Address: Carrer de Can Cavalleria, 15B, 07012 Palma, Illes Balears
Telephone: 00 34 971 21 38 10
My husband and I went here with another couple on a Monday evening in July, having previously booked a table. As Palma is full of tourists in the summer months we book a table in advance to save disappointment.
As always we received a warm friendly welcome and were shown to a table in a small room at the back of the building where we were on our own for most of the meal, but were joined towards the end by another party of 4 at the only other table in the small room.
Our drinks order was taken quickly - 2 cavas, a gin and tonic and a white wine. Our friends chose cava and were offered a range from demi-sec to very dry and they chose the latter and declared it to their taste. My G&T and my husband's verdejo were both very drinkable.
We chose a variety of tapas to share together with a full portion tabla of 4 kinds of Italian charcuterie. Our tapas included carpaccio of courgette with parmesan, avocado and a tasty dressing, small prawn spring rolls, burata mozzarella with tomatoes, crystal bread (thin slices of lightly toasted bread topped with rubbed tomato and garlic) and homemade oven-roasted new potatoes with a tomato mayonnaise.
Every dish was delicious and we almost didn't have room for dessert, but we managed to squeeze in a tiramisu and caramel panna cotta which we shared between three of us.
The whole meal came to a very reasonable €100 (including a tip) for the 4 of us. I don't think we shall ever tire of going here as the surroundings are quirky and relaxing, the staff friendly and professional, the food exquisite and a bill that is always affordable. They do not take credit cards, but it is so reasonable that it is more than likely that you will have enough in your pocket to pay for it without having to visit the cash machine.
Address: Calle Metge Matas 2, Palma de Mallorca 07012
Telephone: 00 34 971723701
This is the third time I have tried this event as I enjoyed my two previous visits.
As on previous visits we were given a warm friendly welcome and all our contact with the staff was equally charming.
There were 3 of us in our party and we started with drinks - a G&T for me which was more than acceptable and a glass of white wine for the other two. As on previous occasions the white wine was not as cool as the drinkers would have liked so required ice to be added. When this was mentioned Eran, the owner, offered to put the bottle in the freezer so that the following glasses of wine were colder - which we agreed to - and subsequent glasses of wine were to the drinkers liking.
The nibbles, which were served with the drinks, were very tasty olives which had a spicy kick to them and brown bread slices with tomato and toasted cheese on top. These were fine but nothing to write home about.
The film tonight was "American Beauty", an old classic but an excellent choice even though we had seen it before. Individual glasses of popcorn were served at the start of the film and a short pause in the film was made about half way through to top up our drinks.
Afterwards 2 of us chose starter and main course instead of main course and dessert. One was crispy cabbage in a tasty dressing with nuts and the other was mozzarella and tomato. Both were very tasty. To follow, all of us chose beef flank with green beans and summer squash which was exquisite with small tender slices of beef cooked to perfection accompanied by tasty market fresh vegetables.
I chose the hot chocolate mouse with plum cream for dessert. The chocolate dish was light and flavoursome and the whipped cream was mixed with delicious fresh pieces of plum.
We had water with the meal as well as several glasses of white wine and I finished with a cortado coffee.
The bill came to €117 for the 3 of us (excluding a tip) and we felt it was a very fair price for the excellent evening of food and entertainment.
I look forward to returning again soon.
Having been to Santosha's film night with supper the previous Thursday we decided to go again the following Thursday.
This time my husband joined me and we were given just as warm a welcome as the previous Thursday. We kicked off with a glass of very drinkable white wine for my husband which was not cool enough for his liking, so asked for some ice to add to it. My gin and tonic was a modest size but well made with a good kick of gin.
Our drinks were accompanied by a very tasty homemade hummus with pitta breads and a bowl of olives.
Around 7.30 pm we headed to the cinema room at the rear of the building. There were only 2 others watching the film and we were offered popcorn to eat during the film, but neither my husband nor I are popcorn eaters so did not partake of it.
This week's film was "Shine" about an Australian child prodigy pianist with a very controlling father who has a break down and manages to recover. It is based on a true story and well done.
A short pause during the film enabled us all to top up our drinks and when the film was over we joined up with the 2 other people for supper. We could have had separate tables but the 4 of us were happy to eat together as we had started chatting just prior to the film showing and it made an interesting evening.
My husband and I did not really need starters but Eran, the owner, brought us a sharing plate of roast vegetables with some more of the lovely hummus so as not to sit watching our dining partners eat their starters.
For mains my husband had hake with savoury rice which he declared as very tasty and I had chickpea and feta stuffed red pepper with some more hummus - fortunately I love hummus and all was very tasty.
By this stage my husband was full but I managed to squeeze in some dessert which was a delicious light brownie cake with coffee ice cream.
I had no room for coffee nor did my husband. The supper with film is €25 per head which includes a welcome drink with appetiser, film, main course and dessert and water with the meal.
We both had a really lovely night out with great service, tasty food, and interesting film and the bonus of meeting some new and interesting people. Had my husband not been enjoying the film he was under no pressure to stay watching it and could have gone to the bar for a drink until the film was over.
We just hope that as word gets round that Santosha is open on Thursday evenings for supper and a film (as well as Saturday and Sunday evenings) that it will get busier as this restaurant deserves to do well with its food offering and very customer focussed service.
