I had a lovely experience here this past Friday! My sister, my boyfriend, and I decided to have dinner somewhere on MacLeod Trail, seeing as how we wanted to go rollerskating at Lloyd's afterwards. Originally we had planned to go to Cactus Club but they do not take reservations, so we decided on Tango Bistro. Having driven by plenty of times, it was an ideal location so I was sold.
Although the place doesn't look like much outside, it's beautiful inside. We were immediately taken to our booth which was in a great spot, except the sunset beading through the blinds directly into my eyeballs. Our server was so sweet he graciously adjusted them for us, crisis averted!! We decided to bring our own bottle of wine per Raissa R.'s suggestion, and I was SO glad we did! We were brought our wine glasses immediately along with a chiller to keep the bottle cool. Very helpful!
As it is a tapas-style restaurant, we ordered the cheese plate and the house olives to share. For $15 it was a steal - we had 3 HUGE chunks of delicious cheese with an assortment of crackers and spreads. Beautiful presentation and well worth our money. The house olives were simple but delicious, paired with the cheese they were a hit! We also shared the pear & blackberry arugula salad, which was beautiful. Next we ordered the seared scallops, which were absolutely wonderful - served on a bed of beautifully cooked mushrooms, they were cooked to perfection! Along with those we had the crab cakes, which I personally was not a big fan of. My sister really enjoyed them so it was just my personal preference. Finally, we had the pear gorgonzola flatbread, which was TO DIE FOR. And it was huge! We were all absolutely stuffed. I was worried about sharing tapas (not enough food for this piggie) but the portions were actually very generous. My only minor complaint would be the timing, it seemed like everything all came out at once, it would have been perfect if the dishes came one after the other, as we were left without much room on our table!
There were tons of yummy looking desserts on the menu as well, but once again we were all completely stuffed. My boyfriend had a coffee and my sister ordered a cocktail, and our bill came out to less than $100! I was so impressed. Bringing our own wine was definitely a smart idea, seeing as how we were only charged a $12 corking fee (the price of a glass at most restaurants) and given how full we were, I thought this was such a steal given the amount and quality of food we had. I will ABSOLUTELY be back to try more of what Tango has to offer.