Alright, I feel like I need to come to the defense of V Picasso, at least a little bit. I had no service problems at this restaurant. I say this as someone with past experience as a fine dining server and I notice these things. I was asked if I'd like a drink within two minutes of sitting down and someone was there to take my order the moment I closed my menu. When our food (all tapas dishes) arrived, they had given us an additional order of empanadas and apologized for our long wait. We hadn't even noticed we'd been waiting long. It couldn't have been more than 15 minutes from placing our orders and we had enough sangria to keep us entertained. The busser and our server were very diligent about clearing plates once we had finished with them, which was necessary because our table was so covered that there was absolutely no room. The check arrived promptly after we refused dessert and I never felt like we were being pushed out. The service was fine. Maybe they have figured things out after being open for a month or so.
I thought the ambiance was a little lacking. It was crowded and noisy, but what can you really ask for from a new restaurant. We were in the main dining area and the tables were a little too close together for my liking, but, once again, it's not trying to be cute and cozy. My only real problem was with the music selection, which tended towards cheesy early sixties pop songs. I think they could have gained a lot in establishing the ambiance they're looking for by playing some flamenco guitar or something without high pitched bopper voices. I actually got annoyed when the noise died down because I could hear the music better. Maybe it was just that night. Maybe you're not annoyed by things like this.
As for the food, the dishes were definitely hit or miss. The bacon-wrapped dates rocked my world. I know the bacon was a little on the fatty side and they were rather chewy, but I couldn't even care because I was eating bacon-wrapped dates and the flavor was awesome. We had some shrimp with mole dish (gambinas al mole? I don't speak Spanish...) and the shrimp were not overcooked and the mole sauce was good (though the corn puree didn't add much). I thought the goat cheese, grilled zucchini, and honey combination was interesting and very good, but I just wanted a little more on top of the pieces of bread. The goat cheese stuffed empanadas were great; the pork empanadas were mediocre and under-stuffed. But they come together, so what's a girl to do. We had a chicken dish, served with potato chips (pollo ajillo?) that was actually not good (to the point where I feel inclined to mention that I wasn't responsible for ordering it). The chicken was dry, yet sitting in oil, and the dish was truly uninspired. The potato chips were alright, but there are other places to go in this town for good homemade potato chips. We also had some patatas with an aioli sauce. They were satisfying, if slightly undercooked. I would have appreciated a slightly larger order and, since it's just half a potato, I feel like that should have happened.
The wine list was alright, but I was disappointed that they didn't have any Riojas. Maybe I don't know what's up and Rioja is from a different region, but, really, when have Americans cared about things like that. I only get a good Rioja when I'm at a Spanish restaurant and I was actually looking forward to ordering one.
Overall? The service was good, the sangria was servicable and I'd order most of the dishes again. And we spent $50 between two people and had 6 (+1 for free) tapas dishes and a pitcher of sangria, which I thought was a reasonable price. It's probably never going to blow you away, but it's a reasonably fun night.