To summarize: Phenomenal food, great service, nice ambiance. We went to Brasa to take advantage of the “25 for 25” offer (25 great Seattle restaurants offering $25 3-course dinners Sun-Thur for the month of March 2006), and absolutely loved it. To take advantage of the offer, you are limited to certain items on the menu, but that basically just eliminates about 3 items, so most of the menu is available to you. Most dinners on the menu normally cost slightly above $25, so it’s a deal even if you didn’t want the appetizer and dessert with it. But you do want them! Between the 3 of us, we had the tuna carpaccio, tomato orange soup, and mussels for appetizers (all excellent). Then steak, mushroom risotto, and paella for main courses (all three to die for), and frozen lemon mousse, mascarpone cheesecake (again, both really good), and cheese/fruit plate (which was the only thing the whole night that was good, but not outstanding). The place has a nice upscale ambiance and the service was seemless. If you can make it there on weeknights in March, it’s a steal for supreme food; if you make it there later, it’s still good value for the quality.
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