There are few times in life that a meal is so expertly crafted and planned that is nothing short of perfect - but not this meal. The earliest reservations a few days out was at 10-10:15pm. By the time we arrived for our dinner, the kitchen was out of all the top dishes (croquettes, sea bass, etc.). 5 minutes and halfway through our olive dish, the server removed our olives before we could even finish. Then, she brought water glasses ten minutes later.
We started with the anchovies on toast with tomato. This could have been a fantastic dish if served similarly to pan con tomate. Instead, the anchovies was topped with two slices of tomatoes and a flavorless, butter-like sauce. I'll be generous and give it a 2.5/5.
Next came the prawn carpaccio in place of the squid croquettes. Like the anchovies with toast, the flavor fell flat. It was cold, tasteless and overall displeasing. The two whole shrimps and toasts as toppings were the only enjoyable components of this dish.
We moved on from the appetizer fiasco to a squid ink paella. Yet again, the pieces of shrimp, fried calamari and cuttlefish topping the paella were the dish's best features. The rice flavor was much too overpowering of fish, as if the chef had slipped with a bottle of fish sauce and could not correct his generous dousing.
Finally, we reached the Creama catalanya. Though not a dessert person, this dish saved the whole show.
For future customers that dare book a reservation, skip the fuss and go straight for dessert.
Service and show gets a 4.5/5... but the Creama Catalanya only gained a half of a point for this restaurant in regards to taste. read more
