We're here now and loving it so far. Had our first meal last night at La Brigada and it was quite good. We should have split the special steak, however, as that thing was absolutely huge. I could only eat about half of it, and I'm a big eater. I felt so ashamed.

Given that it was our first day in town and we were a bit tired from the travel, we ate "early" at 9pm and indeed the place was practically empty. Just us and some other tourists who, like us, had arrived in B.A. that morning.