Café Unique — Restaurant in Midland

The food here is really good, but ive given up in coming in to eat in here because of the waitress they have..... the first time i arrived in this restaurant she wasnt very welcoming, but i assumed maybe she has had a bad day or she just might be busy, but whenever she came back to take my order my friend was ready and i still wasnt sure what to order yet i just told my friend to go ahead and order. The waitress rolled her eyes and to not do that because she was going go have to make another ticket. Food was good so i dint l dint let that stop me from coming back. The second time she was just a bit rude in the morning stressing that the food wasnt ready, and i told her i understand to not worry about it. The service that time was okay, so i decided to bring my friend to eat like i said the was good so i had nothing to lose. This 3rd time was horrible. The food took a while to get out, but i had no rush that day so i decided to be patient food came in late and different times from each other which that was fine, but whenever we both finally had food the waitress kept wanting to take the sauces away when we clearly still were eating we had to ask her multiple times to leave the sauces because we were still using them a while after that she just brought the ticket and kept rushing us and telling us "you ready to pay?" We were going to get dessert, but kept on rushing us (it was around 12 you guys close at 3 idk why was she being pushy) i found it really disrespectful from her part rushing us to pay because whenever we were waiting for food we dint rush her or anything or asked about our food we were being PATIENT and i cant believe we got rushed to leave. I was expecting the same respect. But oh well. I would recommend people to take it to go eat in service is terrible, but personally im...

I’ve come here a few times and I really love the food. We’ve brought friends in before as well.

First of all, all the dishes are good. I never had Arepas before and they were delicious. The cooking times and amount of time for food to be served is good as well.

I brought in a group of friends one time, one with a pepper allergy (a few months ago). The server was actually very accommodating and communicated what the chefs in the back said on their recipes. In the end, the server made sure my friend had a dish that was safe to eat (to be honest, I know a friend with a pepper allergy isn’t the best mix for a Hispanic restaurant, but our Venezuelan friend who was with us assured us there shouldn’t be peppers, lol). That was very kind and thoughtful and she even brought an additional dish since my friend couldn’t have the full Arepa experience.

Then as we mingled near the front of the restaurant for a few minutes to decide where to go next, the same server booted us out “you’re in the way, get out.” Rather snappy, my friends thought she was mad at them (I don’t think she was, I think she’s “to the point”)

I mean, honestly I’m not bothered by it because I can tell it’s just due to being concise with wording (if that makes sense). The server is well meaning and nice, but to some people I’m sure she seems too quick and to the point if that makes sense. I wouldn’t have brought it up, but I note other reviewers have been super offended by the snappy behavior. So I would only advise some work on that end - I adore this restaurant otherwise and I personally like the server as well.

I’ll be back soon, and I’ll update...

Let’s start with the basics, been there twice and both times no tequeños, I’m sorry but you can’t yourself Venezuelan restaurant without tequeños. The first time no empanadas, no patacón, so I ended ordering a burger the Venezuelan burger which is supposed to come with “queso de mano” it did not! Shredded beef was super seasoned (not bad) but too much seasoning. Overall the burger wasn’t bad but of course without the queso de mano you are missing a lot. So I decided to give it another try.

My second visit I ordered a patacon and it wasn’t bad. But again the shredded beef was a little over seasoned (less than last week at least). I also ordered a cachapa to go, this one said on the menu that comes with queso de mano, so of course I will give it a try. At this point the lady in the register didn’t say anything about not having queso de mano, and again NO queso de mano in the cachapa, only mozzarella shredded cheese (no flavor at all) of course I wasn’t expecting any “nata” or butter with the cachapa but if you are not serving it with the queso de mano at least give it some flavor or moist to the cachapa.

Overall the food isn’t bad but they can definitely do better. For a Venezuelan place here in midland they have room for improvement and have a chance to actually show their customer the authentic flavors of the Venezuelan cuisine.

Sadly won’t be coming back. But...