Made By Pam — Restaurant in Simsbury

The value for money is off at this establishment and it fails to sufficiently differentiate itself from local competition enough to warrant returning. My wife and I went and we tried an assortment of things on the menu to allow us to draw this conclusion. I had a classic breakfast sandwich, an empanada, and a fruit tart. My wife had a pork shoulder sandwich, and we shared a strawberry lemonade. This cost us $50 before tip, which they ask for at the register despite being not being a sit down restaurant. This brings us to a primary complaint. The pricing is all over the place. The pork shoulder sandwich is $18. For context, down the road from this place is Farley Mac's which serves a larger pulled pork grilled cheese sandwich with fries for $16. The pork shoulder sandwich at Pam's tastes good, but comes with no side, and on a smaller ciabatta roll. A tamale is $7! That should be more like $4. The breakfast sandwich I had was priced appropriately, at $10 for sausage egg and cheese on a bagel. For context, down the road is Harvest cafe which sells a similar item for $9.25. However Pam's sandwich lacked anything to make it stand out. I was expecting a Peruvian flair to the dish since this place describes itself as a Peruvian fusion brunch place, and I got none in terms of seasoning or ingredients. My pastries were served to me cold. When I go to a brunch spot, I expect my pastries to taste fresh. A cold empanada is not acceptable to me in a restaurant setting, I expect it to be cooked fresh, not reheated and still cold in the middle, and definitely not served cold for $6. I cannot see us returning unless significant changes are made to both pricing and to how pastries are made and...

A new Peruvian cafe in Simsbury! It's located in a small plaza with plenty of parking. There was a patio area and a handful of tables inside. I love the cute and pink theme. I am a fan of cafes and bakeries so I had to check this place out.

On this visit, I tried out their iced lucuma latte, lucuma mousse cake, beef empanada, and it was so good. I could eat 20 of those empanadas! It's lightly sweet and savory. Lucuma is a Peruvian fruit which tastes like sweet potato and caramel. First time trying and I am in love. My son enjoyed their flourless brownie, my husband loved the chicken empanadas and black coffee.

Side note: I did order another pastry and was charged for it but they forgot to put it in my bag, I understand, they are working on their kinks as a new business. I'll look at it as their tip lol. The employee was friendly. Overall, I'm glad to have this cafe near me and I'll be back for more drinks...

I went for the first time as this has been recommended to me and shown up on my social media so I figured why not give it a shot. I got The Golden Lead Latte which had the Lucuma syrup. Absolutely delicious coffee 10/10. However, the coffee was amazing the food was alright. I got the chicken empanada, the filling delicious very similar to how they do it Chile but it was cold! Not even heated up. I got the Avobagel, added cheese and eggs. I truly believe it would have tasted amazing had it not been the bagel was hard as hell. I struggled to bite into it. Had to use a steak knife to be able to cut into it. I truly believe this business is wonderful, super cute, great customer service but my food experience was a disappointment. I hope they make the small correction and continue to succeed. Not sure though if I’d go back for the...