"We visited on the spur of the moment, and the overall decor and ambience was fine. We ordered tapas, and the glass of rioja suggested by the waiter was very enjoyable. However we were both disappointed by the food. The padrón peppers tasted as they should, but were somehow limp. The aubergine sobrasada was bland. The actual mushrooms in the champiñones al jerez were very good, but the sauce was again bland and if I had closed my eyes I would not have a clue as to what I was tasting. As with the mushrooms, the mussels in the vermouth mussels were good but the sauce, which sounded really interesting, was in the event bland and unfortunately reminded us both of Heinz tomato soup from our childhood. The suckling pig was mainly soft fat without a hint of savoury crispness in the skin and the green apple puree had so little taste I initially mistook it for pommes puree. The dessert of flourless chocolate cake, on the other hand, was very good. Overall we felt it was a great shame as the ingredients were mostly good, but while the cuisine has such a wonderful range of exciting flavours, virtually all of them were absent here."
