Metropolitan la Real — Restaurant in Úbeda

I would very seldom make a negative review, rather just swallow the experience and hope for better luck next time. But here I had to pause, and think NO ..this one needs to be known by others. The restaurant we had planned to visit was closed, so we looked at the menu card at the Metropolitan La Real and chose to try this one out. I guess we came on a ‘bad’ day and the chef must have been off and someone else was preparing the food. Ordered risotto with pork lion and a beef hamburger. The risotto came super fast and was cold, watery and the pork was mainly fat. Tasteless. (Risotto takes normally time to prepare unless it is premade and reheated…..) The burger was not any better and also not hot or even warm, the cheese could not melt at all. Again tasteless. We did not finish any of it, and skipped the desert that we had planed… what a...

My wife and I could not eat anyting... Our vote is concerning the restaurant behaviour. We arrived and asked for having a sit. After a couple of minutes a waiter provide us with 2 different menù. One in general and another one daily (Total price of 12,5€, cheaper Than normal). He started describing them when we asked him for speaking in English and he told us no. He changed the menù and we could not use the daily menu... When we asked for having the daily menu he told us it was not available due to the kitchen clousure... But only 5' before there were no problems... Only for tourists there were the kitchen...

Hay restaurantes que alimentan, y hay otros que emocionan. Este es uno de esos pocos lugares donde cada plato cuenta una historia, donde la pasión por la cocina traspasa el plato y llega directa al paladar.

Empezamos con una ensaladilla de langostino que redefine el concepto clásico: suave, cremosa, con un toque marinero que evoca el sabor del mar en cada cucharada. La textura es perfecta, los langostinos están en su punto, y la presentación es delicada, sin pretensiones pero cuidada.

Seguimos con unos tacos de rabo de toro que sorprenden y conquistan. Una fusión entre tradición y vanguardia. La carne se deshace en la boca, suculenta e intensa, envuelta en tortillas ligeras que respetan el protagonismo del relleno. Un plato que demuestra que la cocina puede ser divertida sin perder sus raíces.

El sándwich de pulled pork es una auténtica delicia: pan tierno y ligeramente tostado, relleno de carne deshilachada, jugosa y con un punto ahumado espectacular. La salsa barbacoa, equilibrada y sabrosa, realza sin cubrir. Es reconfortante, potente y muy bien ejecutado.

La hamburguesa merece una mención especial. Jugosa, con carne de calidad, cocinada al punto exacto. Acompañada de ingredientes frescos, pan artesanal y una combinación de sabores que no abruma pero deja huella. Un imprescindible para los amantes del buen street food elevado a otro nivel.

Y para terminar, un risotto que es pura caricia al paladar. Cremoso, equilibrado, sin caer en excesos. Elaborado con mimo, cada grano de arroz tiene alma, con ingredientes que suman sin saturar y un punto de cocción que roza la perfección.

El ambiente es acogedor, el servicio impecable, sobre todo...