The 9th Door

Okay, so the owner finally responded to me by email and assured me that the bathrooms would be sanitized more frequently. Will give this 9^th Door Beauvallon (Lincoln) location another shot. next time there though, I will definitely ask for a tour of the kitchen to satisfy my concerns about overall cleanliness. that last experience was just too over-​the-​top awful.

Food was okay, but very expansive. Nothing special and out of ordinary to spend $ 30 – 40 per person. We had the scallops and the steak. Scallops was really small but cooked well, and the sauté mushroom that the scallops came with was very creamy and delicious. The steak on the other hand was underwhelming. They steak either doesn’t have any beef flavor or the wine sauce was just too potent which really covers the natural flavor of the beef. We spent around $ 80 including drinks and came out still hungry. Not good.
Food wise again was just okay, but what really throw me off was the hostess was sweeping the floor as I was walking in, and continue to sweep around the hallway after she seated us. Given that this is a comparative expansive restaurant and the atmosphere they are trying to persuade is more fine dining like. She cleaning up the floor during dinner time just kind of make me a bit uncomfortable, and kind of gross because there were a lot of dust.
All in all, wouldn’t go back there again.

Loved our first experience here this morning. Brunch was great. Thanks Matt for making it a truly great morning! WE WILL BE BACK for dinner.

This place is amazing! Great neighborhood bar with fantastic food. The staff is always welcoming and happy to see you!

This place needs help with organization and customer service. Bought a Sunday brunch Groupon that was useless! They clearly oversold in a major way, knowing they would NEVER be able to accommodate the number of guests. The place is small, under staffed and unable to provide reasonable service… the tapas comes out at a snails pace, hardly an establishment that should be offering ‘all you can eat’ tapas brunch. I optimistically walked in twice, NO availability, regardless of my willingness on wait time. OK, no problem, as I made sure-​bet reservations twice over the 3 month period. 1^st reservation: I ultimately walked out, as I was never seated or acknowledged after 30 minutes of waiting in the hostess line with no hostess. The place was a wreck, the seated guests looked completely pissed, with their empty glasses and plates. Employees were not making eye contact with anyone. OK, try again, 2^nd reservation: the last weekend of Groupon eligibility and the manager calls me the day prior to CANCEL my reservation, stating «the owner has decided to close the restaurant for the holiday weekend», OMG, are you f-​ing kidding me! I asked what we’re supposed to do with a useless Groupon, it expires this weekend and you’re cancelling reservations and closing last minute… he flatly stated, «well, we could try and use it the following month, the owner may extend them, but I’m not certain». Unreal! I will never give them another moment of my time, more less a penny. Poor business practice on many levels. Calling Groupon to get a full refund! I encourage everyone else that ‘couldn’t get in’, do the same… this one was a scam, and they’re hoping no one holds them accountable… Groupon will charge 9^th Door back in full for any coupons not honored…

We came for bottomless tapas brunch with two other couples. Service was quite poor. Slow and the waitress seemed confused by simple questions about portion size and requests for water refills. We didn’t even get all the food we ordered. Food was just ok. Menu was limited, and not really authentic tapas by any means.
Disappointed.

Good (if a bit pricy) food, terrible service.
Came in for Sunday brunch, were seated right away thanks to making a reservation ahead of time. So far so good. Then we sat at the table twiddling our thumbs for 25 minutes before we even got water glasses, much less a menu. 45 minutes after seating is, someone finally came to take our order. Meanwhile, every other table in the place was visited at least once, most were getting regular food deliveries.
Servers would grab a pitcher — a PITCHER — of Bloody Mary mix or mimosas, walk to ONE table, then take it back to the bar, ignoring every other table entirely. The mantra seemed to be «if I don’t make eye contact then they must not need any service.»
I’d like to give them the benefit of the doubt and say they were understaffed for a busy brunch, but when everyone else in the restaurant has been visited three times before you can get so much as a coffee, it’s hard not to take it a little personally. Eventually someone deigned to take our order for a coffee, then never brought one. We had to ask three different waiters AND THEN GO TO THE BAR before getting one.
The food here is delicious, once you get it. Maybe bring a book with you, or a game of Monopoly or Risk, to pass the time. I’m assuming they were raising hens from birth and waiting for them to produce some eggs.

