Jul 23 2008
Movida Tapas Bar Review – Melbourne Australia
Movida Spanish Tapas Bar located at 1 Hosier Lane in Melbourne just off Flinders Street.
This is quite a funky place which has all the old world charm of of a Spanish cafe/restaurant, with its paved floor and abundance of timber it feels like you are eating in a family place. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable of their fair and the ingredients both what they are and where they come from.
The meal:
We opted to give the Tapas a try and order the air cured Wagyu beef with truffle mayonnaise and a poached egg, octopus on kiffla potatoes, lamb cutlets, crab meat stuffed peppers crispy skin salmon with 4 mushrooms. The meal was fantastic, [SinglePic not found]the wagyu beef accompanied with the truffle mayo and poached egg was a great match, the mayo had a great peppery finish from the olive oil and the egg as we know went perfectly with the egg. [SinglePic not found]The octopus is one of modivas signature dishes and it did not miss, the octopus was tender and the mix of the sweet paprika and olive oil on the kifla potatoes finished this dish well. The crab meat stuffed peppers well all I can say is that I was not able to get a picture as my other tasters had found them a delight, they where light and the crab meat sweet which was balanced well with the pepper and cover.
The lamb cutlets appeared to be marinated and had a crispy outer, the meat was tender and the accompanying spinach and garlic past again balanced well.[SinglePic not found] The crispy skin salmon was also a good balance, with a light sauce the mushrooms gave a silky finish to the meal.
Rating: 9/10
Service Speed:
The entire lunch took about 50 minutes but when we added a coffee and desert you needed to add 15 minutes for our gluttony. The food itself came out quickly and the staff are fantastic.
Rating: 8/10
Food Quality:
This is fine dining in a family relaxed atmosphere, all the dishes are of a superior quality and consistent. You will be hard to order quickly as the choices could all be your favourites. But take the advise we did from the staff, order a few meals to start and if you feel like more just add them. This works well.
Rating: 8/10
Ambiance:
As mentioned this is a friendly inviting restaurant and you will feel like your at friends for your meal.
Rating: 8/10
Value for Money:
The entire meal including drinks deserts and coffees came to $45.00 a head between four, I believe you would be hard pressed to find better value for this menu.
Rating: 8/10
Average Rating 8.2/10
Email: info@movida.com.au
Reservations: 03-9663-3038
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