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    Todd English's Bonfire

    2.1 (95 reviews)
    PriceyNew American

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    Candace C.

    The Skinny: mediocre overpriced food (1) service: do not eat here unless you want to miss your flight! (0), value: $44 pretax for a plate of fish tacos, chicken tacos, chips and salsa plus shitty service... this place gets a 0. I admit. I should have read the reviews for this place on Yelp. If we had, we would have never ventured into this venus flytrap otherwise known as Bonfire Grill. Yes, we were allured by the Todd English name. He should be frankly embarassed to put his name on this horrible establishment. First, let's start off with the state of non-service in this supposedly fully service restaurant. Our waiter came by and took our orders (which we had to repeat twice to make sure he got it right). We never saw him again until 30 minutes later when he finally got around to bring glasses of water. Perhaps he dawdled to entice us to sample the unopened bottles of water on the table so he could bump up the tab. I don't know. After that, it took nearly an hour from the time we sat down to receive any food - and this is at an airport restaurant! I also noted many others had to leave food behind or had to pack it up to go because of how slow this place is. Finally when we were able to flag him to down for the cheque, he took care of another person's cheque first....even though we asked for ours first. It literally took us 1.5 hours to get out of this gong show. As if the service wasn't bad enough, the food was just as horrific. Although placed prettily on a plate, this place has some mighty balls to proclaim that they have a "taqueria" as there is nothing here with the flavourings of onion, cilantro or lime. The chips and salsa ($8) seems like an easy enough dish. The chips were served cold and sugar was clearly added to salsa to give it a ketchup like taste. The fish tacos ($17) were amazingly bland with a clump of sauerkraut like substance thrown on top instead of a slaw as promised. The chicken in the chicken tacos ($15) were smothered with the subpar pico de gallo described above while the protein was tough. As they say, "No es bueno!" Overall, this experience was absolutely terrible. I think the Wendy's next door offers better eats. At least they wouldn't make you wait 1 hour for your food.

    Daniel P.

    GO TO THE WENDY'S NEXT DOOR! So I had a few hours before my flight home, I spent most of it shopping, and then finally when I was hungry I looked up the restaurants and was SO excited to see Todd English's Bonfire. I'm a big fan of his work and my flight was going to be long so I was looking forward to be nice and stuffed. Unfortunately my experience wasn't anything like I had imagined. I am not unused to a pricey menu so at first I shrugged it off believing that I would get quality food for the hefty price. I was seated immediately and my order was taken quickly, my waitress seemed rather nice. However that was where the fun ended. The place was rather empty and was definitely over staffed, it was a bit annoying to find a handful of waiters chatting in front of me with nothing to do, the whole time waiting for my water to be refilled by ANYONE. My food came out and it was ok, my burger was a odd mushy brown that I didn't know burgers could be. However I was filled and somewhat content at this point. Then came the hour of my life that I will never get back. I sat there, plate completely empty in front of me, drink nothing but melted ice, and a desire to get out of there to prepare for my flight. The same group of waiters was still in front of me chatting away, my waitress herself seemed to be taking care of the few tables all alone. I sat and sat and sat, I even read a book for about half an hour. I would have liked something to drink, or for the dirty plate in front of me to be taken away, and I would have especially liked my check so I could leave. However none of this happened. After an hour I just left, I left some cash on the table and I really didn't care if it was enough at that point.

    Dave S.

    I'm with Jeremy M---this place is almost 4 stars for being at JFK airport. Sure it's waaaaaay overpriced for what you get, but so are the $4 candy bars they sell at the airport news stand. The food is actually not that bad. I had a flank steak that was served on a bed (a large bed---see pics) of tortilla chips. It was arguably the best presented airport food I've ever had, although I must admit if you get your steak on the rarer side the tortilla chips get a bit soggy with blood---yes less than idea to eat bloody tortilla chips. Portions were good, service was as friendly as you'll get at JFK. Your best bet for food at JFK terminal 7.

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    Cherylle Q.

    We needed to eat lunch before we hopped on a plane to head back to the west coast because we didn't want to eat the disgusting, sorry excuse for a meal on the plane. We didn't want fast food, so we ended up here: +Appetizer: Guacamole +Entrees: 2 Cheeseburger & Fries +Beverages: 3 Beers =Total: $93.08 Was the food delicious? Yes. Do I think all of that was worth $93? No.

    Asked for mustard and got three packets with nowhere to stick the empties except the ketchup I didn't use.
    Michael T.

    The food was decent enough. The portobello mushroom burger is fried like chicken which was not clear but it was tasty nonetheless. It came with the Parmesan fries which was also not clear from the menu. I almost ordered a side but decided I didn't need the calories. I got them anyway. Asked for mustard and was given three packets (see picture) while a few tables in front of me had a real (plastic) bottle. Oh well.

    Jason G.

    Surprisingly pretty good for airport food but maybe shouldn't be too surprising given that it's a Todd English restaurant. The French onion soup was tasty, had lots of cheese as not as much bread which is the way I like it. The steak tips in lettuce wraps with pico de gallo and avocado were also were flavorful, though a little wet which is typical of lettuce wraps.

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    I'll give it 3 two for the bartender and one for the food because both the bartender Andre and food…read morewere amazing . But the tall sloppy old hag in the front pissed me off more than 3 times while I was here. I always have a bad experience here off service . Bartender did his thing he was great but the lady in the front kept inserting herself where it didn't concern here. She asked if we were sitting with the people we were next to at the bar why does that matter ? Then I had a vape on the table cause I keep going outside for smoke breaks and she said I have to put it away. Girl stop concerning yourself i now don't wanna drink eat or do anything else here . I'm very annoyed and I'm sitting here writing this while I wait for the bill cause I'm so ready to go. Moral of the story Andre a great bartender food is great as well (I had some of the salmon and Mac with oxtail it was amazing )

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