Punto De Sabor

I'll start off by saying that the food here is good. And this restaurant is also one of the MANY Latin restaurants that are on seemingly every other block in Washington Heights. So, if you don't end up eating here, I'm sure you'll be able to find another spot somewhere close and have food very comparable to what you'd find here.

Started off with the roasted chicken and rice & beans. All serviceable. The chicken pieces were a bit small for my liking, but still pretty good. It's hard for any Latin restaurant to mess up rice, and thankfully this holds true for this spot. The difference is in how they make the beans. And the beans here are pretty solid. Their salad was plentiful but basic (corn, avocado, lettuce, tomatoes, beets). Their sweet plantains were good... but again, who in this neighborhood is gonna mess that up?

The service on the other hand... well, that was lacking. At first, our waitress kept asking us what we wanted as if she was in a hurry to use the bathroom. We had told her we needed more time to check out the menu (my dinner companion needed extra time to figure out what possible other items she wanted). Once we ordered our food, our waitress disappeared. Nowhere to be found... ever again. Now, I'm not saying she needed to pull up a chair and wait for us to ask her for more water or another item off the menu, but it wasn't even busy. Like, can you come back for a second, please? We kinda need something... or am I going to have to get up and get you myself? (I got up and got her myself.)