text: I was really excited to try Noca after hearing so many good things about it I bought the groupon for it as it was the only way I could afford this place and wanted to go for a late V day dinner with the BF So we got there and as others have said it is in a strip mall but it looks nice enough inside We were seated and got the big bottle of water They brought out an amuse bouche to start which was a blue cheese apple and nut thing hard to describe and it was good despite neither of us being blue cheese fans So I ordered the clam chowda soup to start and it was not so great It did not taste like any clam chowder I have ever had It just kind of tasted like paprika and the potatoes were all thin and looked cute in the bottom of the bowl but had no flavor as they would have had if they were cooked in the chowder After the soup they brought a little taste of a parsnip soup This was the best thing we had all night mmmm For mains I ordered the hangar steak with carrots broccolini polenta and some kind of wine reduction and the BF ordered a pork chop with rice greens and celery root puree My food was good the steak had good seasoning and the polenta was really good when often it is not that good The broccolini tasted kind of weird though like it was a little burnt The bfs on the other hand was not so good The pork chop tasted good at the beginning but as he got closer to the bone it was basically raw Like mushy and pink not going to eat that Also the rice tasted dirty and weird The puree was really good though So then they brought out the cotton candy which was fine but not necessary For dessert we ordered sticky toffee pudding at the waiters recommendation and it was good Very different than most desserts so we appreciated that So overall the service was really good creepily good our water was always full but the food just did not impress especially for the price nnnThe BF picked up Filibertos on the way home ha