LA ROSA - SUPPER

Address:        Calle Rosa, 5, 07003, Palma de Mallorca
Telephone:    00 34 971 778 929

I went here with my husband and another couple on a Friday evening in September.

The restaurant has a retro feel to it and the tables are close together so the ambience is lively and noisy.  If it is a quiet romantic meal that you are after then this is not the place.  But if you want to feel the buzz of the city in the company of  locals and tourists then this is the place to be.

The staff gave us a friendly welcome and their warmth and professionalism was evident during our whole eating experience.

As it is always hard to get a table - it is not possible to book one -we arrived there early (for Palma) at 7 pm and, "bingo!!", our luck was in.

Our friends arrived about 10 minutes after us and we were able to have a drink at the bar until they arrived, but the restaurant advised us to go to our table before they arrived to make sure of keeping it.

Menus were brought quickly, and our drinks order taken and delivered in a timely fashion.  Between us we had G&T's, rum and coke, white and red wine by the glass.  The wines are acceptable to drink but not top quality, but the spirits with mixers were just right.

We decided to order dishes that appealed to all of us and put them in the middle of the table to share.  The waiter did not encourage us to over order which you can be tempted to do when there is such a great selection.  Our choices were pimientos de padron (small green peppers fried with rock salt), Octopus with potato, garlic and olive oil, a variety of mushrooms sautéed in olive oil, patatas bravas (sautéed potatoes with a spicy sauce), chips, cod croquettes and fried baby squid.  Each dish was comprised of good quality fresh ingredients, cooked well and a good amount for sharing.  My favourite dish was the octopus.

The dishes were brought over the period of at least half and hour which meant that you could enjoy each one as it arrived rather than be faced with the whole lot at once.

We were sufficiently satisfied that desserts were not required but two of us had cortados (small coffees with a shot of hot milk) which were well made.

With a tip, the bill came to €150 for the four of us which we felt was very good value for the food and drink that we had consumed.

We shall continue to be regulars here whenever we can get a table!