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| - Service was good; food was a disaster. Meal started with cold bread and a pesto dipping sauce which tasted a bit acrid. Next, we had two appetizers, grilled calamari and octopus. The calamari was ok, but a bit chewy, and sitting in a pool of olive oil. The octopus, allegedly the chef's specialty, had ultra slimy skin, though the meat was indeed tender. The dish, however, was very rich (due to the octopus swimming in chili oil) and lacked acid--no lemon, citrus or vinegar to counteract the richness.
Our evening finished with an extremely underwhelming, expensive and greasy rendition of paella. A few scant (3 or 4 mussels and 2 pieces of shrimp) pieces of seafood coupled with very undercooked rice--again drenched in chili oil. Almost no saffron flavour. No soccarat on the bottom of the paella pan. Did I mention hardly any seafood and greasy rice?
Staff and owner seemed very nice, but the food was absolutely deplorable. Wouldn't have dinner there again even for free.
Everything you order is drenched in some sort of oil. It makes everything seem greasy and takes away from the flavour of the food.
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