of purchasing fruit cups because a) they are expensive (and I eat fruit at home) and b) they are wet, so they pick stuff up... such as pubes or synthetic fibers.

The suspected pube issue aside, I love Einstein. Love, love, love!

This was hands down my favorite restaurant in Barcelona. The ingredients were fresh and despite the two or three different themes of cuisine, the quality was kept up. This is a rare occurrence in similar concept restaurants.

This place is a tourist nightmare. The line to be seated was at least an hour and when we finally did get seated (at the bar, which was fine) it was next to a very inebriated older woman. To be honest, while one or two of the dishes that I tried were great, I was much more satisfied by other places in Barcelona that had less tourist cred.