La Nuova Trattoria — Restaurant in Amposta

I enjoyed my lunch at this trattoria today. They have a very reasonably priced menu del dia for 15 euro's. You have multiple options from pizza, meat, fish to pasta dishes. As a drink I chose for a water with gas and it pleases me that they use refillable glas bottles. I wasn't expecting that to come with the price of the menu, but was free of charge in the end. As a starter I chose the Quiche Lorraine. It was a nice meal (maybe needed just a little bit more salt and meat for my taste), acompannied with three pieces of freshly baked bread and a green salad. As a matter of fact, I was already a bit full after this. For the second course I chose a pasta penne carbonara. It tasted good and luckely I was able to take the leftovers that I couldn't finish with me in a takeaway container. I would have felt bad if I had to leave it to go to waste. I knew there was also a dessert with the package, so I chose the chocolate cake. It was a bit dry, so I didn't finish all of it. I spilled a bit of chocolate sauce on my white shirt and while I was cleaning that, the waitress noticed me and came to my rescue with some sort of cleaning spray. What a nice gesture of hospitality! I enjoyed the atmosphere in the restaurant. It was full of locals, enjoying their time with chattering and eating together. The waitresses were kind and helped me by speaking English, although I tried to communicate in Spanish at first. There is an open kitchen, so you can see the chefs preparing the food and everything looks clean and organized. The food is fresh, simple and well made considering the low price. Overall...

Menú mercat 25€ De primero pedimos unos carpaccio de ternera y los otros de bacalao. Era todo el plato agua, sin sabor, habia trozos congelados. El "parmesano" poquisima calidad y sin sabor. Ni aceite. Al ser menú lo tenian preparado ya con los platos lo dejan descongelar ponen el parmesano y te lo sacan ni aceite ni nada y todo lleno de agua. Calidad 0.

Segundo plato, escogimos risoto de alcachofa y langostinos. Tenia buena pinta el plato pero... para nada bueno. Alcachofa de bote, trozos de pimiento verde y arroz hervido. Nada de risoto. Ahh y langostinos de esos congelados ya hervidos. Calidad 0. Si pones a hervir una alcachofa con un puñado de arroz te queda mejor. Uno pidió osobuco. Eran trozos de carne con tomate de bote y patatas. La carne en si era buena y bien hecha pero la salsa de tomate frito de bote nefasta. Las patatas buenas.

Llega el postre! Teniamos esperanzas ya que habiamos venido mas veces a comer y nos estaba decepcionando bastante. Tiramisú, menjar blanc y pastisset.

Tiramisú horroroso, la presentación era un trozo así como chof, toma, te lo saco así mismo y el sabor no sé que sabor porq no sabia ni a café ni a nada. Pastiset seco. Y lo mejor de todo el menjar blanc, lo más facil del mundo leche, azucar y harina de arroz.

Ah para sorpresa me sacaron el menjar blanc en un botecito como de cuajada y a la mesa de al lado que también tenian menú le sacaron con la tipica cazuelita. La ración era el doble.

El servicio pesimo salvo un chico joven, el aire estaba muy fuerte y lo teniamos directo a nuestra mesa, como ibamos con un bebé se lo hemos dicho y nos lo ha bajado incluso apagado un momento.

El que se comió el osobuco a las 2 horas de comer se moria de dolor de barriga.

El local no estaba lleno y hemos sido de los primeros en entrar.

En resumen, hemos pagado 25€ por un menú que no pagariamos ni 10. Nos sentimos estafados por lo q nos han dado de comer y al precio q nos lo han cobrado. La sorpresa ha sido tal que creiamos que no eran los mismos dueños....

First things first - the service is lovely here: attentive and hospitable. It's a shame the food is a mixed bag - the vegetable Italian plate is exquisite: grilled veggies set aside, sprinkled with olive oil, and covered with a generous handful of parmesan. It's a surprisingly light dish, and a perfect late-summer starter. What comes later though, needs some work: pizza dough is dry and heavy, and the amount of fat is overpowering - and overwhelming. Then there is the dessert that could use some improvement too: serving tiramisu with un-soaked, dry lady fingers in a "trattoria" is...