La Brasa Latina

My girlfriend and myself have experienced La Brasa.A quite simple looking from the outside,family run resturant.The specials menu in the window teased my girlfriend an me into a quite small,dark and old spanish style decor(7-10 tables).We were passed a laminated A4 sized menu with limted range and a lack of info about the dishes,we questioned the head waiter(an older spanish gentleman)about the specials that we had seen in the window,one special we asked about was the meatball dish,which intern seemed to confuse him,he then showed us a little blackbord by the door entrance(which the majority of tables wouldnt be able to see)with 5 special starter items,he then intern started to rattle of about 10 dishes in a slurred mixed english/spanish.We asked again about the menu board outside and still if meatballs were available,he stumbled of saying he will find out for us.After 10-20 minutes of waiting for his return,only to say to us,are you ready to place your order.With this tiresome effort,we pre empted his memory loss and pre decided from the laminated carded menu.It's only really reading some reviews that we discover this waiters strange ways are caused because he proberlly likes the vino.THE FOOD,Starter was simple and average,every dish pretty much comes with a bit of 70s styled salad decor.The main course,the steak was good and the sauce was ok,but once again quite average.La Brasa is not the quickest in serving,2 hours spent in total,we were only a table of two at a half filled resturant.It felt like a life time spent sitting on very hard basic chairs.La Brasa looks and feels like it has potential,with all the amazing and teasing specials in the window menu,but felt let down by a very confused,half drunk waiter restricting choice for customers.With a bit more thought into the trimmings for there good steak and chicken dishes,plus and finally the prices need to show in there quantity..When are mains came out they had a teasing three chips and then a small bowl brou

The food was actually rather good, the wine list of Argentinian and Chilean wines also good and the prices of both were reasonable. The service however was terrible.

We arrived on a quiet night but had to wait almost 40 minutes for our mains, probably because after we gave our order and were served drinks, the waiting staff decided to have their dinner on an adjacent table and nothing came out of the kitchen before they had finished! No apologies were offered, so I guess this is a regular thing.

Overall, they need to get their act together on service.