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1. Food comes right out of the kitchen when you order it... is that good or bad? It make me think NOT fine dining... delicious free soup served with horrible stale bread... better to serve NO bread than stale bread! Marinated Manchego was excellent, aromatic, flavorful and a large serving size. Dates were good, but double layer of bacon meant some of the bacon was undercooked and very chewy, almost raw - also most people splitting tapas will be tables of two or four...why serve 3 dates? either 2 and decrease the price or serve 4! Scallops were over-seasoned, but VERY fresh and delicious. The plate itself doesn't work... fried bacon is greasy, and the scallops are too rosemary-flavored and salty to work with the balsamic...maybe a lightly balsamic flavored couscous or risotto would be a good accompaniment? Pork Carnelones were flavorful with excellent pasta texture, although something about it made me think of pre-frozen pre-prepared food. The Onion tart was a HUGE disappointment...just onions in a pastry shell with greens... I was expecting a TART...it said TART. I got a frozen Pillsbury appetizer.
2. Our waiter tried to 'down-sell' the classiness of the place by being over-friendly and over-chatty, but left us feeling chatted-up but not looked-after very well... the owner of the restaurant was left several times to clean up our plates and take our order for more tapas.
3. Decor is high-end, very very nice design, including bathroom. I want that bathroom in my house! Plates are too big for the table, and before we even had food, the table was already overwhelmed with giant plates and giant menus. When food arrived, it was plonked down on top of the menu, with no effort made to re-arrange the table. I noticed this at several other tables too.
I dunno... we will probably go back, but I'm on the fence...
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