Bluefoot Cuisine — Restaurant in Smithfield Township

All I can tell you is this food is OUTRAGEOUSLY DELICIOUS 🤤 Everything was fresh, and on point! I can’t even eat much at the moment due to medical thing but my god I wanted to devour it all so badly. Thank goodness for takeaway boxes I have a feast for days!

To start instead of a bread you get a cute little surprise of a dish of plantain chips and roasted corn which was such a creative tasty snack. Our first course was the soup 🍲 I ordered the “Sancocho w/Chicken” and my Mom got another soup with Fish maybe idk; it was a special will update this when I get the correct name but I think it was “Sopa de mondongo“ my goodness maybe one of the best soups we have ever had in a restaurant! It was homeMade as they say with love.I felt like I was back in my 101 year old uncles kitchen in PR where his wife just killed and plucked the chicken🐓 it tasted that FRESH! No lie.It brought me back in time.

Next,we had chicken and beef empanadas with side sauce I want to say like one was a mayo/ketchup mix (common add-on for an empanada)another side dip was some kind of vinegar based minced red onions and possibly another side (cold have came with something else I forget)of maybe white vinegar based with some lemon and lime, minced onions…something so simple packed a lot of flavor to garnish the perfectly and I mean PERFECTLY flavored and fried empanadas.My late sister Tara made the only empanadas I felt were worthy of eating to the last bite…until I came here!The texture was just like hers and I was transported back to the memory of her kitchen and the smells and anticipation of awaiting for my plate.🍽️ and I never had the dipping options that are provided here at Blue foot in the way they prepare them.Honestly I was dumbfounded to find such skills in a random spot in PA was🫢a big surprise to me…and we haven’t even gotten to the main course!

The main course!It was phenomenal but, I was almost stuffed to the brim by this time…yet I made room! I gotta tell you I can cook pretty well especially my own rice and beans 🫘 and almost every single time I eat out and order it I’m a little disappointed and think how I could improve upon it at home with the exception of BLUEFOOT and one other place in Brooklyn…but my 👀 eyes grew 10x bigger after one bite of their beans! PACKED WITH FLAVOR it reminded me of a black bean soup I made that everyone and I mean everyone loves WOW 😮 and the rice 🍚 and sweet plantain were cooked to perfection! These are just the sides…I got the “Ropa Vieja” which is shredded braised flank steak served with rice, beans and maduros (as described above) superb flavor and texture to this beef 🥩 mmmmmh so happy I have leftovers! My mom ordered “Lomo guisad: braised top round steak served with pepper rice. Toasted almonds topped green beans and mashed potatoes” She LOVED it, although she did prefer the rice over potato as she’s more of rice fan anyway, I only tasted her meat so can’t speak to her sides but again she loved it, said it was season well and NOT overly spiced or too salty-it was perfect. 👍 We just moved to the area and this will be our staple.Not only is the food award worthy and I’m not exaggerating by any stretch of the imagination so again, not only is it award worthy the staff and owner are exceptionally kind and welcoming. Monica and her staff provided a homey atmosphere that felt like you were going to your favorite relatives place for a feast! I can not wait to come back here and over time try everything on the menu.When it comes to food I don’t play around if it’s good I would tell you, bad I would tell you excellent same…and this is an EXCELLENT food experience as well as dining out. If you prefer outdoor seating they have that too! We ate inside tho ;) I wish I had the room to try their dessert 🍮 but lucky for me I don’t live far away from here and will be back for more! Monica (the owner) also mentioned they have live music on occasion too, so looking forward to that as well.My only wish for this place is that my Dad was alive to try it, it’s that good! Ty BlueFoot!...

Came here a couple times but today’s experience was something else.

Pretty shady business practice and masking it saying it’s “policy” is wild.

Attached picture is the bill for tonight’s food that was much better the first time around for sure.

4 appetizers. 4 meals. 4 drinks. 4 people eating and being served.

But charged an AUTOMATIC 25% saying they served 5 people because my baby was with us who was asleep in her car seat up until we were getting ready to leave?!

An extra $35 for a sleeping baby?!?! … And blame it on policy?? That yall made?

It’s different if the baby ate or partaken in our dinner but no… $35 fee for my baby to sleep…. in her car seat. Wild.

I don’t care what post it’s you have placed on your counter. Who charges for a sleeping baby in a car seat?! That’s some real shady way to try and justify this nonsense.

What’s worse is the restaurant was empty and the baby was visible and they knew who I was bringing in.

There was no transparency there. They could have said “hey even though your baby isn’t being served the service fee we have here still stands”. I would have left.

Asked upon arrival how many people and I said 4 but we have a baby too.

Didn’t bother to disclose that then right? Like a 25% automatic fee isn’t significant.

Instead we get blind sided by it.

Top it off for a tab that’s almost $200 you would think they would actually invest in some plates.

Serving paper plates and charging $200 on meals is crazy talk. No1 cares if it’s an appetizer. Premium prices should come with some actual dish ware at the very minimum…

I tried to bring this up and say this respectfully and away from my own family as to not make a scene and of course once brought up the server(daughter) got pissed about the confusion and combative.

I asked for the owner to have a more civilized discussion and was denied.

I said “whatever, I’ll just pay the tab because I saw how this was going and the daughter just thought continuing with the snarky remarks was the best way to handle the situation.

After about 10 times of saying “just ring me up and I’ll take care of the tab” and with visible frustration she tells me she will take a meal off to make up for it…

Like ok, I’ll take the $23 meal off so I can still charge you the now $30 mandatory fee for the make believe 5th person we served.

Then don’t even offer a receipt with updated charges or a “thank you for your business.”

Love supporting small business but not when they do things like this.

And I don’t need a long letter on google trying to shame me for sharing my honest experience and warning people of this here so they know…

That even if your baby is an infant and does not eat or drink or anything, They will tack on an extra 25% on your bill.

Crazy.

lol funny how every time there’s a negative review here comes this essay to try and justify… sure. Everyone’s just big, bad and mean and you guys can do no wrong cause you’re a small business right? Do y’all take accountability…. Ever? My in store experience and all your google reviews have showed nothing but defensive stances. Says plenty. And talk about all that for $14…

No this is what YALL DOING FOR A COUPLE EXTRA BUCKS?. Losing customers for that?? Your restaurant was empty when we sat and ate…. My sleeping baby took zero service from yall. None. She also didn’t block anyone from sitting when there was again no one else there. A simple apology would’ve taken the review down but as expected more deflection and redirection from...

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