Indulge your senses this summer with traditional Spanish entertainment and Michelin starred chef Dani Garcia´s spectacular Andalusian cuisine menu.
Every Tuesday to Sunday you can dine under the stars and enjoy the rich full flavours of El Patio´s stunning new menu and evening cabaret. Shows will feature the best music from the Gipsy Kings, a fabulous specially created flamenco show, fire shows, acrobats and stilt walkers among others. The performances themselves will be breathtaking and worthy of the €90 adult price for the show and elaborate 7-course tasting menu.
On arrival to the beautiful Puente Romano Beach Resort, guests are welcomed by flamenco dressed waiters where pre-dinner drinks are served in the ballroom auditorium. Kitch popcorn and almonds are served to guests while the intimate 120-strong guest list arrives.
Guests are then showed to their seats in the stunning Dani Garcia El Patio area with its impressive stage, white Andalusian flowered walls and courtyard setting – the scenery at Puente Romano is beautiful. And the food, as you´d expect from the creative mind of Dani Garcia, is showstopping in itself.
Our tasters were greeted with a potted plant on their placemat… slightly bewildered at first it all made sense when our edible beetroot flower and accompanying mousse was brought out and placed strategically in the flower pot where a solitary rose was previously missing. A lovely touch.
There was then an impressive selection of 5 other starter options, starting with Crudites with Sour Cream Russian Salad, which came up with an ice bucket full of crushed ice and fresh, crunchy raw vegetables. As equally impressive to the eye and tastebuds as the cleverly disguised rose flower and delicious to dip in the tasty, creamy Russian Salad.
Kimchi prawns and osmotised fruit cubes were brought up next, the prawns were delicious and full of flavour and the fruit fresh a real palette cleanser which made the Cod Fritters, Andalusian Fried Fish and Fried Calamari with Sesame Mayonnaise that came up next even more appetizing. A great selection that didn´t actually fill you up too much.
Then came the main. With the El Patio menu you get all the starters brought up as part of the overall dinner menu but each diner gets to choose a main course. On our tasters evening the choices were; Yellow Sea Bass with Spinach, Beef Cheek with Potato Puree, Guinea Fowl with Raisin and Almond Rice, Rice with Vegetables or Truffle with Mushroom Raviolis.
Our testers went for Beef Cheek with Potato Puree which was succulent, melt in the mouth and came with a rich flavoursome sauce. The Sea Bass was also divine and portion sizes generous.
First up on the entertainment side was the Gipsy Kings with traditional Spanish guitars, maracas and a great lead singer, their songs are traditionally Catalan rumba, flamenco with a bit of pop thrown in and definitely get you in the mood for dancing which many of the guests do here at El Patio.
After the Gipsy Kings, the flamenco show is put on. It was a great performance by the family run trio. The lead dancer was flawless on every move and literally had the crowd clapping along to her impressive flamenco dance steps. The other musicians tapped eagerly along with the main show and even had impressive solo flamenco shows to put on.
The fire display put on by the talented El Patio duo was also on point. It broke up the gaps between courses perfectly and really made you gasp with breath as they danced and threw fire at least 15 foot in the air.
After the mains and shows a mix gorgeous Andalusian sweets came out. The choice was impressive and there was something to suit every tastebud.
The show then carried on for a further half an hour and the whole El Patio guestlist was up dancing or at least clapping and tapping along to the Gipsy Kings music.
All in all a fantastic evening; great food, unparralled service and some of the best and most authentic Spanish entertainment our reviewers have witnessed in Spain in 7 years of residing here. Well worth a visit this August as this is the last month this unique dining experience will be on this summer.
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There will be two sittings every evening and tickets cost only €90 per person and €38 per child. For reservations contact restaurantes@puenteromano.com.
