We were looking for a Mexican restaurant Midtown Manhattan when we found Vida Verde on Opentable. So we decided to go there on a Friday evening, not knowing that it would be so loud, the noise level making the entire experience there a bit painful. This bi-level restaurant with a rooftop would definitely satisfy margarita lovers and other guacamole aficionados (it is made table side but do not expect a cart coming to you like some places do: there is not enough space between tables to allow that and they simply put all the ingredients in a bowl, mixing them in front of you). Menu wise, they offer salads, tacos and quesadillas and enchiladas, If you are vegetarian and like mushrooms like Jodi, you can get their mushroom quesadilla or quesadilla huitlacoche. Composed of Mexican truffled mushrooms, Oaxaca cheese and avocado salsa, it was a nice dish, earthy. I usually go for tacos and wanted to try their crispy fish tacos that were sitting on a black bean puree that kind of overpowered a bit the dish. This is unfortunate because the mahi mahi was delicious but there was not enough of it and it could have been a great dish without that puree. I should mention the salsa that was dried on top: it was quite spicy…

For dessert, we hesitated between the tres leches and the churros bites and went for the latter that were decent but could have been fried slightly longer.

So overall the food was ok and with the loud atmosphere, we just wanted to leave as soon as possible…I guess brunch might be quieter, but still, I was not impressed by the food. I’ll pass…

Enjoy (…)!

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Vida Verde - 248 W 55th St, Midtown, New York City

Mexican Dinner at Vida Verde

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