The whole experience here was interesting and different. I had heard some good things about this restaurant. When we arrived we were promptly seated at a nice table right in the middle of the restaurant. Unfortunately there was an extremely noisy birthday party going on to the point where we could not hear each other. The party was sectioned off but was really noisy. We asked to be moved to another room or place and they moved us to the corner which was a little better. We found out as we left that there was another room that was about half full that would have been nice for us or better yet the birthday party.
As for the food, it was different and some of it was very good. With the help of our waitress we tried six dishes with two orders of each for four of us. The dishes are listed below in terms of how we liked them.
1. Eggplant Canneloni--outstanding dish with a lot of good flavors. Different and delicious. I am not a lover of eggplant and I loved this dish.
2. Snapper Mini-Tacos--Also very good--good fish, spicy and very tasty. Would definitely order this again
3. Braised Short Rib--Tender, tasty and very good overall.
4. Latin Yucca Frites--I liked this better than my friends but they could have been better. Prepared in an oil type marinade that was mostly at the bottom, meaning the frites at the bottom had the full effect and those were good. Uneven dish.
5. Stuffed dates with Pancetta--another very unusual dish. Okay but not anything I would have again. Nice blend with Pancetta and gorgonzola--date was very sweet--okay but not great.
6. Lump Crabcakes--we were all disappointed with this dish. Not much crab and the flavor was somewhat bland.
Overall it was a nice place but with all of the good choices in Scottsdale I am not sure I would go back again.