Taberna de Haro

ralwahab

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I wanted to give one star, but to be honest the food is good. I' m just not convinced it is worth the poor treatment in order to be seated and order the various tapas-style selections.
This restaurant will take your call-ahead seating request, so you are already on the list once you arrive. On a Friday night, I called ahead and was told there was a 20-30 minute wait. As my party of three arrived 35 minutes later, we were informed that it was okay that we were a little late as they hadn't gotten to our name on the list yet. So we stood, and waited. And waited. And waited...for another 1.5 hours. At various intervals, we'd ask when we could expect to be seated, and they would say, "oh another 25 minutes or so." As we waited, we watched every party that came in after us get seated, one which was treated to wine with the owner. We weren't even asked to order a drink (because we were standing in the middle of the restaurant) until 20 minutes before we finally got seated. Since it was a friend's birthday, we held our patience for the food we expected to be good. But in the future, I will not repeat this two-hour waiting game. Use caution when asking for an estimated wait time at this restaurant!

neight

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I had heard good things and decided to stop in and try it out. There was a 10 minute wait so we sat down at the bar and ordered sangria. Maybe they should rethink the open kitchen -- the bartender proceeded to fill up our cups more than 3/4 full of sprite and ice and then ladled a pitifully small spoonful of their wine/fruit mixture. Now I understand that this is often how sangria is made, but this tasted like sprite with cranberry juice. To make matters worse, a different bartender made another glass 2 minutes later by filling the cup up with the wine/fruit 3/4 and topping it off with sprite. For $8 a cup I felt cheated. When my co-diner commented, the bartender said in a very condescending tone "that's how its done, honey" -- we didn't stay for dinner.

Della

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This is REAL tapas -- grown up. The owners are in the open kitchen, pouring you wine at the bar. There's a reason it's crowded!

Kara

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The garlic soup is amazing as is the garlic shrimp. This place is truly authentic, the wines are all wonderful, and the owners are so friendly. It is always worth the wait for a seat.