La Mostra — Restaurant in Barcelona

First of all, i want to say that the food at this place is absolutely delicious. There is not one single plate we didnt like. Everything tasted so good. The owner is super nice and polite and accomodating. But there are two problems for us, i can see the place is very understaffed and a family run business, first the temperature of all the dishes were just warm, not hot, it feels like they have been cooked and no one was serving them. Both the appetizer and main were warm only. However still tasted very good. Second, the service is really tooooooo slowwwwwwwwww. We came on friday lunch at 2:56pm, ordered at 3:04pm, the appetizer came at 3:25pm, and the main came at 4:05pm. We asked for the dessert and bill in one go as we were in a rush. The time between the dishes was very long considering the food came only warm. However the staff did come check on us to see if the food is good, if we liked it, and thank us for our patience, and said goodbye to us nicely. They also brought us more bread to finish which the sauces which are amazing and i licked the plate clean😝😝😝. This is a place i will come back to try a second time, as today is rush hour and understaffed, i hope to have a better experience next time but the food...

What a find. We had a hour or so before leaving for the airport and looked at various local Tapas bars, all of which were overpriced and touristy. We stumbled upon La Mostra by chance. We asked if they had an english menu and the owner said no but come in and he would translate it for us!. It was quiet around 4pm and some tables were leaving. Once they had he gave us his full attention and explained all the dishes and was clearly passionate about his food. While waiting we were given some fried potatoes as a snack..very nice. When the food arrived..wow it was AMAZING, probably some of the best I've had anywhere. We all had different starters & mains & loved them all. I had soup as a starter...How many restaurants would ask if you wanted some more... he did. The flavours and presentation of the food showed the chef cared and really knows his stuff. My fellow guests actually applauded him when he came out to eat his lunch. The owner was great, very welcoming and friendly and we were really disappointed that we found La Mostra so late in our holiday. We would of happily eaten there every day. We didn't look at the prices so was amazed how little it was when the bill came. Best place we ate at while in...

Estoy dando gracias al cielo que el restaurante en el que tenía pensado comer no tenían mesa, porque he aterrizado aquí.

En primer lugar: No entiendo que con la calidad que tiene la comida no tengan una cola que de 3 vueltas a la manzana. Absolutamente todo lo que he comido estaba exquisito. Cuando he visto el precio del menú del día he pensado "un poco caro" (14,50€). Al salir, me retracto: Vale cada céntimo, hasta poco me parece que he pagado por la calidad de la comida. El camarero súper majo y atento sin atosigar. Y bueno, el hilo musical de fondo fantástico: Rock clásico a un volumen que permite charlar sin alzar la voz en absoluto.

Pero empecemos por la comida...

Primero, el pan: un pan casero tierno, con miga densa y con ligeros toques de aceite de oliva y orégano que me ha hecho bizquear del gusto... ¡QUÉ PAN!.

De primer plato he pedido el risotto con frutos del mar y os prometo que cuando me llevado el tenedor a la boca por primera vez no me lo podía creer: el sabor intenso pero dejando que cada ingrediente tuviese su protagonismo. El queso, de buena calidad y presente pero sin ser excesivo.

De segundo, he pedido la lubina, y era pura mantequilla, jugoso y con el sabor de la parrilla presente. El pescado no me suele hacer mucha gracia, lo he pedido porque parecía ser su fuerte y efectivamente: riquísimo, y eso para que lo diga yo...

De postre, el camarero me ha sugerido la crepe con mascarpone. Llegados a este punto si me hubiese recomendado casarme con su primogénito le hubiese dicho que sí. A mi los postres me suele resultar demasiado pesados y empalagosos y suelo saltármelos... Menos mal que no lo he hecho. La crepe ligera, dulce pero sin ser excesivo, y el mascarpone en la cantidad justa para dar un toque cremoso sin resultar pesado.

Respecto a las cantidades, a mi me han parecido perfectas, pudiendo terminarte los 3 platos y acabar satisfecho pero sin ir rodando calle abajo al salir.

Había otra persona comiendo sola a mi lado (y que era su primera vez en el restaurante también) y ya nos mirábamos con estupor con cada nuevo descubrimiento. Hemos pedido distinto primero y segundo y ella también estaba alucinando, así que parece que la calidad es el sello de identidad de este restaurante.

Lo único malo que le encuentro... es que no viva en Barcelona para poder comer una y otra vez aquí. Pienso recomendarlo personalmente a cada conocido que vaya a venir a Barcelona o que viva aquí, porque merece...