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| - We were a group of 10 on a quintuple date and the guys pretty much made the call to order all the tapas on 2 pages of the menu - plus a paella or two. Given that the portion size of tapas is in reverse proportion to the quantity of food that these men can ingest (the ladies helped out too, of course), ordering two pages plus of the menu isn't as overwhelming as one might think.
We had an awesome time enjoying each others' company and our server was very attentive. However, the final bill really was not a good reflection on the overall gastronomic and atmospheric experience.
This place is too expensive for the quality of the experience. Having tried most of the protein infused tapas, I can say that most items are either too plain, uninspired, overcooked or, overpowering with not enough, or inappropriate accompaniments. I really enjoyed the cod and the liver pate. The various shrimp dishes were uninspired. In one, the butter sauce was tasty, but the shrimp seemed overcooked. The chorizo was um... chorizo and the chicken was literally lumps of chicken. We had the classic paella and though the rice was tasty, the mussels, chicken and chorizo were not of the best quality. We also had various beers that were tasty and the white wine sangria that I would highly recommend.
The flamenco dancing 'gimmick' lasted for what seemed like the blink of an eye. We were there for quite a while and too busy enjoying chatting with each other to notice too much though.
Overall, this is probably a place that you might want to try once. Parking is either on the street or in a green P. I hear there is free parking after 6pm on Broadview.
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