Restaurante La Taranta — Restaurant in Cartagena

Delightful restaurant in the heart of the city. Ample outdoor seating as well as a very comfortable indoor environment.

They specialize in grilled meats but you have a variety of options. For this occassion we choose to share the 1 kg chuleton accompanied by a plate of grilled artichokes hearts liberally covered with a white wine cream sauce. The steak was done to perfection..for me al punto (rare). The meat was tender and full of flavor. If you are sharing and tastes vary, they set up a small caste iron plate you can use to adjust the meat.

The dessert menu us nicely varied ranging from flan to cheesecake to terramasu. We chose the terramasu and it was the best I have ever had. Not overly sweet as some..just right.

Excellent and well varied wine menu.

Attentive and...

Found this place Sunday @ 1830hrs,ordered drinks and asked for menus from the waiter who spoke English , drinks arrived 1840hrs then waited and waited and waited , a few other people arrived sat down ordered drinks but waiter and waitress never came near or looked at us , I went inside at 1930hrs asked to order some food got a blank look as neither of the waitresses appear to understand English ! I asked to pay the bill blank look , walked back to my table sat outside for five more minutes finished our drinks and my partner went inside to try to pay but no staff were visible this time Plenty of customers outside waiting to be served or place orders Avoid if I were...

We had an awesome dinner here! We went on a Sunday evening and they were busy, so the service was a bit slow. I had the octopus Cartagena style which was absolutely decadent; almost the best pulpo I've ever had. My husband had the Iberian pork shoulder and it was nothing even close to what we expected. It was actually a sculpted mix of pieces of succulent pork, scalloped potatoes and a fabulous mushroom sauce. It was absolutely to die for. We also shared an order of perfectly grilled vegetables. Our meal was rounded out with two glasses of fruity red wine from Jumilla. I would go back in...