Obrigado - LOUISA

Wonderful ambiance and staff, great food, good wine selections.

I was really excited about the paella but it just tasted like tomato.

Best Caesar salad I've ever had. Flat bread chicken pizza was delicious.

Can't remember if I ever did a review of Obrigado before this. If I haven't, shame on me. It may be because I've been there many times and have taken it for granted. This time was a little bit special because my stepson was going to pick up the tab. His usual pick from anywhere we go is a hamburger. Excuse me, cheeseburger. There's never been a cheeseburger he didn't like. My wife ordered a chicken salad and proclaimed it to be great. She's never had a bad meal there at least not that I know of. I always try to prepare myself be looking at the menu online to get some idea what I might order. What didn't show up online was the Specials menu. Well, anytime at Obrigado is difficult because I have to work my way through the list of items to figure which one I want. It's not easy because everything always looks good, so I turned my attention to the Specials menu and worked hard to figure out what would may be feel good this time. After a while, I decided to order the scallops pasta. How bad could it be? It wasn't bad. It wasn't good. It was great!!! The first thing I did was try the pasta and I knew that this was going to be a good experience. The roasted squash and zucchini were done right. The scallops were perfect. If the meal wouldn't have turned out well I would still return because of the history with them. That wasn't even close to being an issue. Appetizer? Calamari! There' s a place in Tennessee (of all places) that I think has the best calamari. Obrigado comes in a very, very, very close second. Try it. If you don't like it, go to Tennessee.

Took along time. Only one server. Seemed like the folks from the kitchen were trying to help out. Always nice folks working there but you need patience.