Marie S.
Yelp
I wish I feel like I could give away a 5 star review for the food at El Faro. It is almost magical, how neat of a place, it is. The dining room is beautiful as is the food served (and it tastes beautiful!) Absolutely love the "cheesecake"--it's different than any I've had before; more baked than custard-like. Really, really good!
Unfortunately, though, the restaurant follows a late dinner timeline, not opening for dinner until 9pm (although you can get drinks at 8:30) and in typical fashion, service isn't spot-on (every worker seems to be hard-working, but none of that equates to service for any customers; when it's time to ask for your check, no one is anywhere to be found. In our past two visits, it's taken 45 minutes to locate someone to pay (and even then, we had to get up from our table to find someone and wait for the bill and then wait for the card-reader to be located, because obviously anyone going to a nicer restaurant won't be paying by cash.)
Service and timeline aside though (which, in my book is worth at LEAST a star because a business can't continue if they don't get paid for their services and don't leave a lasting impression on a customer,) the food is fantastic and the atmosphere is absolutely beautiful, although I'll admit I'm usually upset to go here because dinner starts so late and I already kind of have to spoil my appetite with some other food choice prior to my visit since the earliest any appetizer is getting served is at least 9:30 at night.