text: ambiance beautiful moorish archways inside gorgeous al fresco dining they had a guitarist there who was great on saturdays they have flamenco performances i was there on a sundaynservice ok they had a lot of new servers they are dressed like they are about to run with the bullsnI gave them stars for ambiancennIf you like their food then you do not know what authentic yummy tapas are supposed to taste likennbut when i go out to eat tapas I expect something better than my home cookingnI knew after I looked at their extensive menu that they food would be soso reheated or something like that How could restaurant have all those choices with foods that require lengthy preparation and the restaurant was only full on a sundaynnHighlightsnfree bread pan de sal rolls served with garlic sauce or what they call aioli they garlic sauce was yumbut when the dishes started to come outi was disappointedthey all had the same garlic aoilinnI typically order the following tapas at each tapas restaurant I try out to see how each one compares to each other i have toured spain and ate a tons of tapas places so I know how it should tastenn Tortilla espanolan Patatas Bravasn Pan tomate n Paella Valencianan Red Sangrian Croquettas if they are on the menu very few restaurants serve thesen SepiacuttlefishCalamares squid or Pulpo octopus a la PlanchannI did not end up ordering the pan tomate or the tortilla espanola this time They did not have a a la plancha on the menu either Duh becuase in order to serve seafood a la plancha it has to be fresh and everything here tasted reheatednnWe orderednn patatas bravas tastedlooked like KFC potato wedges with La Tapatia sauce Do not get me wrong they still tasted decent but they were not authenticn fried artichoke with aoili luke warm brined artichoke with beer batter lying in a puddle of the garlic aoili suace yes the same one that was served with breadn escargot basically your average canned escargot in garlicparsley sauce with drizzles of garlic aoili suace yes the same one served with the bread this tasted good but when does escargot in garlic butter not tasted goodn Paella Valenciana they did not use paella rice they had too much green bell pepper saute on it the chorizo i thought it was cut up vienna sausage at first but it was chorizo just in miniature form they should have just minced it the rice was more like a stew because there was tons of broth left in the pan so no burnt soccarrat at the bottom to enjoy you could tell the rice was blanced earlier and then tossed together with the ingredients in a pot then placed in the paella pan for servicedo not bother ordering this if you like paellait will just piss you offand where was the saffron essencen ham cheese croquettas luke warm croquettas lying in a puddle of the garlic aoili suaces again they inside should melt out of the crispy breading but because it was not hot enough or because the filling was made with too much flour it did notnnDefinitely DO NOT ORDERnnSauteed mushrooms it only took them min to bring it out after we ordered them they were soooo grey and nasty I could not eat another bite they were only warmed throughugh yucknnStuffed squid braised with squid ink i have had a version of this tapa several times so I know this stuff had to be good Wrong The squid stuffing was luke warm in the middle The ink sauce was missing something it was heavily diluted with the flavor of chicken bouillion cube broth