Galindos Kitchen — Restaurant in Long Branch

Overall poor experience, won’t come again.

Environment: clean brightly lit interior, music too loud. Sat outside where the music was a good volume. Near 100% Aventura playing, nice vibe.

Chips and table salsa: green and red salsas were served at the table in little bottles. No dish was provided to pour salsa into. I assumed that the server forgot to bring a dish, but they actually intend for customers to pour the salsa on to each chip. Never seen that before. They gave us share plates.

The menu: smallish, typical Mexican restaurant offerings with somewhat limited vegetarian options. There is a veggie quesadilla, portobello burger, vegetable soup, 2 salads, and chile rellenos. We wanted to order the chile relleno and another dish with chicken, but they were out of chile rellenos and chicken. Veggie quesadillas for both of the vegetarians it was.

Food: the food was beautifully plated. After the disappointments with the chips and salsa and service, it was a nice surprise to see the plates. Quesadillas were tasty, steak taco salad was fine. I wish the quesadillas were served with salsa and sour cream. Price was good for the area. Big portions. Also tasty leftovers for tomorrow.

Service: the servers were friendly and polite. It took a while for us to get waters and silverware — we had finished our chips already. The food took about 40 minutes to arrive, which felt like a long time as the restaurant wasn’t busy. Another minor note - the servers were wearing gloves that I don’t believe were ever changed. I noticed one had a ripped thumb with a long pink nail sticking out. She had the same ripped glove each time I saw her. There is no reason to wear gloves as a server in a restaurant setting. The improper use of gloves is a bigger problem than any benefit you get from appearing to be sanitary by wearing gloves...

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