Contrary to many of the recent reviews, my wife and I had a wonderful experience at Latorre's. Appetizers (Empanaditas for me, barbecued pork over corn fritters for her) could have been a little warmer but were delicious. I moved to soup - tasty coconut shrimp bisque - extremely good....my wife had a salad as her next course. The salad was a monstrous plate of fresh greens and hearts of palm with a delicate dressing, big enough for two, beautifully presented and quite fresh. We then moved to the main course....scallops over coconut rice for me, paella for her. The scallops were absolutely out of this world...served with some sweet, fried plantains and again beautifully, artfully plated. My wife really enjoyed the paella. We concluded the meal by splitting a tres leches cake, also amazingly presented and very good.

Service was good at the restaurant, not overly, gushingly friendly, but certainly not rude and generally attentive to our needs. We never lacked for refills on water and there were no undue delays in being seated, having our drink order taken, or ordering or receiving any of the dishes. The meal took about two hours which is an appropriate pace for four courses. We dictated that pace ourselves and could have moved through the meal faster, but we like to enjoy our food.

The wine selection was good and generally affordable. We each ordered by the glass, and I had a good Albarinho and a particularly fragrant, minty Torrontes. Wife had malbec, which was on the sweet side with prominent vanilla bouquet. It was really quite good.