5 Boroughs Food Emporium — Restaurant in New York

My daughter and I both ordered the chicken burrito bowl.

Total cost $40 for 2 salads.

It was advertised as containing chicken, avocado and other ingredients.

There was no chicken or avocado on either salad - the 2 most expensive ingredients- nor did it have the advertised dressing.

On top of that under the top layer the tomatoes were bad and many of the salad leaves were brown.

I’d normally go back to the location directly to discuss but we were at LaGuardia airport and got on a flight.

I tried to find contact information online but could not so I’m posting here.

I have never complained about food previously but this was not acceptable on many levels.

The help was also very unhelpful. The two women were chatting and on their cell phones and I had to ask repeatedly to request food.

They also gave me a receipt from another customer.

We had to do the entire 4+ hour flight without a meal which is really hard for a young person.

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