If you’re looking for a good, filling brunch… This is not the place. The service was pretty bad, and the food was not worth the wait. It took about 25+ minutes between some of our tapas dishes, even after reminding our waitress that we were still waiting for things. The best thing we got was the very last thing brought out after waiting almost a half an hour, and we obviously were not going to order more after that wait. I loved the idea of this place and even considered bringing a friend while she was visiting from out of town, but I would never do this to a friend. If you’re going to advertise an endless tapas brunch, which obviously consists of many many small plates of food, you should hire more people to support your service. You can’t get your money’s worth of food with their poor service. Horrible. I’ll never be back.

I really want to give this restaurant the benefit of the doubt. When we arrived at noon for our reservation, we were seated immediately. Without a reservation, the wait was an hour and 45 minutes. It was busy. So when we waited 20 minutes to receive a menu and water, I tried to be understanding.
Eventually someone asked for our drink order. A few minutes later, someone else suggested we order one of each of the tapas and order our favorites after sampling them all. We did, and he disappeared with our order.
Over the next 30 minutes, we watched other tables being served (some multiple times) while the ice in my glass melted into tomato juice-​tinted water. I finally stopped someone to ask the status of our order and for another bloody Mary. Ten minutes later the first of the 10 available brunch tapas arrived. Five minutes later I asked someone walking around with a bloody Mary carafe if I could get a refill.
We received one plate about every couple minutes, up until the last couple plates. I asked our server about the last 2 dishes and ordered a coffee. One dish came out after a few minutes. About 15 minutes later, I asked for a coffee again, asked about the final plate again, and put in an order for 2 additional plates. 10 minutes later, I went to the bar and ordered a coffee. A few minutes later, one of our newly ordered dishes came out. About 10 minutes after that we saw our server again who asked if we needed anything else. «Mussels», I said. I gave up on our eggs Benedict by this point but I wasn’t leaving without my gorram shellfish in saffron sauce. By this point it was 1:30pm and most of the restaurant had cleared out. It was no longer busy at all. And still we bonded with the table next to us about the disappointing service we were receiving compared to the group in one of the booths who had a new drink and plate of food every 5 minutes.
When our server appeared with mussels later, I was pretty excited. Until he brought them to the table next to us. Bless their hearts, they were like «um we want mussels too but they’ve been here way longer than we have.» He asked if I wanted another coffee and I said, «absolutely!» Ask me if I ever received it. Go ahead.
I asked another server if we could get the check. I told my husband if it wasn’t at the table in 10 minutes we were leaving our Groupon number on the table and leaving. But don’t worry, guys. The check arrived in no time at all! Our server took our Groupon number and walked off without a word and I figured, oh. Ok. We’re good. No. No we were not. He stopped my husband to let him know we still had a balance of $ 5.56. For my coffee. Coffee is $ 2.50, everyone. We were charged for 2 coffees. I received one coffee. A coffee I asked for 3 times. But whatever. My husband have him $ 5.56 and we left.
The food here is phenomenal. The food brings this review up a star. I’m sure the service is typically impressive. Today was not. Today we were told the kitchen was backed up (except for the people at the booth and on the patio, apparently). Today 4 servers and the hostess walked by us, some 2 or 3 times, before we even saw a menu. Today I was a little concerned at how many times our server asked if we were still waiting on anything, like the exact same items I’d asked for every other time he came by. I was a little annoyed at how many tables received orders of plates we were told were taking longer as a reason we didn’t have them yet. Plates we ordered before the other tables.
For such a highly-​rated restaurant, this brunch experience was a pretty big let down. Next year, I’ll celebrate my birthday elsewhere.

