Restaurante La Ventana x La Scala — Restaurant in Ibiza

Definitely 5 star memorable gem inside of an old town that should leave impression on you only if your soul is not cold like a bottle of water at the Unvrs. If you breathe and feel those side, cozy, urban spiced places with the touch of history this is the place you wanna be. Interior walls, accents, barn doors, tiles, door knobs, this place can take you back to colonialist Spain, especially those who knows a bit of a history and loves the architecture. Interior is pretty unique and well kept. Gem is pretty quiet and away from the main streets. It can be very personal and romantic. Cusine is generally Italian with localy used ingredients. I ate one of the sweetest and tastiest melon in my entire life. As we were a group, we ordered quite a few different things from the menu so we could taste a little bit of everything. It’s needless to say that everyone was blown away with all of the dishes and desserts. Food was incredibly tasty with a funky combinations and Mediterranean look. It makes you feel that people involved truly care and pay attention. The entire staff is very humble and warm. I would say they are all street smart. You can easily connect. They know when to engage and carry on a conversation and when to leave you to it and let you be. This was the moment when I discovered Ibiza in completely new...

This place caught our eye and after seeing such good reviews we had to try it.

Big mistake. The location is cute and the service wasn’t bad. But the food was the worst we had in our 9 day stay in Ibiza.

The albondigas de la abuela were the most dried out and flavorless meatballs I’ve ever had. Trying to rehydrate them in the sauce didn’t help as that also tasted like nothing. The empanada de carne I got from Mercadona the next day was 10x better than this dish. I don’t consider myself a great chef but I’ll occasionally make meatballs and tomato sauce and I would choose them 10/10 times over these. Very uninspired. I don’t understand how a fine dining restaurant can fail such an easy dish.

Next we had “tartar de aguacate” which is basically €15 for half an avocado with some nuts and a sauce made of carrots. The dish sounded so interesting but in the end was like eating some avocado chunks in an unseasoned carrot purée. The only thing relating this to a tartar was it’s shape.

The only thing good we ate was the bread and alioli. I left disappointed and hungry and a bit confused how this place has gotten such solid reviews + how they could have possibly made food so lacking in flavor. We were joking that even if we tried it would be difficult to make something...

We had high hopes, based on the 4.9 reviews, but our experience left us far from satiated.

The location and warm welcome/ complimentary glass of prosecco we received on arrival were the only positives. The onion filled with cheese and truffle oil starter (€19) was overwhelming and the congealed mass sat heavy on the stomach. The oven baked artichoke (€14) was underwhelming and arrived lukewarm. The mains were the biggest disappointment however, in terms of portion size, flavour and presentation. The 'crispy battered cod, Romano style' (€25) was basically 3 fat, anaemic fish fingers - no garnish or accompanying veg/salad. Not even a wedge of lemon. The pulpo dish (€27) consisted of a small bowl of tart tomato stew with a few chopped up pieces of octopus and two small slices of bread. We'd already been served (and charged for ) a small basket of bread - without butter or oil and vinegar. The wine we shared was reasonably priced but we were left wondering why we were provided with two different...