Calabrije's Brooklyn — Restaurant in New York

Been following this place for a while on IG. So me and my lady dropped in on Taco Tuesday (4/4). The place is small with tables very close together. I can see it getting ver crowded on weekends. There is no waitress to come to your table to take your order. You have to get up and order it at the bar. The food is brought to your table. But the drinks were left at the front end of the bar for you to pick them up. So you have to get up out your seat if you choose not to wait for your drink. FYI they have a 15% service charge. My lady said the bathroom is some what far that’s she had to walk like an alley to get there. Who’s ever been here must know what she means. Let’s get into the food started with chips an guacamole. It was bland guacamole. It was missing the lime, salt, pepper, cilantro, garlic. Guac lovers know. Next we had order chicken and chorizo tacos. The chorizo tacos were good, chicken weren’t the greatest. It was something with the flavor. I ate though, I was starving lol. The star of the show “ THE MARGARITAS” 🍹. I say must get on the rocks get more of the flavor you choose. You can mix up to 2 flavors. Blueberry margarita ordered frozen. It was 👍🏻👍🏻 up out of 5. Will try the blueberry on the rock next time. Blood orange on the rocks. my lady loved it. I never had a blood orange so it wasn’t my favorite. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 for her. The Coconut, lychee, tamarind, & pink guava on the rocks 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. Bangers, they hit!!! They’re are a must try. I can’t wait to go back and try the rest. So in “MY OPINION” I give this place 3 stars based on overall experience. 5 star if I was only judging the drinks. So yeah stop try some of the margaritas and you can take to go. I’m definitely going back. That’s my...

DO NOT SUPPORT THIS BUSINESS. DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY FOR ANYONE IN RECOVERY OR WHO DOESN'T CONSUME ALCOHOL.

I visited recently and asked if they had agua frescas they didn't. I then asked if they could prepare a non-alcoholic drink for me. I was willing to pay full price — I just wanted to avoid alcohol due to personal reasons. I was met with resistance from the bar staff, who claimed they couldn't make anything custom, which was already disappointing.

They eventually agreed to make me a drink with tamarindo. When I received the drink and took a sip, I quickly realized they gave me the wrong drink, as I took a sip and it had alcohol. I immediately returned to the bar and asked for it to be fixed. Again, I received pushback and was met with a lack of empathy. When I escalated to the manager (short dark skin Peruvian man I believe), instead of resolving the issue, I was talked down to and told they wouldn't change the drink — even though it was their mistake. Egotistical.

The manager was dismissive, condescending, and showed no regard for how serious this situation was for me. This wasn't just a customer service failure — it was deeply disrespectful to someone trying to maintain their recovery. After a full 30min they eventually came to my table to give me the right drink, the guilt must of hit. Regardless, I WILL NOT COME BACK.

Everyone deserves to be treated with respect, especially when health and sobriety are involved. I hope this business reflects on how they handle sensitive customer concerns...

I visited this place on a Friday night with my wife and enjoyed the deco. After ordering drinks/food we asked if we could move to the bigger table since we were waiting on friends, waiter said ok. We were sitting there for about 10 minutes waiting for our friends and two couples come in and another waiter approaches and asks me to move … understandable as we were only two. I asked him if we can hold the table as we were waiting for friends and even showed him my friend’s text message that they were on the way. Instead of hearing me out, this bartender PHYSICALLY grabbed my food and drinks from right in front of my wife and moved it to another table. As he did this my friends showed up and looked just as confused as I was. After being embarrassed, my wife and I asked for the check and left to the next door Venezuelan restaurant that had way better service. Very disappointing experience and this restaurant would have made much more money with...