Euzkadi
108 East 4th Street (between 1st & 2nd)

I had to apologise to my friend when we left this restaurant...this was how strange of an experience it was. I had found this place by accident online, and with my love of Basque cuisine, I thought -- why not? Wow, was this wrong...

From the really annoying (and hard to use) website to the strange atmosphere, this place was not a winner from the first moment. It was nearly empty and it seems like a one-man shop. The sangria was okay as was the house wine, but that's the best part of the evening.

We had some starters and they were mixed. The cheeses were pretty boring, but the spicy olives were nice (although they could have come from any deli...read on to see why this is significant).

We chose to go with the paella for two for the main. It looked nice and tasted nice, with mussels and calamari and shrimps, but the pan was very shallow. There really wasn't much food there. This is like a personal sized one. That was disappointing. So we both went with a dessert...which was a complete disaster...

After 20 minutes they said they are still working on it. We notice one of the kitchen staff sneak out and back into the restaurant with a brown bag...and in a few minutes we had "almond cake" on our table. It was disgusting. It was half frozen. They had so obviously bought it from a corner store! We walked out pretty pissed off!

Sorry, sorry, sorry! This is just a shambolic restaurant! Avoid!!!

Food: C
Atmosphere: C
For Lone Diners: D (*)