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| - A huge disappointment. I had been looking forward to getting to Iruna and experiencing what I thought would be an experience to all the good food, service and times once had at Sol Y Sombra. Joke was on me and my friends!
I would give the service 1 star, but because a few of the dishes were very tasteful, I am giving two stars. The waiter was nice, but did not belong in the service industry. He called us "dudes" (I wasn't on the beach and he wasn't wearing swim trunks, no need for "dude"), he kneeled on the table bench directly behind us, basically breathing down my neck when he talked (gross), never asked us how the food was, even when we didn't touch more than 2 pieces of the calamari (that was saturated in oil and desperately needed a few squeezes of lemon). He took dishes away that we were not finished with.
The food was good - some dishes were great and some were not good at all. The romesco sauce served with the croquettas was delicious! I could have eaten just a side of the sauce alone. It has just enough spice and the flavors were spot on. The trout was another delicious dish. The fish was cooked to perfection and everything on the plate hit the palette in all the right places.
The calamari was awful. It was over fried, and instead of serving with a lemon wedge, was served with a citrus aioli - the concept would have been great if worked with the dish. Even after taking the lemon from my water and squeezing on the dish, it was not appetizing.
If you check them out online and want to go try them for happy hour - sit at the bar (maybe on the patio, I didn't ask) but we were seated in the actual dining area and then told the HH menu was only available at the bar. No biggie, but not the best way to attract repeat customers.
The space itself is very nicely decorated, it was comfortable and had a lot of details that worked well with the rest of the decor.
Overall, I think they did a great job with the space, if they tweaked just some small things with some of the food items, they could make them much better and as for service - contrary to popular belief, just because you're in Scottsdale, doesn't mean your staff should be wearing Ed Hardy t shirts and calling customers "dude".
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