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| - After passing by this restaurant on numerous occasions, I finally got a chance to try it on an outing with my colleagues. Unfortunately, this experience was not a positive one. While the ambiance and plating of the dishes were lovely, the quality of the food didn't quite match the overall appearance.
To start, the chorizo black pudding was actually quite pleasant. However, the trouble arose with the main course: another person and I both ordered the black cod, which turned out to be a mistake. It arrived at the table smelling like a fresh seafood market, was extremely chewy, all of which indicated that it was extremely underdone. When told, our waiter took back the dishes with a gruff and had new ones prepared. Painstakingly, we watched as everyone else finished their mains until ours returned to us after quite some time with an explanation that the original piece had come from a fattier part of the fish that didn't have to be cooked quite so much. We questioned why a restaurant of such caliber would bother serving such a thing in the first place as we ravenously dug into our new pieces of cod, which were admittedly much better. Unfortunately, my time with my food was cut abruptly short as the server took away my half-eaten dish without asking me first.
Mistakenly, I thought that dessert and a coffee could save the day. However, my crème brûlée ended up being far too burnt on the top and suspiciously chewy underneath, while a colleague's was prepared better and was thus far smoother. The coffee also tasted like vaguely caffeinated hot water. Considering the price tag, the lack of consistency from this restaurant was extremely jarring. The service could have also been better, but I'll let that slide considering there was only one waiter for the entire restaurant (and he was kind of cute, I guess). At least it was BYOW to aid us in forgetting about this meal.
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