Bambu Juice Bar & Empanadas — Restaurant in New York

There’s a new Location On 170th st In the Bronx (4 train line). Absolutely disappointing . Their smoothies which you can customize are delicious why I gave two stars . The chicken in the empanada is great but overall empanada is TERRIBLE . I think I spent $2-3 On the empanada and it tasted terrible . The dough was over worked, rough, just Straight up hard . The dough is also Oddly sweet . Almost like a very sweet pastry so the flavor is very thrown off . For the very small hard sweet Chicken empanada I say a no. Also for smoothies options, they had molded black berries in the line up of fruit and when customer pointed it out and it was VERY CLEARLY molded they told her it wasn’t. Unprofessional . The woman making the smoothie also had no gloves and was handling money at the same time as making smoothies and bagging empanadas. No hand Sanitizer in sight or mask being worn like this isn’t a crowded small block / restaurant during a pandemic . Overall disappointing . There should be new safety training for the staff and cooks because that empanada was NOT...

I've been to this place plenty of times and it has quickly become my "go to" spot. Very clean place, friendly staff and the food is on point. The quipes, empanadas, natural juices are all A+++! You can tell the dough and everything prepared here is made from scratch. That makes a HUUUUGE difference. Everything tastes fresh. It's a small spot but pretty soon they'll have to get a bigger location because they are the real deal....

Disgusting customer service if you are not a Latino/a I even witnessed the woman making juices eating the fruit while she blended the smoothie. WHAT?????? I was intentionally provided the wrong empanada that tasted HORRIBLE cheese and corn no thank you! The sanitation in this place is just sad to see I get it's a small shop but no gloves? Eating during making someone's...