Richa Langella
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We were recommended this place by the owner at Vicente’s, downtown Detroit. Enjoyed our New Year’s eve dinner here, made great by the fact that they happily accepted a last minute reservation request just a few hours before we wanted to come in!
Food was excellent and portion sizes were large. I ordered the Picanha (steak tapas), bisque de langosta (lobster bisque) and shared a ceviche clasico. My boyfriend ordered the entraña de novillo (Argentinian style skirt steak) and platanitos fritos (fried plantains). I was very happy with my steak tapas, which came with seasoned polenta, but was not terribly impressed by the fried plantains. We could have done without them- very small portion size. The skirt steak entree was incredible- tooo much food! The lobster bisque was okay, I think I had just ordered too much for myself. The ceviche was incredibly salty and had an overbearing lemon flavor, so a little hard to down. But I’m sure other people might enjoy that flavor. We had 3 drinks total (cocktails) and our bill came to about $140. Acceptable only because it was a swanky NYE dinner, but I think for the overall experience and ambience I would rather dine at Vicente’s. The food took a while to arrive (wasn’t expecting speedy fast but it was definitely on the slow side). Wasn’t a huge fan of the location (Wayne State campus), but luckily it did offer valet parking and was close enough to downtown where we were headed right afterwards. Overall, great, warm ambience (was just a bit dead when we went around 5:30pm) and yummy food. Probably best to start out small and then add!