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| - I have very mixed feelings about this restaurant. Overall, it had a nice & cozy atmosphere and the food was delicious, but as previous reviewers have noted the portions were laughably small for the price. I had looked up reviews beforehand, and though many people had commented on the portion sizes I really wasn't expecting them to be as small as they were. I thought that maybe people were being overly critical since it's a new restaurant, but I was wrong. When we ordered our food, our server recommended ordering 3-4 plates per person and he wasn't kidding. Everyone in my group ordered 1-2 plates (mainly because the dishes were more expensive than we anticipated) and that was definitely not enough for each person.
I understand that the size of a typical tapas/small plates meal is going to be smaller than a regular restaurant, and the idea is to share with your table so everyone gets a little bit of everything. However, these meals weren't large enough to consider sharing. I ordered the flatbread with lamb sausage and the ravioli, which were $10 and $8 respectively. The flatbread was one triangular piece with a single sausage link and some toppings, and there were only 3 pieces of ravioli with the pasta dish. The food tasted amazing, but I'm not sure how I was expected to share such a small amount, and the portions didn't justify the price in any way. Someone in my group ordered the mussels and another ordered a burger, those seemed to be the only decently-sized meals.
The only thing that really saved the day was the cookie table that we ordered for dessert. It comes with a variety of different cookies and a pitcher of milk, for those that like milk with cookies. And the cookies were just as delicious as the rest of the menu! I consider myself a bit of a cookie snob (I grew up on cookies made from scratch) and these definitely get my seal of approval. And there were plenty of cookies to share, so we were able to fill up on dessert to make up for the meal.
I think this place is definitely worth giving a try, the food is too good to go unappreciated. But I would recommend going when you're not very hungry, or be prepared to spend a lot of money.
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