One of the biggest perks of working as a musician who travels a lot is the fact that I get to visit many restaurants all over the world and taste different foods from different cultures. That said, one of my favourite countries to eat in is in Spain, where they really know how to make delicious food! However, it isn’t a place that knows how to make food in a hurry…

The Space

The photo at the top of the post is the time that we sat down to eat (it already took about 30 minutes or more to just get water and bread and to begin to make orders!). The photo below was taken about two and a half hours later when we finally finished and settled the bill!

As you can see from the photos, it is mainly outdoor seating. From what I saw of the inside, there were only a couple of tables for inside use. Of course, with the weather being phenomenally good (and hot and humid), there was absolutely no one seated inside! Also, the kitchen is inside, which made the inside seating uncomfortably hot in the warm weather.

The Menu

The tapas menu was quite varied, featuring all the classic Spanish little bites that you would expect for an island town. This board was the tapas specials that they had for this week, there was also a tapas section in the main menu, but I think this was by far and away the more interesting choices of food!

This was the regular menu. Apologies for the poor lighting, as the photo was taken at the end of the evening when the light was quite bad and I forgot to turn my flash back on. I guess if you zoom in, you can see that there a great selection of salads, various meats and fish dishes. Even some pizzas, although in Spain, I wouldn’t order pizza…

No wine menu this evening. We were due to have a concert after a long day of travelling, and so it probably wasn’t a great idea to be drinking… but we were tempted!

The Food

The table bread (no photo, sorry!) was served with an Aioli spread. The Aioli was great, generous portion and not too garlic tasting, just right (although, I was tasting a bit of garlic the next day…). The bread was really quite a good one, I wouldn’t be able to tell you exactly what it was, but it was the right sort of texture and sponginess, not fluffy. One of my colleagues said that it was also unsalted, which might have been the thing that made it stand out.

When you order at this restaurant, don’t expect small servings. This is the size of a salad. This particular one was a Goat’s Cheese salad that was served with all manner of berries and fruit that one of my colleagues ordered. She was expecting something a little smaller… A theme that would be repeated for all of us at the table!

I personally ordered a dish of Calamari as my starter tapas. I got this dish, which I have to say was absolutely great! The meat of the calamari was just soft and tender, and the lightly crumbed outside was enhanced by just a touch of herbs and salt. Perfectly cooked, not stringy at all!

Well, I’m a Lamb addict, and so when I saw there was a local Majorcan recipe for a lamb shoulder, I had to give it a go. This was where I was defeated a bit, my eyes were just bigger than my stomach, and despite the lamb being delicious, I wasn’t have to completely finish it. However, it didn’t go to waste, as another colleague joined us and helped me finish it off. The lamb was great, but the potatoes were divine, I’m not sure how they did it, but there was a delicious taste that was matched with a slightly chewy texture, and they were not dry at all. I really have to learn to see if it was a Spanish way of cooking them, or if it was something that was special to the restaurant. I would give anything to have all my oven baked potatoes tasting like this!

No Dessert this time, one of my colleagues did have a Creme Brule, which looked pretty good, but I was completely stuffed by this time! And I still had to work....

Conclusion

The dinner was actually quite nice, lots of food, decent size meals. It was a touch on the expensive side of things, but it was well worth it. The service was okay, nothing special, and there was a slight problem with the bill at the end which was resolved in our favour (keep an watchful eye out in these tourist areas…).

Like I mentioned before, speed of service was not really a highlight. We had two and a half hours before the concert and after the rehearsal for dinner, which was only JUST enough time to have a two course meal. Needless to say, if you are in a hurry, this is not the place to go. However, if you are in Majorca, it is likely that you are on holiday, and so time is not too much of an issue!

I would definitely go again, it is worth the money, and the food was great. If it were possible, I would take even more time to eat, so that I would have to time to enjoy and digest everything!

Contact Details

Website: https://www.facebook.com/posada.ariant
Address: Carrer d'Antoni Maura, 40, 07460 Pollença, Illes Balears, Spain
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Phone: +34 971 53 00 53