Originally Posted by AllThePants

- Casa Amate: we were very disappointed. The cocktails are tasty, and the service was good -- albeit tentative. It feels like some of the folks were recent hires who were definitely trying their best, but weren't seasoned service pros -- which is what you need if you're trying to run an operation of this purported calibre. The food was -- unfortunately -- quite disappointing. Some of the starters (foie gras w/ lentils, tuna salad) were quite good by sheer virtue of the freshness of the ingredients. But the mains or other more "prepared" dishes (e.g. the seafood soup, short ribs) were so salty as to be inedible.