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After hearing mostly positive reviews, me and 3 others decided to have dinner at Origin last night. The atmosphere was alive and the place was almost full. This was surprising, as it was a Wednesday night and this got me excited for the dining experience.
Our waiter was casual and attentive, and I like that. We started off with drinks as we looked through the menu. The mix drink I ordered was very well made. I could actually taste the alcohol. Our server recommended dishes to us and we ordered them all, plus anything else we felt like ordering. In total we ordered around 10 dishes, we did not hold back.
Unfortunately, the majority of our dishes where lack lustre.
The devil eggs, where, well, devil eggs. Nothing special. Not horrible, but nothing great. I enjoyed the green peas. Nothing super special, but fresh and a good side dish to nibble on. The tostones and guacamole was so disappointing. The guacamole was basically mashed up avocados. No flavour! The plantain chip was again, NOTHING SPECIAL. From the raw bar we got both the Japanese tuna and the spicy beef. The tuna dish was great, flavourful and interesting. The only thing was, the portions are tiny! Between 4 people, you get 3 slices of mango, a bit off the other ingredients and one small sliver of tuna. The portions of most things where ridiculous, I know it's tapas, but give me a break!
The pare mozzarella ball was ok, a bit too sweet for me, but not bad nor great. We had the calamari, it was the smallest portion of calamari I've ever seen, AND it was not good. The Chinios duck was by far my favourite dish of the night. The cod croquettes where another disappointing dish. I can't even remember what else we ordered right now, but that detail tells you everything.
Dessert was ok, but nothing great either. I had the banana cream pie.
Overall, I found this place to be more about a scene more that great food. The portions where complete bs and the food lacked flavour. For the price of the food, I think one would expect it to be more than just average. I would not recommend this place and I will not be going back.
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