Oh my goodness. This place is amazing! I have been to the Blake Street location and thoroughly enjoyed every tapas we ordered. However, the Lincoln Street has just adopted a brunch menu and I cannot stop gushing about it!
We had the Groupon that sold out as soon as it was posted, but even at full price for unlimited tapas and sangria/​mimosa or Bloody Mary– it is still an amazing deal.
Favorites: Fried Avocado, the Mushroom & rice croquette, the French toast, and the warm salad. Sangria was top notch (they have both white and red). All wonderful
Other noteworthy tapas: the fried goat cheese and the tortilla quiche.
Only disappointments: the mussels were quite gritty (I love mussels so this was a downer), and the eggs Benedict since each egg was cooked through hard (no gooey yolk). I would also say that they really really really enjoy that paprika seasoning. Be careful ordering the Bloody Mary since the rim is coated with it (as well as the potato dishes) — your fingers and mouth will be stained and so will their white cloth napkins.
If they decide to stick with the brunch concept they started (and maybe rotate their menu), this will be one of our favorite new brunch spots!”

We went in late on a Saturday night, easily booking a reservation through open table.
I had Tempranillo that was excellent. My boyfriend had the Drifter cocktail and loved it — said it was a lot like an old fashioned. Not very sweet. We both ordered seconds of our drinks.
We ordered the dolces picantes which were an excellent starter. Then we had the patatas bravas which were quite good, including the sauces! More than just aioli. Next we had the tostas de fileta which tasted good but the peppers overpowered the steak so it was disappointing when you want steak. The mussels in saffron cream were excellent and came with bread to lap up the cream. Yum! Finished with the lamb chops which were very good. The polenta with them left something to be desired but we found a little cream from the mussels solved that problem.
Bill was high but 4 drinks and 5 tapas… it is to be expected. I would go back for a fun tapas night!

I’ve been to both locations and both have yet to disappoint. I LOVE Spanish décor and red lighting. The ambience makes for a very romantic evening and the food makes for an amazing dinner. Our favorites were the mushroom croquettes, the scallops, the lamb lollipops, the Spanish cheese plate, and the fried potatoes! We ended up ordering a total of about 8 appetizers and drinks for less than $ 100! Talk about balling on a budget! This is definitely the place to go for a fine dining experience that won’t break your wallet! We’ll definitely be back :)

Woweeee… I fell in love with the Carne de Cerdo and the Pinchos de Fileta. Meat was super tender and succulent. Great flavor to go with the great atmosphere. Our waiter was attentive and on point with bringing each plate of tapas out and keeping our water glass filled. We ordered 7 tapas and a dessert, flight of sherry and one glass of wine, came out to $ 98. Well worth the price. We were stuffing our faces and nodding our head in agreement that this was some delicious food. They have great happy hour prices as well.

Super cute interior, generous pours, and yummy food. Went for restaurant week so ordered off the prix fix menu only. Will definitely return to try more items!
Highly recommend the scallops. Chocolate cake was a little too rich. I know, «how is that possible!?». It was

This place blew me away. This place blew my girlfriend away. And this has not happened very often.
Got a sweet Groupon: $ 49 for the bottomless drinks and tapas on Sunday brunch. Thought it was a deal too good to be true, but it was true!
Food was amazing! We tried every brunch dish available, and loved every single one, save the salad (Ensalada Marquet) and the dipping potatoes (Patatas Bravas). They weren’t bad by any means, just not our favorites.
Staff was great! Attentive, quick, friendly, and awfully cheery for 11am on a Sunday as the dining room went from empty to packed in a short amount of time.
Drinks were a little weak, but quite tasty. Not really a problem on the weakness in the end, as I had several and it was probably better than I wasn’t hammered by noon. I had a full afternoon of watching Netflix and HBOGO anyway! I liked the red sangria and my mimosa. My girlfriend liked her Bloody Mary; I’m not a fan at all of them, but if she was pleased, I was pleased.
Music was a BITTTTT too loud, and we ended up talking in slightly-​above-​normal voices during the meal. Nothing terrible though, just an observation.
Just such a great meal, from start to finish, from food to drink, from hostess to waiter. Will absolutely be back!

