An interesting mix. The food is great. The service is friendly but inefficient. The staff don't really listen and we spent a lot of time either waiting or waving. I didn't think the chipotle margueritas were fantastic have had tastier and cheaper, these, at ten euros a pop really should be better.
They were pretty rubbish with the ordering, which is to say ordering dinner was not much short of disastrous. Mainly because the waitress was not really listening or interested. Having said that after we ordered she never came back to the table! We said the only thing we thought was important to arrive first - before the warm food was the ceviche.
They instead brought everything 'they had decided' was a starter first, including warm food. It was inaccurately distributed around the table but actually most of the 'starters' were the main dish of one of us. I wasn't having a starter so 25 minutes after it was served and I was trying desperately not to pick at my companions main meal we had to ask them to bring the rest of the food because apparently they have a policy of waiting until the starter is cleared before bringing the main!
I ordered 300 grams of baby pig which would probably have been too much but they charged me for 400grams so I am giving them the benefit of the doubt that that is what I got! It was a lot of meat. Just meat, there was a grilled tomato with the steak but there was not a sign of any kind of garnish on my board. There was super soft and tender, lean and fatty meat, on and off the bone as well as a piece of crackling - not the most crackly I've eaten but damn good to get any in the NL!
It was too dark at the table to see well. The roast vegetables were served in what looked like a coffee cup. There was peppers, courgette, asparagus, I think aubergine but it was hard to tell and it didn't look great. The green salad was .50 cheaper, looked much better though I didn't like the dressing - if I had ordered it I would have asked for just oil and lemon - it had olives and mixed greens, it was good.
The quesedillas were fabulous, served with guacamole, beans, sauce and garnish. Not much you can do say about an empanada this one was with raisins and cheese so there was no way I was trying it. The English style with ham cheese and mushrooms sounded right in my line. Beef eaters rave about the beef. The sirloin was tasty, thick, perfectly rare with a lovely smudge of fat to one side.
Again we had to beg to be served dessert, the dulce de leche (I think it's filthy in general) went down well with a comment of 'a little bit too sweet' and 'it's a smaller portion than the chocolate cheesecake'(!) which was ordered to take away - not for the first time. It seems to be the dessert to go for. I rarely do desserts, so I can only go by my companions opinions.
I really enjoyed the Malbec we drank, the Don Julio viejo was unimpressive and served with orange and cinnamon (yak!) I asked for orange & chilli which is what they advertise they serve their tequila with.
None of the hot stuff was hot as far as I'm concerned. Nicely spicy but not hot, very disappointing.
I would go again but there were a few things that irked me. When I went in I told them we had reserved a table and what the name was. I was placed in the noisy entry section next to a large office party with loud music playing. When my companion arrived who had booked the table, they recognised her and we were moved to the much quieter and pleasant back room - which had at least three free tables, which I clearly had not deserved one of!
When we commented on the scattered service and long waits only alleviated by waving madly, at first there was denial, then defence, then a plan to find a scapegoat and make them culpable.
It's worth going for the food and I'm sure most people will be so happy with the friendliness of the staff their slackness and the other stuff won't be an issue.
