So last night I had the pleasure of a reunion dinner of sorts with some coworkers from a previous job. It is always a hoot when the three of us get together. And we seem to gravitate towards Mexican food. And odd servers seem to gravitate towards us. Like last night's beardy-beardy man...I mean waiter.
Now I have heard very good things about the food at this particular restaurant, but that the sizes are a bit small. Even for a tapas restaurant. Add to that, it was Restaurant Week, so I was nervous about hunger.
I started with a honey margarita, which had honey (obvi), pineapple and another fruit in it. According the menu. It came out with two jalapeno slices. I don't do spicy like that. So I picked them out. When my friend ordered the same drink, Beardy called it "the honey jalapeno." The menu LIES. But without the jalapenos in it, it was darn tasty.
The food was all absolutely fantastic. I pride myself on my ordering skills, so am a little embarrassed to say this, but I think maybe I could have ordered differently. My salad for the first course was actually phenomenal (good choice). As were the scallops I chose for the second course. Both of them. It's just that....compared to the two huge, bursting-at-the-seams tacos my companions each received, my scallops paled. I mean big time. They were also really really tasty and generous with the guacamole. I wish I had gotten the tacos even despite how good the scallops were. We all went with sea bass for our final course, which was just a tad bit dry, but had good flavor. Unfortunately, overcooked dry fish is one of my biggest pet peeves...luckily it had good flavoring to save it. We opted OUT of dessert (well....I had a brownie before I left the house), and called it a successful, delicious night. For RW, it was great, and even for a normal night, it was great.
I will definitely go back to this place. With a group of about 4 to 6 and go nutty on the tapas-style menu. And avoid jalapenos in my honey margarita.
