Mike F.
Yelp
Fun atmosphere, substandard food. They phone it in when it comes to the grub, they know it. If it wasn't for the great company I was with, this visit would have been completely forgettable.
You walk in, there's multiple open areas for dining, some stages for bands (none were playing this day, I'm sure it's a different story at night), lots of booths and tables alike. Seating and space, not an issue! That i can safely say. Then you get the food and it all goes awry.
Not sure why I even went for the paella. Sure, the rice was overcooked, we can all deal with that, but so was the seafood (mussels, scallops, shrimp). Complete rubber. There were kids there, they wanted to try paella, I wanted to introduce them to it. This was not the place to do that! Shame on me. They are now turned off to paella forever.
To their credit, they had a pretty bangin' house salad with sun flower seeds and a beautifully crisp slice of bread. But man when the side salad is the highlight of the visit, there's some stuff that needs addressed.
Normally a surefire winner, the empanadas were dry as the Sahara, along with the rack of ribs. They somewhat redeemed themselves with the jerk chicken pasta, which was tender chicken and mushrooms over bowtie pasta in a creamy sauce.
All in all, not impressed, especially when you come down to the KOP area to get experience something one-of-a-kind. This was definitely not it.