Likely won't "Hola back" here any time soon. Came here on a busy night based on the Yelp reviews and spent the rest of the night trying to figure out how this place has so many 5 star reviews. The spot is cozy and the front staff (1 person) is nice. I would label this pace as a bar first with food to snack on vs a dinner spot. I want to love this place but can't. I hope the restaurant will read this review and adjust. Or perhaps I came on an off night.
The menu consists of tapas ($7-9) and some larger tapas ($25-32). For a place on the east end of Leslieville, it's creeping on the high end for a dinner. Drinks are aggressively priced at $12-14 which I would expect if they had full time bar staff vs the combo waiter/barman/host they have working the whole room. These are downtown prices for drinks vs east end ( a few blocks from Greenwood. )
Portions here are small. The small tapas are cocktail sized at 2 servings and roughly $8-10. Large entrees are $25-32 and roughly medium sized plates. I've been to places where the portions are small but their flavour was huge to make up for it. This is not one of them. The food here seems authentic and decent but not overly special.
"A", for effort from the one staffer working the room. He worked hard but he needed help. "C", for overall execution. Like all graded things, I hope to see improvement here.