Address: La Rambla, 20, 07003 Palma, Illes Balears
Telephone: 00 34 971 67 71 63
I went here on a Friday night in February with my husband and another couple.
The Ram Bar opened about 3 months ago and it has been decorated in a modern industrial style which works really well in the old building where there are very few windows to give natural light.
We started with drinks in the bar - three G&T's and three glasses of white wine. The G&T's were made with Hendrick's gin, but sadly there was no cucumber available for garnish. However, it tasted OK with lime instead. The wine was a very drinkable Verdejo. We were given a generous portion of huge green olives which were delicious and a small bowl of crisps which were very nice to accompany our aperitifs.
Our table was in the middle of the restaurant but there was enough space that we did not feel that we were sitting on top of other diners. As the evening wore on the restaurant became full but the noise level was not such that you couldn't have a conversation with your fellow diners and the service was at a good level throughout in spite of the large number of diners.
We started our meal with two Capresse Salads to share between the four of us. They were made from huge slices of extremely flavoursome and juicy tomatoes and creamy burrata cheese topped with a simple dressing and tasty black olives. Interestingly no bread was served with the meal, but, had it been served it would have been unnecessary as the portions were good-sized.
For mains we chose two grilled chicken breasts, grilled belly pork and grilled fillet steak. These were cooked on a charcoal grill and the flavour of the charcoal came through wonderfully with the meat remaining juicy and succulent. Each was cooked to perfection and the accompaniments were mashed potato and a medley of fresh vegetables - all excellent. A portion of chips was also ordered. They were more like sautéed potatoes but declared fantastic. The meat portions were very generous.
During the meal we managed to drink two bottles of a very drinkable white wine and a large bottle of sparkling water.
To finish we shared a Raspberry Pavlova with raspberry sorbet and a Chocolate Fondant with chocolate ice cream. Both were excellent.
Finally, we managed to squeeze in a cortado coffee and 2 white coffees.
We had reserved our table for 8.30 pm and sat down around 8.45 pm (our choice) and were amazed to find that it was midnight by the time we had finished our meal. At no point had the staff tried to rush us out to free the table for other diners.
This really was a delightful experience and at €220 for four of us, including tip, we felt it was a very fair price for the quality of meal and service in great surroundings.
