Mare Nostrum — Restaurant in Cartagena

The building looks promising from the outside. Once you step in it doesn’t match the expectations. It looks a lot ‘cheaper’ with paper menu’s that weren’t very new any more. We ordered 3 salads and a rice dish. After ordering they brought a nice and clean tablecloth and Some bread (be aware they charge you for that, so if you don’t want to be charged refuse the bread). The salads arrived quite quickly but the rice didn’t arrive until we were finished with our salads. Salads were ok, but mostly greens, the salmon on the Mare Nostrum salad was a small portion. When we asked for the bill they added a Martini Bianco on the bill that wasn’t ours so...

This is a hidden gema. My wife and I had dinner. The food was excellent and honest. Just enough care to take it above the average but no unnecessary pomp added. Authentic Spanish cuisine. But the best was the outstanding service from our waiter Miguel, nothing was too much trouble in his quest to make us feel welcome and special. Miguel is one of a dying breed of all the best in Spanish waiters,skilled, attentive, and above all professional and a real gentleman. Miguel made our visit memorable and for this...

Upon walking in I had to fight to get the attention of one of the waiters, but after asking for a table in Spanish we managed to find an excellent location outside overlooking the marina. We had tapas and all the dishes were excellent including the popular Russian salad, garlic prawns and croquettes. Our waiter spoke English but appreciated our efforts to use Spanish where possible (tip for english travellers who find themselves on the end of bad customer service too often). We'll...