Motel smeared dishes are tasty, but exaggeration overshadows meal

Saturday, 7:40 pm. It had been ten minutes since the opening of the house. And the wait was already worthy of motel on Valentine’s Day. Clustered on a narrow staircase, anxious customers expected to eat at the restaurant motel, opened three months ago.

At the top, Hostess reported that the wait would be two hours. Bones of the craft, the decision was to wait – with my four companions – in the megusta bar, which is below and is also from chef Renata Vanzetto.

Our turn at the motel only arrived two and a half hours later. But… for another waiting. In a room with sofazinhos, where we stayed for another 20 minutes. Only at 10:41 pm we were properly accommodated. A total of three hours of waiting. Would we be rewarded by the effort?

Amid the chaos of the crowded hall, the waiter gave a first warning: the idea of ​​the house is to share. In five people, the task was capacious. First, because the portions are small. Second, because dishes like ancho with potatoes do not work so well to divide.

The right solution seemed to be to make their order, but there came another warning: the dishes are served as they are ready – not at once. With that, anyone who made a longer order would be in hand while the others ate. Even so, it sounded like the best option.

Most preparations are tasty, but all proven recipes had frying and grease or garlic sauces. Although betting on the concept of Comfort Food, the general result sins for the exaggeration.

The caramelized eggplant (R $ 42) is prepared to the breaded and comes on Ranch sauce, which resembles mayonnaise. The motel potato (R $ 36) is fried and served with puree of cheese. Tuna Tuna (R $ 56), marinated tuna cubes, comes with creamy gem and fried garlic. The dream (R $ 46), in salty version, is filled with shrimp cocktail and leaves the impression that the ingredients did not match.

The delicious rib sandwich (R $ 64) with potato straw comes in a routine sauce. The cod with Brás mixed with rednecks is creamy. Salty beyond the account, arrives crowned with (more) potato straw.

Ancho Au Poivre, the longest and most disappointing, arrived at the table after everyone had finished. It was at the point of order, but came cold and accompanied by mere nine potato chips. It looked like a Kids dish, with very adult price: $ 89.

The best of the night was naughty rice (R $ 70), cooked in squid paint and with crispy pieces of themselves. Comes with vinaigrette, aïoli and shissô. At 11:16 pm – so 35 minutes after the group managed to sit down – the waiter warned that the kitchen was going to close. But that (phew!) There was still time for dessert.

Unlike the dishes, the sweets are well served, but do not thrill. Too massive, the delirious pudding (R $ 42) did not delirious. Julieta, Juliete and Romeu (R $ 45), cheese pie with pieces of guava on one side and guava on the other, made the feeling that three is too much. Chocolate mousse (R $ 42) was lacking delicacy.

The chef’s bet on smeared dishes and fried foods ties the concept of the menu well. But in practice the meal weighs. Even the exaggeration fall well subtleties.