Caliente Cab
Caliente Cab
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Never again. Tasted like day-old microwaved frozen Mexican dinner.
Wow! I've had bad Mexican before, but this place definitely takes the torta.
I ordered the Mexican chicken suizas. You couldn't tell that it was an enchilada with so much cheese put on top. The chicken was old, not expired old, but like they used a granny chicken. The meat was so tough!! The rice looked like cafeteria rice with canned peas and carrots. The beans, obviously from the can, had a dried-over look, like they just over nuked it.
I should have read the reviews before coming here, but like all the others, I ate to my demise.
Oh man…I feel a stomach ache coming on!!
Upon arriving I noticed that a gentleman, who had entered after me, quickly looked at his phone and abruptly left. I now know that this can only be attributed to his excellent Yelp application. Had I also checked reviews before ordering, I would have departed for ANY – I mean ANY- other spot in the airport.
When I first arrived the place was empty, yet there were no waiters to seat me. Eventually a bus boy/bar back said "Sit wherever you want." So I did. After waiting for 15 minutes my unenthusiastic waiter(?) took my order.
My order of fried ravioli was finally delivered, and it was absolutely disgusting. Imagine 10-day-old ravioli fried in beard trimmings and then refrozen in reptilian sperm. Then imagine the staff defrosting aforementioned ravioli by microwaving it in a paper towel that has been used to mop up Cubs' fan vomit. Now add "80 days later" to every descriptor and you still won't have anything as disgusting as I was served. Also keep in mind that I had nothing to eat all day and I was completely famished.
Uh yea…WORST EVER!
So…. I'm not a business or economics major, but I can imagine that it is difficult to figure how to have fresh food at an airport restaurant. That's why I'm always pleasantly surprised when I stumble upon a restaurant in an airport that isn't awful.
What I DONT think is difficult is figuring out how long the food needs to be cooked in the microwave.
My tortillas came out over heated and hard as a rock. My refried beans had that awesome (see sarcasm) coating that says, I was sitting out too long and got crusty being heated up in the microwave and the chicken was warm at best.
I had eaten at caliente cab in the city and while I would promote other places like mercadito, downtown bakery and even the ever loved chain Blockheads, the locations I went to in the city were far more enjoyable than what I just ate. I would have been better off snacking on trail mix from Hudson News.
Why 2 stars? Friendly staff and with missing my connecting flight I'm hoping to send some positive karma out into the world.
Had a great burger–large and the guacamolie was excellent.
Skip the food, the bar is the only redeeming part of this place.
I'm pretty sure if this place wasn't in the Airport it would go out of business. The hostess station seems like it is constantly abandoned. After waiting there eventually a server passes by and seats you.
You would think being an airport restaurant that they would be all over getting your order right away so you can eat and get to your flight. I didn't time it but somewhere after about 10 min or so a waiter finally came by and took our order and brought us drinks. After that I only saw our server two more times, when our food finally came out and when I got my check. Looking around as I was sitting there that seemed to be the norm. Servers are scarce and not easy to find.
As for the food, it is overpriced ESPECIALLY for the quality or lack there of that you are getting. I ordered a quesadilla and it tasted like some one had opened a package of grocery tortillas, a bag of pre-shredded cheese, pre-cooked chicken and combined. It was completely devoid of any seasoning.
I dare say unless you just want some booze, head over to the MacDonalds across the food court.
The food? Nothing more than microwaved slop. Service? Perfunctory at best.
That having been said, the drinks aren't terribly bad, albeit a tad expensive. So when you've missed your flight, a barely decent frozen margarita isn't a bad way to pass another few hours in the hellhole / time-space continuum that is EWR. So an extra star for booze it is.
This is a great place .. For an airport restaurant. It is a chain so the food is normal for the chain, good even. There was no hostess as i arrived. The bartender eventually noticed me floating around and told me just to sit anywhere. My waitress came out fairly quickly. I ordered a vodka Pineapple and liked the fresh pineapple on my glass. I ate the ranchero enchiladas. The food was tasty for a chain restaurant. Pricing was fair for an airport. The restaurant seemed clean to me. I will come back here agin id i am in the area – this was a good wzperience.