This is a cute little restaurant my friend and I discovered while walking through the Village one night, and we made a point of coming back to check it out. We went on a Tuesday and had no problem getting a table. My impression of this place, along with its neighborhood, is that it is a moderately-disguised tourist trap. The first clue is that at least half the menu is seafood, but the entire wine list is red save for 2 or 3 bottles at most (WTF?), and by the glass they have only one ultra-cheap red and white Rioja each. I had the mixed seafood and lobster in green sauce, which was really quite good, but was it rightfully a $30 meal? I tasted my friend's pork in brown sauce and it was really bland. This is a really old school place with aging decor and and an equally aging fleet of servers clad in cute little red uniforms. But at these prices, you should be eating like a king, New York or not. Tia Pol in Chelsea was lightyears better, and the bill was the same, though admittedly we got a lot less food out of the deal and stopped for a slice of pizza later.
Pros: seafood, competent service
Cons: everything else. Iberian kitsch.
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