I was wondering why El Vez, a Mexican restaurant on Vesey St, near battery Park had a portrait of Elvis and found out that, it is the name of a Mexican impersonator of the King. With locations in Philadelphia and Fort Lauterdale, the New York restaurant is huge: 300 seats!

We went there twice for brunch, once before going to a movie theater that is close by. Here is what we tried:

Their guacamole ($18) is decent, definitely not the best out there despite some chunks of avocado in it. I for sure preferred their Nacho Mama ($19), that are tortilla chips smothered with melted cheese, black beans, salsa ranchera, sour cream, pickled red onion and jalapeño.

As a vegetarian option, Jodi went for their vegan Kale Caesar Salad ($17), made with oak leaf lettuce, vegan caesar dressing, grape tomatoes, crispy shiitake mushrooms and cashew “parmesan”, in which she added an avocado. She also tried their mixed green salad ($17), composed at the time of grilled corn, fried quinoa and radish (they since changed the ingredients. On my side, I went straight to their Crispy Mahi Mahi Tacos ($18) as I love crispy fish tacos. These were made with red cabbage, avocado and chipotle pepper remoulade in a flour tortilla. The fish was perfectly cooked, crispy on the outside, cooked all the way through and still moist. However, it was a bit dry and I wish they put more remoulade. I also got their Chicken Quesadillas ($17), composed of achiote marinated chicken, chihuahua cheese, avocado-tomatillo salsa and pickled jalapeño in a corn tortilla. I thought it wad good and tasty, definitely a dish I would order again.

Of course, we could not leave without dessert and tried their tres leches that they changed now to a mocha tres leches ($12) unfortunately, as this tres leches was worth a visit, as well as their churros ($12) that were decent, served with a chocolate sauce.

So, overall, I have mixed feelings about El Vez: the food is a bit hit or miss. I would probably give it a try for dinner.

Enjoy (I still did)!

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