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| - Restaurant: Adega
Cuisine: Portuguese/Mediterranean
Location: Downtown
Address: 33 Elm St
Price Range: $15-25
1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very Good 5: Excellent
Food: 3
Service: 3
Ambiance: 4
Overall: 3.5
Extra information:
*Specializes in Seafood
*Party room Avail for group gatherings
When my friend took me to now my favorite place for pasta, Donatello (check out my review here), I saw couple restaurants along the Elm street that I wanted to check out later. Adega was one of them so I decided to drop by for lunch one day. Many of the restaurants on Elm street looks a little fancy and to be honest, I walked into Adega thinking it was Italian.
Once I walked into Adega, I was surprised by how much bigger the restaurant is once you are inside. The restaurant was pretty empty, except 3~4 tables with business men in their suits (most of them in their late 30s to mid 40s). Interior of Adega gives you this warm feeling with the dimmed lights and wooden interior.
Ordered: SEAFOOD BISQUE 4/5
*Seafood bisque with dungeness crab aioli for $6.95
*For the price you pay, I thought this was very good
*Soup is creamy and bursting with seafood flavor
*It's very smooth and you can really taste the crab aioli
Ordered: SHRIMP LINGUINI 3.5/5
*Linguini with Tiger Shrimp in chipotle pepper and fresh basil tomato sauce for $18.95
*This was decent lunch portion with lots of shrimp
*Pasta was kind of overcooked which was unfortunate cause the sauce was really good
*Sauce was tomato based and it had just the right amount of sourness and sweetness to it
*I really liked the consistency of the tomato sauce cause some places make it too runny
*Sauce was perfect to dip the bread in
Ordered: GRILLED SQUID 3/5
*Grilled squid with lemon, coriander & garlic with olive oil sauce for $19.95
*I've been obsessed with grilled calamaries lately
*But it was my first time ordering it as a main dish
*This is big in portion, maybe a little too much of just the grilled calamari
*Calamari was very fresh but it was just a tad bit undercooked and a little too soft
*Olive oil sauce was suppose to accentuate the freshness of the squid but i found it to be a little bland
*Served with potatoes, bok choy, green beans, carrots and beets
*Don't understand why they would use Bok Choy for non asian dishes
*Potatoes and the carrots were cooked perfectly but I wish this came with rice or something
Summary: Overall, the food was decent and I was satisfied with the service. However, I don't have any thoughts on going back to this place. Why? I guess nothing really stood out to me and made it memorable. Or maybe I didn't see anything on the menu I wanted to try the next time I go back. But if I do go back, I don't think I would be back for lunch. Adega would be better place to go for dinner or if you are going on a date so keep that in mind!
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