Walking in the restaurant was really cute. Unfortunately it went downhill quickly. The waitress acknowledged that our table was dirty but never came to clean it. When we weren't immediately ready to order she then forgot about us for 20 minutes. Drinks were not the size advertised. Pisco sour was frozen, though not advertised as such. When the food came out, we ordered off the tapas menu, it was very disappointing.
We ordered:
Patacones - they were bone dry to the point that our inattentive server did not refill our water quickly enough to get them down.
Grilled calamari - by far the best part of the meal. Big enough pieces of calamari that you were sure they were not the "artificial" pork version of the product and not over cooked.
Chorizo - When I think of Chorizo I think of Spanish or Mexican style, red either with chili pepper or paprika. This really didn't have a lot of flavor, and no heat at all. It was fine, but not worth the $5.00 or the pork fat calories.
Avocado salad: A bad order on our part. We were trying to be healthy. A plate of romaine lettuce with balsamic dressing, a couple of tomatoes, red onion and an avocado in it. Not worth the $7.00.
Empinada - definitely the second best thing we had. The filling was tasty, but it was miniscule for $5.00.
There was music since it was a Saturday and while we were originally disappointed it didn't start at 9:00 as advertised in retrospect it was a reprieve. It wasn't that the music was bad per se, it just wasn't at all jazz (guitar/vocals and violin), it was very much cuban folk music, and too loud for the space.
Getting our check took forever. I can see why people like the place, since the space is nice, the people seemed friendly, and it had an authentic feel to it. The food just wasn't good enough to get me back here, maybe for drinks and a cuban sing along I could be convinced.