Last night my boyfriend and I visited Estia for dinner and we had a really positive experience. We ordered the rainbow bass, an arugula salad, the cara cara orange and red endive salad and a side of wood oven potatoes to share.
All of the dishes are family style and meant for sharing. The rainbow bass was cooked immaculately. The fish was the most tender fish I have ever had! It was super soft and it easily fell onto my fork. The flavour was rich and flavourful even though it was only cooked with olive oil and sea salt. It was better than anything I have cooked at home.
The arugula salad was my favourite of the two salads. It features figs, walnuts, aged balsamic vinaigrette and we asked for the ricotta cheese on the side. The salad was savoury and the figs added an extra element to the dish. The figs were creamy, sweet and savoury.
The cara cara orange and red endive salad was okay. It was presented beautifully but it wasn't as delicious as arugula salad. The salad featured marcona almonds, saffron vinaigrette, and caper goat cheese which we had on the side. This salad was also much smaller than the arugula salad.
Last but not least the wood oven potatoes were delicious! They were seasoned with lemon and salsa verde; they tasted amazing! I loved the flavour and texture of the potatoes. The salsa verde left the potatoes with a delicious crunchy texture and I was able to pretend they were comparable to fries.
Would we return?
Absolutely! We had a wondering dining experience and we sat on their patio. It was the perfect setting to enjoy a nice evening.