I'd been to The Reserve on a number of occasions for parties and special events. This time I went to use my What's the Deal voucher for dinner with a friend.
We arrived for our 7:30 reservation around 7:10, and went to the upstairs bar while we waited. We came back downstairs to find there was only one ""table"" available. My friend and I ordered a salad and 4 tapas.
We ended up getting the greens salad for starters, it was ok. It was basically a garden salad with a bunch of green beans on it. Next our waitress brought out the Shrimp on garlic sauce (why it's not called shrimp in or and garlic sauce is beyond me) and the taquena w/ guacamole. Both of those were very good and I'd highly recommend them. After that we had the chicken sliders and a side of fries. The chicken comes with sauce and pineapple salsa, the fries were crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside just the way I like them.
After that course we just sat and waited for our final course the shrimp penne pasta (which is apparently one of their signature dishes) and is larger than your traditional tapa. While we waited, the other waitress working on the main level finally brought out the water we'd asked our waitress for since before we'd even ordered our meal. The other waitress took up our plates and asked us how was everything. I told her good but we still had another course.
Overall, The Reserve has a nice vibe to it. The food is pretty good.
Honestly, I doubt I'll be going back anytime soon, unless it's for drinks and more of those tasty taquenas.
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