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| 4 repliesCobre Nuevo Latino Restaurant
It's late at night and the room is buzzing. Toned twentysomething magazine editors, Gastown warriors and downtown darlings are happy to get a table. Cobre is new, but word-of-mouth is keeping the tables filled at this little spot.
Taking the best features of the heritage building in which it resides, the split-level space is naturally loft-like, with dark woods, brick walls and a proficient refurbishing of the original wrought-iron railings. Sure to appease those with subscriptions to Dwell and a taste for diversity - and really, it does - the restaurant is calculated to keep diners slightly moving along.
posted by MBO 449 days ago |
1The service is appalling, and we've experienced poor service elsewhere, but what made it so much more frustrating was that tables around us were being served while we waited. And waited. It was one hour between plate 1 and plate 2. One hour. And, whoever orders their meat needs to find new suppliers. The lamb was gristly, the wild boar mostly fat, and the short ribs tough. 2-1/2 hours and 4 plates later we decided to go home as we were still hungry and needed food NOW.
Also, tables are too close together. We were really squished in (by the front window). posted by Erin 298 days ago 2Cobre was perfect for us. We had a birthday dinner with 7 people. We ordered almost everthing on the menue. Great for sharring multiple dishes except most dishes come with 3 or 6 things and being 7 of us made it interesting who got left out of that dish. Well a few drinks later we made sure to order the dishes so we got 9 of everything. Our waiter was so good, he stopped us from ordering too much food. The manager actually ended up having a seat with us to share in some wine at the end of the evening. The decor is perfect and it's not too lound. We will be going back to load up on the chicken taquitos.....so good!!! Great wine selection too. Make sure to put Cobre on your list. posted by Johny Vancouver 281 days ago 3Really deserves all the accolades. This place lives up to the hype. When I'm in the mood for an authentic fare, this is where I go. They've got a great selection of Latin American food for the right price. And the atmosphere as others have mentioned is relaxed and inviting. posted by Richard Greenaway 240 days ago 4Nuevo Latio - excellent idea - Cobre - appaling execution. To start we were squeezed onto an excruciatingly small table in a throughway. The service was horrific, or waitress even scoffed at our drink choices with a cheeky comment and at 10.50 a glass for wine, the staff should be behind your choices, non? At least not openly sarcastic. Very frustrating as we waited one hour between plate one and two tables seated after us received waves of tapas plates while we waited and wondered if it was us who were being overly critical and where the heck our server had disappeared to. When plates two and three arrived on top of each other we found the short ribs tough and three minor shrimp not at all satisfying. Three plates should not be spread over 2 and a half hours. We left without ordering a coffee or dessert, we always have at least a coffee...we were still in dinner mode, we still needed a meal.
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