SPOT - DINNER

Address:              Plaça de la Verge del Miracle, 3, 07013 Palma
Telephone:          00 34 971 65 86 03

I went here at 9 pm with my husband and two friends on a Monday evening, having booked a table in advance.  It was only about a third full when we arrived but filled up as the evening progressed.

The ambience is a mixture of modern and traditional Mallorcan architecture with relaxed lighting that still allows you to see what you are eating.  A striking feature is that there is plenty of space between the tables so you do not feel that you are part of someone else's dinner party in terms of physical closeness and conversation.

Our table was set beside a window which looked on to an internal courtyard with healthy looking green plants.

Our drinks order was taken quickly after we sat down and menus were provided in both English and Spanish.  We had a G&T (nicely garnished with lemon and blueberries and lots of ice), white wine and mineral water.

We decided to share three starters - vegetarian croquettes, tortillas with tuna sashimi and beetroot guacamole.

None of us are big eaters, so this selection was the right amount for the four of as and each dish tasted excellent and was appealingly garnished.

To follow we each chose our individual dishes with two choosing rigatoni au gratin.  This was very tasty and was the right size portion, but the cream sauce could have been slightly thicker to be absolutely perfect.

The other two dishes chosen were wild salmon, which was perfectly cooked and accompanied by a small salad and declared excellent,  and the linguine with clams.  The latter was brought as two separate dishes, the clams being in a tasty sauce in a large low pan with a lid and the pasta was in a bowl on the side.  This, too, was declared very tasty.

None of us had space for desserts but two of us had cortados.

The service was professional, appropriately friendly and at just the right pace with no change in tempo as the restaurant became busier.

The total bill, including tip, came to a very fair €135.

We shall certainly return to this restaurant which has only been open for a short while.