Abanico Tapas Bar And - Greenville

I was staying in the area and passed by, I thought this would be great to try something different before I left. I chose poorly. They were having a special on tapas, 3 for $18. I ordered the patas bravas, mejillones a la vinegareta, and champiñones Al ajillo. The potatoes appeared to be frozen breakfast potatoes that had been fried. They had a bit of sauce on them but no spice at all. The mushrooms were supposed to be sauteed in garlic and olive oil, but we're swimming in and only tasted like wine. Couldn't even get any garlic off of it, it JUST tasted like wine. And the mussels were missing the vinegarette. It was just cold mussels with veg. Looking at the pictures and reading reviews on here and google, it seems like inconsistency is common here and it is hit or miss. Unfortunately, it was a miss, for me.

Atmosphere here is probably usually great, but the wife and I had to get an early dinner because of other plans afterward (we arrived at around 4:30PM and left around 6). The food drinks were both delightful, and we left very happy and planning on going back!

Honestly would have given it zero stars if possible. One of the worst dining experiences I have ever had. My husband and I just had to laugh our way through the meal because the entire experience was a joke!! SO many red flags upon entering the establishment and we should have left then. Unfortunately we went to try a different place downtown but they had an hour and a half wait time so we went here instead. We walked in to a completely dead restaurant except for one other group who ironically was laughing about being the only group in the whole place once we walked in. Upon entering there was no host stand or person to greet us so we were awkwardly standing there when a girl eating at the back table (with a spread out in front of her) decided to come up to greet us after about a minute. There were also two tables in the restaurant randomly spread out with menus on them as if they were waiting for someone (weird way to set up a reservation and they remained empty for the entire time we were there lol). The host was nice it was just odd she was eating in the dining area and then approached us after about a minute of standing there and grabbed our silverware with her just having eaten and not washed hands lol. The other major red flag was the booths lining the back wall. They are quite honestly atrocious looking. It looks like a perfect place for Gordon Ramsey to do a complete restaurant makeover for both the interior, staff training, and food quality. The booths (just to dive into some more detail) are these weird almost camping cot like design and they are clearly stained and are mismatched blues between the backs and the bottom seats. Now for the food ....this was the most mind blowing experience. We ordered 5 dishes upfront (we would have left after the first if we would have staggered ordering) all of which were horrible, small, and microwaved. The mushrooms are very clearly sliced canned mushrooms. There was probably the equivalent of 3 whole mushrooms in the entire dish. If I had to guess how they make it, I would say they dump half a can of mushrooms into a dish. Top it with two spoonfuls of pre-chopped garlic and a large slice of butter and then microwave it. The crispy brussel sprouts were supposed to come with manchego cheese but it was topped with pre packaged shredded mozzarella that was half melted on top of the dish. The brussel sprouts were the highlight of the meal lol. They were at least crispy but the cheese was hilarious. We also got the chorizo which was supposed to be cooked in apple cider vinegar. Based on the menu description, I imagined we would get some shredded chorizo that had been cooked in a crock pot for a few hours. LOL NO. It was not even chorizo it was like a prepackaged chorizo and beef sliced sausage placed in a dish that they then put a slice of butter on and poured raw apple cider vinegar on and then microwaved. I 'm not kidding or exaggerating. We got two more dishes. The almond chicken over fried potatoes. The entire size of this dish was the size of my fist and I 'm a tiny lady lol. The chicken was also very clearly CANNED or they took a tiny piece and put it in a food processor (but I honestly doubt that because that would be more work and they clearly opt for the easiest way for all their dishes). And the potatoes were the smallest things I have ever seen. Each one was the size of the tip of my pinky finger. It tasted like **** and I couldn 't finish the chicken. The last thing we got was the bombas which by the description sounded like breaded ground beef rolled into a ball and deep friend. Also not what we got lol. What we got was a pre made frozen potato with what looked like a tiny slice of a breakfast sausage link in the very center of it. It was also STILL COLD. The entire meal was hilarious to us because we have never had food this bad from a restaurant or honestly ever. We were starving upon arriving so we ate our food but we will NEVER be back and will avoid this place like the plague. DO NOT go here. We read the reviews and

They let underaged kids come in but all of a sudden they are acting strict, wanna be bond so bad not a good look.

Don't go here it's not the same abanicos from before the bouncers aren't even 21 tryna do the most but let all their underage friends in...? just unprofessional overall weird staff.