text: Ilios Noche is a difficult place to classify.  We met a few friends there, and are glad that we went early, because even with a relatively small group (5), we barely fit on a weeknight.  This place gets packed.  Consider yourself warned.\n\nAs we had heard good things about the spreads, we tried some, and they were tasty indeed.  The Htipiti (no idea if I spelled that right) was our favorite, and I probably could have eaten it all night.\n\nThe staff - or at least our waiter - was awesome.  He helped us with the menu, gave us tips on the wine list, even brought out samples (hefty samples at that) when people couldn't decide, big thumbs up on service, something that you don't always find.\n\nAt the end of the meal, he even took me in the kitchen to show me the desserts because I couldn't decide which one I wanted.  Pretty cool.  Remember to tip your server.\n\nThe only thing that was somewhat disappointing was the main course.  That's not to say that everything is disappointing, or even that mine was, just that dessert was tasty (some sort of chocolate torte thing, but it was less cake-like than I would have expected) and the appetizer was awesome, the service was great, and the sandwich was pretty good.  The ends are great and the middle was, well middling.\n\nBy itself, it probably would have been quite good.  With everything else, so-so.