A brunch of bottomless food and drinks?! Yes please! The food was outstanding, the drinks were delicious!
Let’s talk about the experience:
We got to the restaurant at 10:30. It’s a tapas restaurant so you order and then wait for your food, eat it, and the order something else. This isn’t a buffet where it’ll take you 30 minutes to have breakfast. Plan to be here a while! The staff busted their butts… That being said, they could have had five more waiters to help, that’s on the management, not the servers! We witnessed a couple bitch and complain about the wait and then leave. If your looking for a fast meal, I’ve heard McDonalds serves breakfast all day!
We loved every small plate that we ordered! I highly recommend trying it all… With small plates, if it’s something you’re not crazy about it’s ok!
The brunch concept is new to this restaurant, there was also recently a Groupon for their brunch menu so it’s CRAZY SWAMPED right now! Have patience and you will be rewarded!

I have been to both locations and overall prefer this one. They have a great selection of tapas, and usually have a few daily specials as well.
The artichoke hearts were wonderful! Lightly fried and not greasy. I was very impressed when our server told me she was not happy with the small size so she brought out a new order for me gratis.
We also each had the chicken and polenta dish and the patatas bravas and they were also fantastic. In a previous visit I also had the Aguacate which I would recommend as well as the truncha (trout) which was a special of the day.
The only disappointment for me is the Sangria. It is not awful, but having sampled quite a bit in Spain, the 9^th Door version is not even close (either red or white). Thankfully, they have a large wine list to choose from as well.

Interesting and very different.
I absolutely love the Decour. The red ruby chandeliers are amazing as is the rest of the room. The music and the atmosphere will just help you relax as you have a cocktail. By the way, great happy hour !!
Happy hour does have some very amazing tapas that are to die for !! Be creative or show for the group of 4 to 6 people and try the all.
I had the muscles, garlic spread for happy hour and I also had the artichoke which was not on happy hour. The menu that isn’t happy hour is still very affordable and this place is YUMMMMM

I have mixed feelings about this place. The HH tapas were fantastic but we went there specifically because of a coupon that was emailed. We spent $ 98 at HH and they would not honor the coupon because HH is a special event?
Not a big deal, we finished our drinks and paid the bill and left a nice tip. However, on the way out one of the guys went over to speak to the manager and he was full of excuses. Not, oh I’m sorry the coupon is misleading or let me make this right for you or anything but else except a pitiful excuse and defensive.

The hubs and I came here last night with our international food group. Parking around the area can be a bit tricky but once you’ve found a spot and settled into the restaurant, good times await.
Tinto de Verano is a combination of red wine and Fanta which is beloved in Spain. Naturally I had to give that a try and I was not disappointed. It tasted like a weaker sangria but was light and refreshing. The hubs ordered the drifter which was a whisky cocktail and he too enjoyed it.
For food options, we tried the following:
Calamari — my favorite item of the night. Light, crispy and perfectly cooked
Croquetas de Hongos — a mushroom croquette which was quite tasty
Membrillo Y Manchego — quince paste with Manchego cheese; simple yet perfect combination of flavors
Patatas Bravas — Fried potatoes which were good but nothing special
Queso de Cabra — Fried goat cheese; the sauce was good but I didn’t think it was the best fried cheese I’ve ever had as advertised on the menu
Chuletitas de Cordero — Lamb Chops on polenta. The hubs ate the lamb but the polenta was very good
Flan de Limon — The hubs liked this much better than I did — I thought the sauce was over powering
Higos Rellenos — Chocolate dipped figs with an almond in the middle and a candied orange peel on top. A perfect finish to the meal.
Service was prompt and friendly. This isn’t the best tapas I’ve ever had but was still very good and we enjoyed our time here.