Incredible rotisserie chicken!
Written: Dec 19 '00 (Updated Jan 07 '01)
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Pros: The rotisserie chicken!
Cons: the flan
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| JasonNYCity's Full Review: Flor de Mayo |
This is a review of the Flor de Mayo Location on 83rd and Amsterdam. Flor de Mayo is a good and inexpensive Chino Latino (Peruvian) restaurant.
Atmosphere: The restaurant is brightly lit, and packed with tables for 2 and 4. You have to pass the bar to enter the restaurant, making it a bit difficult to get into the place during peak dining hours. There is a TV tuned to sports in the back of the restaurant. There is sometimes a wait during the busiest hours, but it isn't that long. I tend to see a lot of young people and couples eating here.
Food: Their rotisserie chicken is superb. It is moist, juicy, delicious, and comes with a wonderful spicy/sour dipping sauce. You can get fried rice (with shrimp and ham) which is good, but I tend to order white rice and a side order of garbanzos (chickpeas.) I have all my friends hooked on Flor de Mayo's chicken. I have also had their chuletas (pork chops) which are thick, juicy, and very good. Their sweet plantains are tasty as well. I have had their flan, which wasn't horrible, but I have had better flan at many other restaurants.
Flor de Mayo's sangria is very good. You can taste that they use a nice red wine. There are marachino chrries (why?) and pieces of orange and granny smith apple in it. A small pitcher is $8, and a large is $15.
Prices: The chicken or pork chops run about $8 a plate.
Dessert: My friends liked the flan, but they don't really have a reference to compare it to since they don't usually eat Latin foods. I would recommend going around the corner to Cafe Lalo for dessert assuming that it is not during peak hours (when the place is packed.)
Service: the waiters are polite and the service is good. About half of them speak Spanish, although you should be able to order in Spanish regardless if you keep it simple.
Recommended:
Yes
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