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| - I was at Cava once before and had a very memorable meal. This time around, I was quite disappointed. Overall the meal here was not a bad one. But it wasn't very good either. We didn't get a good value for our money, and the only flavour for the food was salt, salt and more salt. Cava is said to be one of the better tapas restaurants in town, and over the years it has received good reviews. It may be that they are resting on their laurels. But, they better start picking up their game if they want to maintain their clientele base.
"SUPERGILDA"
- Price: $5
- Rating: 2/5
- The dish came highly recommended by the waitress, only to disappoint.
- Consists of a single crouton covered with a small slice of sardine, but ruined with the addition of a toothpick skewering a couple of olives and an anchovy. It was a very 1980's presentation and the flavour was salt on top of salt on top of more salt.
CROQUETA OF JAMÓN WITH CAPER-SULTANA SAUCE
- Price: $4
- Rating: 1/5
- Thumb-sized croquet tasted OK, but was very little value for your hard-earned money.
CHICKEN LIVER & FOIE GRAS MOUSSE WITH TOASTED HOUSE-MADE BREAD AND ACCOMPANIIMENTS
- Price: $13
- Rating: 4/5
- Very tasty, silky smooth mousse.
- Not a very large portion.
JAMON SERRANO
- Price: $17
- Rating: 4/5
- Nice ham, descent portion
PAPAS FRITAS
- Price: $7.50
- Rating: 5/5
- Amazing fries! These fries alone salvaged the meal!
EGGPLANT WITH QUESO FRESCO, BONITO, & TOMATILLO SAUCE
- Price: $12
- Rating: 3/5
- Nice dish, the bonito flakes add a nice accent.
PAELLA
- Price: $65
- Rating: 2/5
- The chicken was nice, but not plentiful (only 2 quarter legs)
- The clams were dry
- The shrimp was nice
- There was very little rice and it was VERY salty, almost un-edible.
- Overall, a salty unsatisfying EXPENSIVE dish.
TAJINE OF LAMB WITH QUINOA, AND ROASTED OKRA
- Price: $23
- Rating: 1/5
- There were only small traces of lamb meat, which was dry and salty
- The okra was extra slimy - no effort to reduce the slime
- The dish was not presented in a tajine, which is kind of the main point.
I ordered a Tempranillo which they ran out of. They highly recommended an alternative at a higher price. But it turns out it was a blend with only 1/3 Tempranillo and wasn't very good.
The service was overall good.
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