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| - I've been here a few times over the past couple of years for dinner and brunch. Having tried many items on both menus, here are my top recommendations:
Datiles ($10) - if you like sweet and savoury things, this is perfect for you. The sweetness of the dates offsets the savoury bacon and manchego, and the spicy kick from the pepper is nice. It come with 5 dates. I order this every single time.
Paella Patria (small $30/large $55) - make sure you put in your paella order right when you're seated as it takes 45min to make. While their paella is good and contains a good ratio of seafood to rice, I do find them kind of small, especially for the price. I've typically shared a large paella between 4-5 people, and a small between 3 people, and ordered a few more dishes to share.
Huevo de pato y pisto ($13) - This is easily the most reasonably priced dish at this place and worth the price, but only available at brunch. It's essentially a scramble of peppers, cheese, and chorizo, topped with an over easy duck egg, served with a side of bread. Their bread is cut thick and is so fresh and soft. The yolk mixes very well with the flavourful scramble, and compliments the bread.
Red sangria ($35 for a jug) - I usually don't like red sangria as much as white sangria, but I really enjoyed this one. Very refreshing and not too sweet.
Many of the smaller dishes, such as the bread, croquettes and empanadas, come with 2 pieces only, but they can add a third for a proportional cost if you're sharing between 3 people. They kindly waived the minimum spend and set menus for me when I had my birthday dinner there with 12 people. I've had mixed experience with service there. Service was surprisingly slow at brunch, even though there were about 4 tables seated only. This was after the waitress condescendingly told me it was unnecessary to order the paella first as the 45min wait at dinner is because it's much busier then. Still ended up waiting that long for the paella to arrive anyway so I wasn't pleased... Overall their food quality is consistently good but I find it to be a tad expensive for the portion sizes. I like the ambiance of the restaurant so I would still recommend this place for a nicer group dinner or date night.
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