Comments on: Is Sophie’s Cuban Slipping?

By: EatGame

EatGame — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:20:10 +0000

Just got the pork with yellow rice and black beans for $9.80 w/ tax. The rice and beans wre cooked to perfection. The pork was very moist and I got a generous serving; however, it was very bland. A little adobo and some skin would have been nice…

By: boomshanka

boomshanka — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:42:32 +0000

gotta say, the last time i had the fried pork and plantain sandwich (mid-july) from the 49th and 3rd food court it was pretty awful. the pork was completely dry and no amount of mayo or hot sauce could save it… or my stomach. i chalked it up to a bad day but haven’t been back since.

By: J Cyzl

J Cyzl — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:54:52 +0000

I used to eat Sophie’s whenever i had the opporunity- the food was always fresh, cooked really well, and reasonably priced. That being I’ve eaten Sophie’s 4 times in the last 2 years and every time the food has been DISGUSTING- incredibly greasy, the meat has always tasted like it was cooked several days before being served to me. In fact everything has tasted incredibly greasy. A huge turn-off for me, something that I use as a litmus test with restaurants in judging just what kind of place they are, is if thefrying oil tastes like it hasn’t been changed in a while. Every time I’ve eaten at Sophie’s in the last two years the oil fried foods have tasted like the oil hasn’t been changed in weeks. yuck…

By: mkim1206

mkim1206 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:46:30 +0000

I am still going to try their meals. hopefully their meals are better than their sandwiches.

By: Ianny

Ianny — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:34:45 +0000

I’ll have to check out one of their downtown establishments tomorrow and let you know how it goes, to see if the downturn is isolated to the Midtown locations or not.