La Única Puebla — Restaurant in Puebla

An unexpectedly stunning meal at La Única, which was recommended to us by our Airbnb host.

The wine list was stellar and we started with a Cabernet Sauvignon from Mendoza.

The first dish we tried was the grilled octopus on a bed of arugula in soy dressing. The flavors had a great balance of acidity to the octopus and it was grilled perfectly. The combination of soy sauces dressed arugula and octopus was a light and refreshing bite.

The roasted marrow with fried leeks were huge! The flavors were deliciously fatty and scooping the marrow and leeks onto the accompanied corn tortilla made for a messy yet amazing bite.

And you just can’t go wrong with the octopus chicharron - a delightful crunch that came with scoops of guacamole.

THE BEST dish of the night, hands down, was the Northern Style Ribeye Tacos. Ribeye is ground and mixed with onions, cilantro and mushrooms then placed in yellow and blue corn tortillas inside a foil packet and steamed to perfection. Don’t forgot to add a dollop to the spicy sauce atop the meaty and well seasoned tacos. I could have eaten ten of these but we had already eaten so much!

If you had not realized it yet, the portions are quite large.

And even though I was full, I had to try the flan. It was simply delicious. I’m curious if it had goat’s milk in it as it was nice balance of lightly sweet and tangy. The dulce de leche that costed the flan was the quintessential sweet that we all crave.

The service was also spectacular and our server did a great job explaining some of the preparations, even with our...

El lugar me pareció bastante bueno, tiene zona infantil, música a gusto y sillas cómodas.

El sabor de los alimentos bastante bien logrado aunque algunos platillos con porciones un tanto reducidas.

Dónde pierde puntos enormemente es en la lentitud del servicio, al grado que la mayoría de los comensales en mi mesa (14 personas) ya habían terminado de comer y a 3 de nosotros aún no nos servían unos platillos de tacos, cosa que no es muy elaborada, el restaurante si estaba a la mitad de su capacidad es mucho decir y aún así la demora fue excesiva, un familiar quería cierta bebida y no se la proporcionaron debido a que no había los ingredientes creo es algo imperdonable en un establecimiento de este tipo, después de estas inconformidades decidimos no dejar el usual 10% de propina dejando alredor de un 8%, al mesero se le ocurrió la brillante idea de acercarse a decir que faltaba dinero para completar dicho 10% de propina, cuando empezaron los reclamos del mal servicio y el hecho de tener que explicarle que la propina no es obligatoria se acercó el capitán a efectivamente darnos la razón sobre el tema y ofrecer disculpas, sin embargo el mal servicio ya estaba hecho.

Lástima que quieran dar la idea de un nivel restaurante al que no están, personalmente el sabor de los platillos que consumimos no es suficiente motivo para dejar pasar el mal...

Very nice venue to spend an evening and have a succulent dine-in experience. Excellent Barbacoa de Res and other Typical Mexican Food plates. The place appears to be popular among locals. Some customers had drank more than a few alcohol beverages but the waiters did not stop serving them more drinks. Other than that, the overall experience is very good for...