Empellon

I couldn’t recommend this place enough! The food has so much flavor and the service was phenomenal. Everything from appetizers to desserts were delicious. Based on all the other reviews we decided to try the avocado dessert and it didn’t disappoint. Your eyes see an avocado, but your taste buds taste an amazingly sweet/tart dessert. I wouldn’t pass up on it. We can’t wait to be back ❤️

Ate at the bar and enjoyed chips, quac, a selection of 7 salsas, multiple margaritas, mushroom tacos, fish tacos and the smoked black cod appetizer. Service was great, drinks were on point and food was fresh & tasty! As noted by many other reviewers, it’s very noisy inside. If you want to have a decent conversation expect to yell. But it’s a fun, lively atmosphere and the food this is good.

Was my first visit to this Mexican restaurant in NYC and it was a delightful culinary experience. Particularly impressed with the starter - guacamole, chips and the seven salsa dips. It was certainly a big hit with our group. The salsas were at varying degree of hotness and each was distinctively different from the other - a great experience. Also the "avocado" dessert which is a must have. The halibut I had was somewhat bland but combined with other savory stuff, it provided a balanced experience. Will highly recommend this place if one is looking for Mexican fare in midtown NYC.

To me, going out for dinner is an “experience “ and I commend those that do it and do it well. Empellon does it very well! Service 10/10; Food 7/10; dessert 20/10; Drinks: 6/10 Starting with the service, greeted immediately upon arrival. It was slow Saturday night in NYC due to freezing rain and light snow throughout the day. Nonetheless the waiters and greeters were the perfect amount of attentive and helpful. They didn’t interrupt conversation between me and my wife but were there when we looked up. For example we got done with dessert and I was just thinking about the check, the waiter appeared. Food - this is small menu. Which I’ve come to appreciate as a chronic over thinker who’s pallet has grown over the years. We went with the fish tacos - absolutely get these. 10/10 dish. Light, fresh, tempura and cabbage gave it perfect amount of crunch, little kick. We also got skirt steak and Brussels sprouts. The Brussels sprouts in my opinion were good but a little salty. The skirt steak had incredible flavor and was real well cooked to medium rare. Only think with skirt steak it’s that it is a tougher steak to chew but comes with the territory. Drinks - I got the por que no margarita and it was very good and I’d recommend. Then I got the pomegranate margarita and it was ok. Pomegranate margs never as good as you think they will be. My wife got a sweet drink she liked it. Dessert is the star. Corn ice cream taco is better than I thought it would be. It’s damn good. Chocolate ice cream sandwich is always good. They bought out something on the house that’s a special they do, it was coconut sorbet wrapped is flaky chocolate coating with rum caramel center this is the star. It’s not on the menu pray they bring it to!

Ate at the bar and enjoyed chips, quac, a selection of 7 salsas, multiple margaritas, mushroom tacos, fish tacos and the smoked black cod appetizer. Service was great, drinks were on point and food was fresh & tasty! As noted by many other reviewers, it’s very noisy inside. If you want to have a decent conversation expect to yell. But it’s a fun, lively atmosphere and the food this is good.