BESITO for marvelous Mexican makes it merry in Rosyln, NY(Long Island) 11-22-23

 We joined our Long Island family last night for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner at Besito here in Roslyn, where we are staying for the holiday. It's a large establishment and last night it was heaving with families and folks out for a pre-holiday party. We settled in with some fun margaritas (blood orange with a not so spicy rim, pineapple with same, some regular ones, a mojito and then moved on to a decent Rioja as the wine list is quite limited. Our server Anthony was a treat and made us very happy as our first bowl of guacamole (made to order) wasn't that spicy and the side of chopped jalapenos was even milder! The second batch was just perfect. When I booked I saw lots of veggie option on the on-line menu, but in house the menu has fewer veggie choices. We asked Anthony and he said most of the dishes were available as veggie options, so Sam chose the Iron Skillet Taco veggie style(like fajitas) which comes with grilled veggies in a skillet, a small container of tortillas on the side and multiple salsas of Guajillo & Verde Cruda. I had the Same Skillet style called MIXTOS which came with a ton of skirt steak (cooked perfectly to medium rare), chicken (a tad overdone) and chorzo all smothered with melted Queso Chihuahua...way too much for one person indeed, but the Nopales (cactus) salad on the side was superb and oh so refreshing.

Sonora Ribs were piled high with Agave Chipotle sauce and lime glaze and the halibut & shrimp dishes were hits as well. The portions are quite large, so best to limit the starters and there was no way we could even consider dessert!  It's a fun place for sure, but beware of Long Island prices in this very high end neck of the woods!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all today and don't eat as much as I do!