Address: Calle de Can Brondo, 4, 07001, Palma
Telephone: There doesn't appear to be one!
My husband and I, together with another couple, had tapas here on a Thursday lunchtime at the end of March.
You cannot book a table so we arrived on spec and were fortunate to be able to get four seats together. However, there is a table at the rear of the restaurant hidden in a corner which can be booked in advance for private parties.
The ambience is a mix of contemporary and modern with a long marble-topped bar with comfy red leather-topped bar stools from where you eat your tapas.
There are plenty of staff to serve you from behind the bar and the food is prepared in full sight.
Our waitress was professional, efficient and appropriately friendly.
Our drinks order was quickly taken and menus provided. We ordered a couple of white wines and water for all of us.
Our waitress advised on how many portions to order for sharing, reassuring us that we could always order more if it was not enough.
We chose croquetas de jamón (deliciously moist and tasty); calamares andaluza (not oily and served with a pleasant mayonnaise dip); flor de calabacin ,queso de cabra (lovely combination of a large juicy courgette flower and generous portion of goat's cheese melted on top) & pimientos de padron. Unfortunately, the last dish contained mainly overly hot peppers. We all had at least one in three like that and told the waitress who immediately took them away and said we would not be charged. This was exactly the correct solution. The manager of the restaurant then tried them and confirmed they were far too hot.
For dessert two almond ice creams and a lemon sorbet were ordered and all went down exceedingly well.
To finish we had either a cortado or espresso.
The bill came to €60, including the tip, which we felt was a fair price for delicious food in a great ambience.
Tast is the much better know tapas bar in town but we felt this was head and shoulders above it and would go here in preference in future when we next fancy some tapas.
As a matter of interest there is a family link between El Camino and the Barrafina group of restaurants in London.
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