Picaro Cafe - San Andreas

Food favorites: paella (beautiful serving, large portion, flavorful! Service: friendly, attentive, energetic Vibes: casual, lively, vibrant ambiance

I went here with a large party of friends. We had a reservation for 7 o'clock and I'll super excited to try this place. I've heard really good things about...

Excellent happy hour pitcher of sangria for $14. Happy hour does not include any food, so tapas are regular price. Plates are less than $10 and an awesome...

We got the seafood paella (for 2, shared among 3 but it was more than enough), garlic shrimp, and calamari. All were delicious. But the best part was the oysters! If I remember correctly, they were around $2 (or less) per oyster and tasted better than theones most oyster bars!! I would come back just for the oysters. Service-wise it was a bit strange. The waiters were nice, butwe had at least 3-4 different waiters come check in on us during our time there. At one point, we were asked if we were doingokay every 2-5 minutes so we felt like we were being rushed out even though we just received some of our dishes.

Overall: Lively atmosphere in an evenly spaced out restaurant, or you can sit outside! Excellent service from our main waiter and the other staff. Good variety of standard, no frills tapas to share amongst groups at very affordable prices. We had abetter experience with the seafood dishes in comparison to the mostly overcooked meat. Would come back again if someone suggeststo as there are many dishes I didn't get a chance to try. But don't come with high expectations! Food: Every dish wasreasonably priced. The Parillada (meat platter) was hugely portioned, but most of the meats were overcooked and rendered dry.Alcachofas (grilled artichoke) was one of the favorites even though it was a tad oily. The mussels, oysters, calamari, andshrimp tapas were standard fare that matched their prices. Dessert: Flan was of thin consistency and was accompanied with athin, watery caramel. Crema Catalana was smooth and seemed like it had an essence of ginger; otherwise, it's a solidpick. Service: Our waiter was accommodating, attentive when needed, and friendly. We never felt rushed out and ensured toremove an item that was inadvertently added to our bill. The other service staff were great at clearing our tables of finishedplates and refilling our water pitcher (which I ALWAYS look out for because I drink a lot of water).