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| - Must try: Patria Paella
My question is, can I give you a fair review of our food when our food never came? So yes, my rating is based on our overall experience, not the food per se.
Our experience here started off well enough with the waitress being able to accommodate our request to sit outside and the menu suggestions she provided due to our food restrictions.
The Patria paella was pretty good, the seafoods were really fresh and flavorful, and my boyfriend raved about the texture of the rice (especially the slightly browned bits scraped off the pan). Like I said, off to a great start since that's what we came here for!
The queso frites was also nice, think goat cheese nicely fried with a crispy crust, drizzled with honey, walnuts and figs. It goes well with the red sangria.
And that's where it ended. Like, literally ended. Where are the rest of our food?!! After waiting about 15 minutes, we asked our waitress and she explained that there is a backlog in the kitchen and no food is coming out... Ok fine. Maybe I don't know how kitchen works but the table beside us who came way after us (after we almost finished our paella), got all their foods and pretty much all at once too.
Then finally, the bread we ordered came out, and we just gave each other a look. Two slices of sourdough bread, with diced tomato and olive oil... Took 45 minutes? Also is bread not supposed to come out before the main course? It definitely left a sour taste in my mouth. Oh btw, Pan con Tomate, while she made it sound amazing, was really just what I said, bread, tomato, olive oil, nothing special, don't bother.
By this point we really just didn't want to wait anymore, apparently it was going to take 15 more minutes for our calamari to come. So we asked for the bill, which is obviously quite pricey for the amount and quality of food and drinks. The paella was the highlight, but I have had better for less.
So overall, very bad experience. Thanks for almost ruining our anniversary, Patria. Maybe it's a one off thing for you and clearly you have good reviews, so if it's all the same to you, I will not be visiting again.
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