Had a fantastic experience at El Alebrije tonight and am actually somewhat surprised by some of the reviews I read as I went to post this. As a Californian who has been in Europe for a month, I was craving some comfort food and really was satisfied by the Mexican cuisine at El Alebrije. The jalapeno margarita was on point, the flautas were on par with what I would expect from a local food truck at home (a good thing! and the pescado was well seasoned (and the owner Miguel was incredibly kind and brought me homemade blue corn tortillas to make the plate my own . I also really appreciated the trio of salsas reminded me of my fave taqueria in SF and each salsa had a truly different flavor profi...
One of the most difficult place to rate for me. 3 is too little 4 is too much. The interior is very nice. Waiters are super nice, only if you get the white shirt dirty you should change it. It's kills the experience getting food from a waiters with dirty clothes. The cocktail was amazing! 5* straight away! The flavors were constantly changing coming one after another. Never drank anything so good! The food was good! Elaborated with interesting flavors. The tacos were very good, but you get only 2. The Flautas were a bit too basic. And there goes the first course. The main course was better. The leg was tasty and nice soft meat falling of the bone. The other typical dish was not bad, but also...
It is the most sophisticated Mexican restaurant that I am aware of (I know a few in both, Zürich and some other European cities). We went through a series of courses (5) plus a dessert, a fixed menu. All went very well. The food was really carefully prepared, with professionalism and (I would say) passion. The taste of each serving was superb, but also the aesthetics of each dish. The local is at a new place for this restaurant, since a few weeks ago, and so it requires some more running to improve and mature, but I think it is only a matter of time. The cocktails are unique, creative, tasty, phantastic... Really. Apart from some time to refine their decoration and products, I would only thi...
In my opinion this restaurant is a complete rip off. Small portions, little choice, the obligation to choose at least a two-course menu, too little vegetarian selection and it wasn't of any quality either. My beef stew was full of huge lumps of fat and meat. You couldn't eat half of the meat because it tasted stringy and fatty. We ended up paying over 100 CHF each for dinner. For the money you can get much better food in Zurich, such as beef fillet or similar. It may be that it is an authentic Mexican restaurant (I don't know Mexico), but as many people have already written before me, the price-performance ratio is not right for me at all.
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Complete disaster. Place is pleasent but had to wait over one hour and a half to get food. Menu is very small with just a few dishes, food is at best average, portions are small and it's very surprising that with such a small menu they still can't get the service or the food right. Staff is nice and it's not their fault the problem in the kitchen but the overall experience is not good.
Really nice ambience, very good service explaining everything thoroughly, cocktails were very good, don’t miss the al pastor or duck mole. Walked in at 2000 on a Saturday night without reservations, online said everything was full, but we found a table without any problem.
Great atmosphere with a classy but welcoming setting. A very pleasant and multilingual service. The boss is a real Mexican who knows his cuisine! We loved our evening, I recommend it to everyone.
Positives: good cocktails, portions are decent sized Not so positives: rather slow service (which was for us ok since we had a lot to talk about), food is quite decent but not special
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I ordered via mosi.ch after 40 minutes my order was cancelled (instead of delivered) very disappointing
High quality food, and the owner is a great person.
Molcajete De Guacamole Con Chapulines
Churro Interpretation (Nachtisch)
Flautas Mit Verschiedenen Saucen
Guacamole Con Chips Y Salsa
Birria (Suppeartige Speise)
5-Gänge Überraschungsmenü
