QUADRAT RESTAURANT - DINNER

Address:            Plaça de Sant Francesc, 5, 07001 Palma, Illes Balears

Telephone:         00 34 971 49 50 00

I went here with my husband and another couple for dinner on a hot Wednesday night at the beginning of September.

Although I have been here a few times before the entrance to the Hotel San Francesc in which the restaurant is situated never ceases to delight.  A combination of old and new is tastefully achieved in the high ceilinged reception area and you then pass through a delightful open atrium courtyard with olive trees in it before arriving at the top of the stairs that lead down to the restaurant.  There is a lift if you don't want to walk down the stairs.

As it was such a warm evening we ate in the outside terrace which is once again tastefully presented with a good distance between the tables so that there is a degree of privacy for each dining table.  A living wall of plants is a particularly stunning feature of the terrace.

We were given a warm and professional welcome and shown to our reserved table.  Food and drinks menus awaited us and our drinks order was taken quickly and drinks delivered in a timely fashion.  I had a G&T (very drinkable) and the rest of the table had white and red wine - both excellent.

We were presented with an amuse bouche which was a frozen lime and saki mojito presented in a frozen half lime.  This was delightfully cooling on a warm evening as well as tasting excellent.  A generous basket of an assortment of delicious bread rolls was brought at this time too.

For starters we shared crystal bread, ham and cheese croquettes and small cod fritters.  The croquettes and cod fritters were faultless but the crystal bread could perhaps have been served warm, but it was otherwise very good.

For mains the women chose the sea bream which was served with a beautiful green pea sauce.  This looked extremely appetising - and was just the right amount on a warm evening.  It was perfectly cooked and the flavours combined well.  We both thoroughly enjoyed it.

The men chose fillet steak served with roasted new potatoes and they were declared superb - lovely fresh ingredients cooked to perfection and again most enjoyable.

By this time we were quite satisfied but 3 of us could not resist the chocolate dessert which was a selection of chocolate delicacies with a chocolate ice cream, so we shared 2 between 3 of us.  Whilst it was nicely presented I felt that each delicacy could have contained more chocolate - some were like small pieces of tiramisu and others were like chocolate sponge with tiny chopped nuts.  It was not unpleasant - we managed to devour both plates - but was just not quite what I had expected.

We asked if we could have coffee on the roof terrace which wewere told was fine, but we had to pay for dinner before going up to the roof as they are different franchises.  We didn't feel this was a problem and were surprised that our meal had worked out at €200 for the 4 of us which we felt was good value for money.

We took the lift to the roof terrace where we had beautiful views of the Palma skyline complete with several illuminated iconic buildings.  

The staff on the roof terrace were every bit as charming as those in the restaurant and our coffees and wine order was taken and delivered swiftly.  They were also up to the high quality of our experience in the restaurant.

I shall look forward to returning to Quadrat again soon.