La Mafia se sienta a la mesa — Restaurant in Seville

La Mafia Restaurant (Nervión) Sevilla

Wanted to try this new chain of restaurants, so here we go… As I popped there…Empty restaurant, no one to greet you and it looked as George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead... Eventually the waitress /barmaid appeared and guided me to my table. Decoration of this commercial minded faux- Italian place was a bit affected and artificial. I started with the Carpaccio followed by the Pizza Longaniza de Graus and a sparkling mineral water. Only one waitress /barmaid was working at that moment in time (9pm) but she copped. The Carpaccio was rather tasteless, which was a real shame. Then the Pizza Longaniza dough was as thin as a water biscuit and its rim was carbonised and crumbling to the touch. On top of that the pizza aftertaste was sweetish AKA that should not be happening. It looks that the tomato sauce and a generous and wrong sugar overdose were the culprits. Funnily enough, half way through the service at 9:30 pm a waiter and another waitress appeared from thin air, or actually from the contiguous Meliá Hotel, to help the, until there, multitasking lady. Wi-Fi was super strong. Wouldn’t go back unless their pizzaiolo/pizza “chef” gets a crash course of “How to make a proper Italian Pizza” starting from Lesson 1.0.1. There are good bars and restaurants in the area, but unfortunately this is not...

We happened to go here because it was around the corner from the hotel and were quickly seated. There was a good selection of food and it was delicious. We ordered a spritz and Rosso diverso which were tasty and definitely not something we’ve had before. Then we had the caneloni de rabo, arancini carbonara, segreto bianco, panna-coco-tta (the last was DELISH). Our waiter was Borja Mor and he was attentive, answered our questions & kept checking up on us to make sure we were not missing anything. Overall he had such a great vibe, was amiable, pleasant and so cheerful which made the evening a great one. He waited on the table next to us & he did such a great job. If we lived in the area we would...

Soy fiel clienta de La Mafia desde hace años y es la segunda vez que el restaurante de Nervión me decepciona enormemente. El servicio es nefasto, lento y poco profesional. En primer lugar, pedimos unos steacks de focaccia y una pasta y nos traen primero la pasta, cuando evidentemente el entrante eran los steacks. La pasta llevaba la salsa de mandorle y foia (mi favorita desde siempre) y veo al servirla un pedazo de foia congelado, lo pruebo para asegurarme y hasta tenía aguilla de congelado, se lo digo a la camarera y me dice que desde cocina dicen que el foia es así, es frío, le contesto que si pero no congelado que llevo años comiendo esa salsa y se perfectamente como es. Se lo lleva y me lo vuelve a traer sin una gota de foia (la solución para la cocina fue quitarlo directamente). Después pedimos un risotto pero nos dicen que no les queda arroz, siendo un sábado noche me parece inaudito que se queden sin arroz cuando el risotto es uno de los puntos fuertes de su carta, cual fue mi sorpresa cuando al cabo de un rato vi a una pareja que le acababan de servir un risotto, al preguntar a la camarera me dice que antes no tenían pero ya si.... Por no poder pedir arroz pido una pizza, la cual me tarda casi una hora en servirmela que podría haber esperado lo mismo por el risotto si me hubieran avisado que habría un poco más tarde. Como he dicho anteriormente el servicio ha cambiado muchísimo, en los detalles, en la atención y en la profesionalidad, te sirven pasta sin cuchara para repartir, tardan muchísimo en atenderte y encima no intentan compensar los fallos de cocina de ninguna forma. Da pena, pero no volveré a ir, entiendo un día malo, pero era la segunda oportunidad y ha ido a peor. Destaco a Javi el único camarero que se nota de lejos que tiene trayectoria en la hostelería y se ve que es gran profesional a pesar de los fallos del...