Andalu

This place is good once, but after you've shared five TINY plates (about 12 bites of food) and paid about $30 a head for the privilege, I'm willing to bet that you won't go back.

Pros: sangria, polenta fries

Cons: cost, tiny portions

Posted 08/14/02

Andalu has stumbled. I have been four times. It started out with promise -- good food, cool atmosphere, always able to get in, good portions. That has changed. Belt tightening there has manifested itself in the form of rediculously small portions for a relatively large amount. We were embarassed when taking out of town guests there. It seemed so extravagantly priced for what you get. Take your guests or date to Zuni or Absinthe for the same price and a far better experience.

Pros: Good food, Can always get table, Average service

Cons: Poor value

Posted 08/13/02

The food was totally over-priced and unoriginal. The salad with bacon was drenched in grease, and when we asked them to re-do it, they returned with a salad that was only slightly greasier than the rest. Save your money on tapas and go down the street to the other tapas place.

Posted 08/12/02

My wife and I had heard good reviews of Andalu so we decided to try it. The food is delicious, but they're the same size as the samples in Coscto!
We ordered 3 items, only received 2 - the waitress never apologized for the forgotten order, but she did make sure to charge us for it. After I pointed this out to her, she bolted to the computer to make the change then gave the bill back to us.
I won't be back, and I certainly won't recommend this place to anyone. If anything, I'll tell people not to go.

Posted 08/06/02

Great food. Great service. Average ambiance. Tiny servings. In fact, the small size of the plates really decreases the overall value. And parking is a nightmare (spent 35 minutes looking for a spot)!

Pros: food, service

Cons: portions, price, parking

Posted 08/01/02

Wonderful food, super friendly staff, and great atmoshpere! Parking can be a pain - take a cab.

Posted 07/31/02

i like andalu for its all-around performance - good food, good variety of interesting (but not wild) dishes, friendly staff, good value, nice environment. i always feel comfortable taking people there.

Posted 07/30/02

I visited this "tapas" bar with a few friends one evening thinking I was going to get some yummy tfood. To my surprise the food was not very good, extremely small portions even for tapas, and very expensive for what you get.
Andalu seems to try and give tapas an asian/spanish flare and it just doesn't work.
One particular dish was a scallops tapas. Here we got 3 scallops and paid $14.00. I couldn't believe it.
p.s not good for vegetarians!

Posted 07/26/02

I'm sorry but I fail to understand why there are so many high ratings for this restaurant. We waited for 1 hour to be seated, only to find it overpriced, portions miniscule and the food mediocre. Pan seared day boat scallops, which cost around $15-20 consisted of three scallops sitting on a tablespoon of mashed potatos, and they gave a new definition to "mini" with their mini-tacos.

Pros: trendy

Cons: tiny portions, food not so great, rude waitress

Posted 07/10/02

Delicious combinations and fine, friendly service make this restaurant a solid dinner choice. Normally, I shy away from anything that boasts of a "fusion" of cuisine (pick a country and go with it, if you know what I mean), but Andalu crafts their food with such care that both simple and complex tastes are achieved with enormous success. A decent wine list rounds out the changing menu. The service was excellent the evening I ate there, which was a slammed and crowded Friday. For those who so readily complained of bad service, take a look in the mirror and give the place another try. This place rocks and will be here for a few years.

Pros: Delicious, Stylish, Fun

Cons: Noisy, Crowded

Posted 07/08/02

i just read some of reviews people wrote about the restaurant Andalu. i was shocked!! i could not believe it when i saw words like rude, and uninformed. i consider myself a regular at Andalu, and spend my time and money there for a reason. i find the energetic staff to be positive and extremely down to earth. i am very thankful to have such a delicious, comfortable, and fun restaurant in the neighborhood!

Pros: fun staff, excellent food, good neighborhood

Posted 07/03/02

If dining is about a complete experience, from service to food to atmosphere to (most importantly) personal interaction, Andalu is the best place in town.

Posted 06/12/02

We went to Andalu with my girlfriend's parents for part of her birthday celebration. While our waitress was nice, the service was incredibly bad and this was a Monday! Bread never arrived, clueless waitstaff brought the wrong dishes (more than once) to our table, our wine serving occurred after we received our first appetizers, we had ordered a birthday dessert that - here's a concept - never came. On top of that, the place was unbearably hot. I've enjoyed Andalu's fish tacos in the past, and some other items as well, but the bad attitude of the hostess should have given us clear warning to stay away.

Posted 06/11/02

I was really looking forward to eating at Andalu, but was sorely disappointed by the mediocre food and inattentive service. Although we really enjoyed the atmosphere of the place, for the money, I wouldn't recommend it at all.

Pros: Great ambience/crowd

Cons: Poor food

Posted 05/28/02

Chic little spot with fabulous food. Ideal to go with 4 people so you can try everything. Everything about this place is great but you can end up spending a lot of $$$.

Posted 05/17/02