Delphine C.
Yelp
I'm very sad to say this place was a huge disappointment. I've been wanting to come since they opened, but the ball was dropped so hard. First, upon arrival we were informed there was no AC inside despite it being over 90 degrees outside. I don't know if this is the normal situation here or if it just broke for the day. They did have little AC unit/fan looking things inside but it was so packed it didn't even help. I was definitely feeling toasty.
Secondly, there was about a 30 minute wait for our table so we were offered to grab a drink at the bar. Upon arrival, the single bartender didn't even look our way, and continued making drinks for the table guests. The things that bug me about this: why is there only 1 bartender serving an entire restaurant/bar, and okay, I get it you're just, but like at least acknowledge my existence and say you'll be right with me and give me a drink menu. I sat there for probably 15 minutes before I had to flag him down and ask for a drink menu, and then again after another 10 minutes had to flag him down to place my order. I even overheard him tell another bar guest that it was his first ever bartending job, so he definitely shouldn't have been alone to handle all that load.
Even though it is very common for gratuity to be included in the bill in Miami, I feel like most places still over pretty good service. Unfortunately that was not the case with our server. She came over initially fairly quickly, however, after we put our food orders in, we didn't see her again until basically the end of the meal. I don't even think she checked on us to see if our food was good, or if we needed anything. Never offered to grate cheese on our pasta. The only person that came to check on us was the manager/owner. He actually checked on us twice which was nice. He was more attentive than our own server.
As for the food, I will say the things we ordered were good, but I did have some issues in this regard as well. First of all, the menu online and the menu in the restaurant were different. Some things were missing on the in person restaurant. Secondly, there was no consistency with the food. Based on the pictures posted online, both by the restaurant and by patrons, all the food looked different. For example, the French fries posted online by patrons showed wedge fries, but today when I went they were serving shoestring fries. Also, we got the tiramisu, and online it showed that they made a nice decoration with the cacao powder, but today it looked like they just dropped the container of cacao powder all over. Even the bowl it came with was dirty with powder all over. It looked terrible. The pizza and pasta are also pretty small portions, so I'd definitely get a few menu items and share. I will say everything we had tasted good, nothing spectacular though. The octopus was a little overcooked but not terrible.
As for the cocktails, I had 2 of the ones on the cocktail menu and they just weren't that good in my opinion.
The decor is cute, but I probably won't be back.