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| - Pros: The food was great. I was with 5 other people and all of us thoroughly enjoyed our meals, appetizers and drinks. The menu had a great variety of options, without being SO varied that I questioned their focus. There's a lovely patio out front for al fresco dining (unfortunately, the weather was not patio-friendly the night we are there, so we sat inside). Terrific meal.
Cons: Only two cons, and one is so superficial that it's a little silly to count it against Pura Vida. First, the restaurant has a lovely decor, very modern and clean, with a wavy pattern on the ceiling. The ceiling is notable because there are colored lights that illuminate it and change subtly every 10-20 seconds (red to orange to yellow to green to blue to purple), thus changing the overall color of the restaurant, the food and the people. Some of the colors are slightly unappetizing and unattractive and overall, it's distracting. Second, the service was a little slow. We were heading to a show at Playhouse Square afterwards and had made sure to schedule our reservation on the early end and told our waitress as soon as we sat down that we were trying to make a show time. The dishes came out just slowly enough that we ended up being a bit rushed with our meal and then having to hurry to the show.
All in all, the pros definitely outweighed the cons and I will definitely be going back to
Pura Vida for lunch and dinner.
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