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| - I met the girlfriend here for a tapas dinner and drinks. And frankly, the beer selection was shit and the tapas were shittier.
I'm sure that Opus is good at what it specializes in. The nearly all-female clientele on any given night is an attestation to the fact that if you're at Opus, you're there for the fancy-looking sweet cocktails. The cocktail menu is impressively large and creative, with something for everyone who likes paying $12 a drink.
If you want beer though, they've got about 4 or 5 on tap and an equally unimpressive bottle selection. I applaud them for bringing in a couple unique Belgians but, as you might expect, one was fruit-flavored with a low alcohol content and cost twice as much as a regular beer.
What really bothered me about Opus is the quality of food they're serving. I got a decent spread of tapas and found that I didn't just have a bad dish or two. The crappy food quality is present in everything.
First off, portions are massive. So that's the first strong indicator that you're not being served "tapas," you're being served "frozen appetizers." Tapas are small portions that have been expertly cooked and cared for, with an attention to detail that is not at all present in Opus' food. So it's pretty clear that they write "tapas" on their menu for the snooty foreign-sounding effect, and that is just plain deceptive at best.
Going through dish by dish I can tell you that all the Asian-style tapas were absolute garbage. The spring rolls were extremely soggy and contained a bitter mixture of gooey black "vegetables." The tempura was greasy and very unappetizing; I had no desire to finish it at all.
But the worst offender was the cheese fondue which, in addition to being served in a bowl comically heated by a tiny tealight candle, was way too bitter for enjoyment. By the end it was less a fondue moreso than it was a bowl of gross melted cheese and half-and-half. The selection of items for dipping was strange and included several ingredients that I was disgusted by earlier.
All that aside I can end on one good note with the food, which I found in the goat cheese crostini. While the goat cheese itself was not much better than anything you can grab in the grocery store, the tapenade and vinaigrette topping that crostini were excellent redeeming qualities. Both were just a little sweet and a lot savory, imparting a unique and delicious flavor. And that's saying a lot about the tapenade because I tend to dislike olives.
So, again, to summarize. Nice and overpriced cocktails. Almost everything else is absolute shit.
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