El Asadero Mexican Grill Fort Lee Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "The atmosphere is perfect and very comfortable."
• "Decor was so well designed."
• "The restaurant itself is beautiful with thoughtful decorative flourishes, leather bound menus and even hand crafted starter plates."
• "Decor was nice and looked very welcoming."
• "The ambiance is beautiful with tons of Mexican art on the walls."
• "The ambience is off the charts! Incredible artwork and authentic EVERYTHING."
• "The ambiance and decorations are amazing."

Cons:

• "Cold restaurants on cold days make me think they do it on purpose to make you eat faster and go."
• "The only thing in my opinion that needs a little improvement is the lighting. It is a little too bright."
• "It was empty but after 40 minutes we had to ask several people for water and it came with food smeared down the side of the cup."

Service

Pros:

• "Very attentive. Cowboy steak is the best! Sandra is the best."
• "Been here twice for dinner and our servers were attentive and accommodating with my no dairy diet."
• "Valentina was our hostess and she was phenomenal. Extremely attentive and came over to check on us 2x."
• "Carol was an amazing waitress, very responsive and catered to the needs of the recipients."
• "Sandra was our waitress at Asandero in Fort Lee, she was super sweet, helpful and attentive to us."
• "Staff was excellent, friendly & attentive!"
• "Our waitress was amazing she had great suggestions for the menu."

Cons:

• "The young lady didn't care."
• "The bartender who was rude didn’t want to be there."
• "I was, however, disappointed that we our table wasn’t approached by a manager to check in."
• "Service was also very slow!!"
• "Service was marginal at best."
• "Never got to eat as I left after sitting for 12- 15 minutes of being totally ignored by the wait staff."
• "The service was not great and it kinda felt discriminatory."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The Birria tacos are amazing!"
• "The food was amazing and the portions were fair to what the prices are."
• "The food was delicious! I ordered the grilled fajitas with churrasco and my husband had the pescado jarocho."
• "The food here tastes authentic."
• "Food is good."
• "The food was amazing and the portions generous."
• "All of our dishes were excellent, from the Birria and Oaxaca tacos to the enchiladas."

Cons:

• "Food is horrible. No taste or quality."
• "The food is tasteless we had the guacamole table side and the choriquezo."
• "The food was quite expensive for Mexican food and the portions were small"
• "The food is not as good as we would have hoped. The tortillas are store bought and not even made fresh. The meat was not good quality."
• "The food is below average, the drinks were not good at all and the guacamole costed 30.00 was bland and tasteless."
• "Steak fajitas were chewy and hard."
• "The fajitas and tacos were tasteless."

Value

Pros:

• "Drink menu is full of amazing options that are priced fair."
• "A lot of bang for our dollars/pesos!"
• "And they validate parking! Let’s Go!!"

Cons:

• "It’s on a pricier side."
• "For 4 people it was $320. 2 people $95."
• "The restaurant automatically adds 18% tip to your bill without asking if you are willing to do it!"
• "They charge an additional $5 for chips and salsa."
• "This order is not worth $15. They gave me 4 tiny tacos, made with small chicken poppers."
• "Automatically included 18% gratuity? I've never seen anything like this."
• "Dinner for 2 was almost 500$. 180 for a tomahawk steak, all fat."