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I had eaten at Ibiza before - but it had been at least a year or so. When I friend suggested it for dinner last night (thanks Groupon!) I was excited to return. I remembered it been a little pricey, but well worth it.
Three of us sat down, for a dinner on the earlier side. We were seated on the patio, ordered drinks and started to dig into the Tapas menu.
First off, half the plates were either dirty or extremely worn and scuffed. The table cloth had spots on it. (Maybe keeping it outside is hard to keep clean?)
Groupon or not - we ordered alot - about 3-4 dishes a person.
Spicy Calamari. Not spicy, really no flavor at all. Nicely fried...but it tasted like nothing. Marinara sauce had some red pepper flakes. (that doesn't count as spicy)
Mussels a la Normand, were ok, nothing to write home about.
Ham fritters (they had a different name) - were pretty good - but you can't mess up cheese potato and ham.
Tomato & Mozz salad - also pretty good - but there was really little dressing so they did a good job cutting a tomato and slicing mozz and artfully arranging.
Blackened Scallops - This one was just bizarre. Scallops were cooked ok, but slightly overdone. They were dredged in a seasoning and sauteed. But given the cooking time of scallops - the seasoning on the sides was raw - it was like eating cajun seasoning out of the bottle. Opposite of yum.
We had some other things...all were meh. Overall, everything lacked flavor.
Finally, I thought I'd given them a chance on dessert. We split a chocolate mouse for the 3 of us - just for a taste. I swear I had a better chocolate pudding cup with redi-whip when I was in high-school. COME ON!!
It tasted grainy, heavy, and poorly made.
Wildly disappointing. Business is reflecting this...which is why I'm assuming they just ran the groupon. But really they just need to up the quality and preparation of the food they are serving.
Sigh, they went from pricey & worth it, to over priced and disappointing.
ugh.
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