Excerpts from netnews.pgh.food: 30-May-96 ideas on MALLORCA? by The Professional@teleram > i am thinking about checking out MALLORCA tomorrow for lunch. can > anyone out there in food land give me an idea as to price, menu, > service, etc? i need to eat somewhere new because my current > selection of eateries is becoming boring. My wife and I tried Mallorca for lunch for the first time about three weeks ago. We enjoyed it. The front of the restaurant includes a bar and several tables (the front was empty the day we were there). The main dining area is toward the rear, and it appears as if they were preparing an outdoor courtyard area that may be appealing when weather permits. The dining area was warmly appointed. Waiters were dressed nicely, giving the feel of a place with taste. They were very attentive. Different people seated us, took our drink order, took our food order, and delivered the meal. The food was abundant. Rice and vegetables accompanied our entrees: salmon and rabbit. The salmon was excellent. The sauce that accompanied the rabbit was very flavorful; the rabbit itself was somewhat dry and small. I believe the lunch ran about $30, including tip. I thought it was an enjoyable experience, if somewhat more expensive than I tend to do for lunch.
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ideas on MALLORCA?
In article , [email removed] (The Professional) wrote: > i am thinking about checking out MALLORCA tomorrow for lunch. can > anyone out there in food land give me an idea as to price, menu, > service, etc? i need to eat somewhere new because my current > selection of eateries is becoming boring. > > thanks much =) > > damian higgins > [email removed] > > -- > > damian [ p l a t i n u m p r o f e s s i o n a l ] An EXCELLENT choice!!! I'm from Boston (I have family in Pittsburgh) and I never miss Mallorca when I return to the 'burgh. It's a given. Lunch is a great experience, but do yourself a favor and take the afternoon off. You can eat in and enjoy some of the best food in the city (quite a bit of it!) and then "retire" to the outside courtyard for some delicious sangria. It can be a bit pricey for lunch. Hope you get a chance to check it out.
Roy H. wrote: > Well, hell. I haven't eaten at Mallorca yet, but reading these reviews > is making me hungry! Think I'll stop out today and have lunch! > Do they serve paella? One can only hope..... Paella? Absolutely! And, it's fantastic! Don't miss out -- be sure to REQUEST the Portuguese Sausage (an appetizer - usually not on the menu, but ask and you shall receive)...
Roy H. wrote: > Well, hell. I haven't eaten at Mallorca yet, but reading these reviews > is making me hungry! Think I'll stop out today and have lunch! > Do they serve paella? One can only hope..... They do serve paella. A former co-worker of mine considers Mallorca to be her favorite Pittsburgh restaurant. I've been a number of times for lunch and have had both good and bad experiences. Depending on your frame of mind, the service (all Hispanic men) can either be solicitous or pretentious. The presentation is generally quite good. Unfortunately, as another poster suggested, they can sometimes overcook things: I once had some really rubbery shrimp as did the person I was eating with. They do have the nicest outdoor dining on the South Side (I could never understand why people would eat out front of Carson St. Deli--somehow the thought of truck exhaust with my lunch is not particularly appealing). Beth Mazur "Whatever you fear, whatever you hide, whatever MAYA Design Group you carry deep inside...there's something more Pittsburgh, PA than this." [email removed] -- October Project www.maya.com/Local/mazur
I went there 5 or 6 times during its first couple years of business, and I found it to range from poor to mediocre. I tried both seafood and different kinds of meat, and never enjoyed any of it. The paella was particularly bad, and the lobster was almost inedible. I was surprised to see in a recent post that someone from Boston likes this place.
I agree with the comments that Mallorca's seafood, while abundant, is below average. It's also possible to spend a buttload of money there. However, there's a sleeper on the menu: the steak. It's a T-bone that has been at least 4" thick each time one of us has ordered it. I'm not kidding. This monster shows up on a sizzling platter and everyone at the table sits there stunned for a few seconds. My housemate Jay says it brings to mind the old rule of thumb, "never try to eat anything bigger than your head." -- Marc Ringuette ([email removed])
Hi: My opinion is that Mallorca is the worst Spanish restaurant I've ever been to. Food is plain and expensive. There are some people that think it's good but my feeling is that they may have never enjoyed real Spanish food. The paella is so bad that it made me sick. For the sake of good Spanish food I would never try it again. If you want real good Spanish food find a recipe and make it yourself (or yourselves because sometimes it takes lot of work). There are plenty of recipes in the web, and I have a couple myself. Sorry for the strong critique but it's what I think whatever is worth to you. See you.
Pedro B. wrote: >My opinion is that Mallorca is the worst Spanish restaurant >I've ever been to. Food is plain and expensive. There are >some people that think it's good but my feeling is that they >may have never enjoyed real Spanish food. The paella is so >bad that it made me sick. For the sake of good Spanish food >I would never try it again. I concur strongly. There are actually two issues here, I think. The key is to remember that Mallorca is not actually Spanish food, but is modeled after the "Spanish" or "Portugese" restaurants that dot New Jersey from Newark to Perth Amboy. Never mind that Spanish and Portugese food are themselves very different! A number of the staff members of Mallorca, in fact, hail from some of these restaurants. These places serve a couple of types of food, traditionally: 1) Paella. 2) Oversized cuts of beef, pork chops, etc. 3) random fish in green sauce. Noticeably missing from the above is any trace of the traditionally vegetable-heavy spanish cuisine. Maybe you'll get potatoes. If you're lucky. No "plata del dia" here. So my problems with Mallorca are: 1) It's not good Spanish food (since it's not trying to be authentic). This -could- be forgivable, but: 2) It's not even good fake Spanish food, in the New Jersey mode. Most of the meals I've had there tend to be far too dry, their sangria tastes like orange juice, and the paella is truly a revolting experience: it's all I could do to keep from picking the dessicated "lobster" and fatty chicken out from the at least once upon a time healthy rice. For years I bemoaned the absence of a "Spanish" restaurant in Pittsburgh, even realizing that it wouldn't be authentic. Now I'm bemoaning the lack of competition. Pete