Cuishe Cocina Mexicana

We had a great experience at Cuishe Cocina Mexicana. The dishes are absolutely delicious and very original, with creative flavors that really stand out from typical Mexican food. You can tell a lot of thought goes into the menu. They also have an excellent selection of tequilas and mezcales, with plenty of options to choose from. The service was very attentive and friendly throughout our visit. We started with the chicharrón platter, and it was spectacular, crispy, flavorful, and perfect for sharing. Overall, a fantastic spot for great food, drinks, and a great atmosphere. We’ll definitely be back.

We went because I wanted to try the quesadillas de sesos but were told they haven’t had them for over a year. They are on the menu in the restaurant and the menu online. I was disappointed because I really wanted to try them. I ended up getting the flautas even though I read some reviews saying the chicken didn’t have much flavor. I especially liked the crunchiness and size of the flautas. The chicken was plain chicken without a lot of seasonings, but I like it like that because the chicken absorbs the salsas. We had also ordered the salsa sampler. I am used to an order of flautas coming with guacamole and sour cream, so I was missing that. My husband ordered the salmon and thought it was delicious as was the salad included on the plate. He said while he liked the taste of everything, he would have preferred salmon served with a choice of two sides as he isn’t much of a salad guy. The wait staff was very attentive and the atmosphere is very nice.

I had such high expectations of this place and arrived quite excited. Seeing all the glowing reviews and media features, I was hoping to have a revelatory culinary experience, which is what fine dining should be about. I absolutely love the concept of serving legitimate Mexican food in fine dining that is oddly rare in the states. So I ordered the quesabirria as the waiter recommended. It was flavorful enough but honestly nothing to write home about. The birria was quite good, great concentrated flavors of aromatics and spices. But it was about the same as the taqueria in my neighborhood. Good but not outstanding and nothing unique at all. And it was so greasy that it very quickly got completely sogged out. As for the drinks, I was also excited to try such an extensive selection of fine tequilas. I expected it to be quite a refined offer of the best and I do love a good unique cocktail. That is, if you can get any in your drink! I ordered the cuernavaca cocktail. Sounded so yummy as guanabana.is certainly not a common drink ingredient but unfortunately fell beyond flat. First of all, my glass came out completely plain. Just liquid and ice. Nothing to indicate that it's a cocktail. By appearance it very well could have been a fountain lemonade. My friend's drink also had the minimum salt rim but no garnish whatsoever like the other photos other people posted. Is it too much to add the cucumber garnish? Did the bartender take the night off even though I see him right there behind the bar? But much more upsetting, in both of our drinks, we did not smell tequila, we did not taste tequila, and there was no buzz of tequila. At most, there may have a quarter shot of tequila, if at all. My bet would be there was none at all. The cocktails only offer tequila ghosts. The broken promise of tequila. Getting stood up by tequila. The deadbeat non-existent tequila. We paid nearly $20 for each cocktail, which ended up being mere sodas or mocktails and we didn't get the booze we clearly paid for. My friend and I may not be Hispanic but perhaps there was an underestimation of our palates and exposure to cultural foods. If the menu doesn't suit my taste, that is one thing. But I truly do not appreciate not getting what I was told I was paying for. So it's a hard pass for me from now on. Service was polite so I will drop in one star for that. FYI the minimum tip is 20% here

Awesome restaurant! We went for dinner and came back the next 2 days for dinner because not only was the food delicious, but the service was amazing and the ambiance was great! Definitely recommend stopping by! We tried different things from the menu every night because it was all so delicious. It’s authentically Mexican food but elevated flavors!

We had a couple of dishes and shared, the drinks were really good; the bar tender made them to our liking. We had Paloma’s and cantaritos, I would stick with Paloma’s only next time; cantarito was good just too much. Chicharrón de pulpo was divine, delicately fried for that gentle crisp all while maintaining the tender texture of a perfectly cooked octopus 10/10 wouldn’t recommend. We accompanied it with fried panela, guacamole and cebollitas asadas. The fried panela came out cold so it lost its life, guacamole perfectly seasoned, fresh and chunky, the cebollitas could’ve used more time on the grill. We also ordered the esquite con tuétano, I was super excited about this dish. Although is was a grave disappointment, the esquite was super dry and flavorless. There was no bone marrow in the dish at all, seemed misleading as it’s served out of a bone marrow bone (tuétano). They give you three dots of mayo to cover the esquite and that still didn’t help the dish. 0/10 wouldn’t do again. I let our waitress know after the 2 bites we took and she asked if we wanted it boxed, I said I would like it taken away we would not eat it. (We were still charged for it) We then ordered the grilled octopus, thoughts were if they can fry an octopus image what they can do on a grill. Wrong, I was oh so very wrong, the grilled octopus was over cooked and rubbery, the pastor flavor was caked on the octopus leaving behind the sweet over seasoned tiny little over cooked octopus. We also didn’t finish or even touch this dish much. 0/10 wouldn’t not recommend. The pictures on google showed this luscious thick octopus, that was not what was served. They did the fried octopus so well I’d probably go back and try some other things. It seems meat is their top dish so next time I’d go for that. The ambiance feels like I’m somewhere in the Yucatán. Great for date night drinks and apparently dancing on some Thursdays! Service was impeccable, we were attending as though we were in Mexico. For that I would give this spot 5/10 would probably do again.