Motek Aventura

Well I've been to MASSIVELY OVERPRICED restaurants that serve insultingly bad and shameful food before, but this place is one of, IF NOTTHE WORST example l've come across. They have pita bread in Isreal and it's fantastic. This place slides a rock hard, inedible piece of what can only be described as thin cardboard under what they call "Shwarma". I assure you it is not Shwarma. It was blandly seasoned low quality chicken chopped into pieces on a cutting board, fat and cartilage included, and piled on that piece of cardboard AND they have the NERVE to call it Shwarma. And for $32!!! Shame on you. That item should be on a children's menu for $12. And even then I would say, it's terrible and disgusting and still a ripoff. The prices in this place are STAGGERING AND A COMPLETE RIPOFF. THE ENTIRE MENU is designed to rip you off. The menu reads, "ask about portions as the plates are designed for sharing". I asked how many ribs come in the order for $33 as there were 6 of us; the server said 1. Shamefull restauranture and executive chef. None of the sharable items are for more than 1, not for 2 or more people. By my calculations- if you go here with 4-6 people and order accordingly you will spend $600-$800. Just go to Joes's Stone Crab and spend $400. Or go to ANY kosher steakhouse and spend far less, get great food, reasonable portions and spend less than $100-$150 a person including drinks. $10 for a beer?!?!? They don’t even have $10 beers in Manhattan? Is the food good, Absolutely not!! Far from it.The beef hummus- $24 and barely enough for 1 person, not to share. Barely 3oz of hummus and barely 1/4 oz of ground beef for $24- and not a sharing portion AT ALL, so what-we are supposed to DO? order 3-4 of these for 6 people to the tune of $75-$100?!!!!?? For hummus with a little ground beef sprinkled on it?!?! You disgust me. Shame on the owner. Shame on the chef. You should be mortified & embarrassed. It's ONE THING if the food is exemplary and high quality as well as the service and cleanliness. It would be a different story if you said, wow that was the best food I've had in a while, that's delicious. BUT NO! you are left thinking- this place is bad.Really bad! And they are out to take your money to pay the rent. How dare you? I NEVER THOUGHT I'D EVER SAY THIS- I would have rather gone upstairs to Serifina, & SERIFINA IS horrible. SMH.The server was asked is there anything gluten-free to dip in the hummus. He offered the "Crude-dites." Which turned out to be "crudités" pronounced "crew-dah-tay" its French. For raw veggies. For $12 he didn't know what that was. AND again, not even close to a shareable plate for more than 2 people, maybe. Mind you, when we asked, AGAIN, after the CREW-DITES arrived lol for something gluten free- we got what was available all the while. The staff doesn't know what's on the menu. They don't know position numbers when serving entrees. We don't need an announcement of each entree to see who raises their hand- if you don't know who gets what just leave and take your crapy overpriced food with you. They don't know how to pronounce items on the menu. They don't know what "no ice" means when ordering a lemonade. THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHWARMA IS. They don't seem to know how to clean properly. They don't know how to portion dishes accurately and price them accordingly. ThiS place is ALL ABOUT PROFIT MARGINS AT YOUR EXPENSE. This place fails on all accounts. Not to mention the flies or whatever insects flying around the table/restaurant. Likely means they don't clean well. If the prices were 50% of what they are, it would at least make sense having such bad food & small portions BUT I would still say, it's garbage not worth your time. OR MONEY. Food is crap. Service stinks. Bugs. Prices are ridiculous. Portions are offensive. Clean your restaurant. Make edible food. Educate your servers.The chef should go to YouTube and watch a video to learn what Shwarma is and how to make it. They DO NOT HAVE A SHWARMA SPIT. Shameful. I called 4 times. No one cares.

Durante mi visita al restaurante Motek, elegí el Harissa Honey Salmon, una opción que resultó ser una verdadera delicia. La combinación del salmón con la salsa de harissa y miel fue exquisita. Opté por acompañarlo con la ensalada de hinojo, que añadió frescura y cuerpo al plato. Es importante destacar que soy alérgica al gluten, y aprecio mucho que el restaurante haya indicado claramente las opciones sin gluten en su menú. La atención al detalle en este aspecto contribuyó positivamente a mi experiencia culinaria. Encontré varias opciones sin gluten para elegir, lo cual fue muy satisfactorio. La elegante decoración del lugar y la agradable música de fondo crearon un ambiente encantador y relajado. El servicio de Facundo fue excepcional, ofreciendo recomendaciones útiles y demostrando atención en cada detalle, lo cual agradezco especialmente.

Visited on 12/18/2023. Great location within Aventura Mall so parking is not an issue. Ambiance is nice and service is fast and with attention to detail. Then comes the menu, according to friends who have been or have lived in Israel, food is very authentic and I cannot really comment on that but all I can say is that I really enjoyed my meal. Menu is designed in a way in which guests can share small, medium or large plates of the same food order, so that family style dining can be had for all party sizes. Hummus was the best I have ever had. They also offer plenty of vegetarian and gluten free options. Music was also nice without being too loud.