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Copper, black iron, dark brown wood decor = trendy check... But it creates, a nice romantic "hey want to make out in the dark after this meal?" feel, if you're there for a date night.
They are doing the whole asian-latin fusion, thing which means blending of spices and flavorings and placing fancy names on dishes. Also the tapas thing (word for appetizer type dishes), which I am not a huge fan of. I find it overdone, over americanized and borderline culturally offensive. I like my food authentic an unfused. But if you are looking to try new foods, and you consider red lobster exotic this would be a good place for you to expand your food knowledge.
The calamari was nicely done fluffy decent flavoring, plenty of it for the price I think these tapas dishes start around 8-12$ range, you will need more than one. Fish tacos looked yummy but I did not try them.
The cocktail menu is creative the servers friendly, you will some interestng drinks you may not have tried. But the booze is way overpriced, they did not have many flavors of absolut to choose from and so I settled on grey goose pear for a simple vodka soda. I understand grey goose is more of a top shelf vodka but my drinks were ten dollars a piece, sorry 10$ is too high for a vodka soda in lawrenceville. The food should keep you in business not the alcohol prices.
I probably won't be back this place just did not grab me, but I do hope it does well and others enjoy it, it is nice to see business revival in lawrenceville.
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