Being that I grew up in Panama I welcome any place that serves hispanic food. I have been to a couple places like the Cuba cafe and Florida cafe which are ok, was hoping this would knock those places out of the water based on the reviews.
Started off with the tostones cups with ropa vieja. Good, but not as phenomenal as I had my hopes on.
I ordered the Veradera special seafood paella. Worst mistake ever!!! Should have stuck to my gut and gotten a sandwich, or something else. But I LOVE seafood and I enjoy paella very much. Well, for a $20 dish the majority of the seafood was EXTREMELY tough. Had to spit out majority. Mostly the calamari and octopus. Fresh seafood should never be like that. It had 2 shrimp, one scallop that was good and 2 very slimy imitation crab pieces. Oh, and a sad skimpy crab claw that had no meat in it. Was so disappointed.
I also asked that I have tostones instead of sweet plantains as a side. They charged extra and the were not thin and a little crispy like they are suppose to be. Quite thick and soft.
My boyfriend had the oxtail and said it was really nothing special. A lot of bones and not much meat.
I wish I could bring myself to give this place another chance but I don't think I'll be able to.