M.b - Guía de Isora

We ate at 3 Michelin restaurants during our 7 days in Tenerife. This was my 2nd 2 star, the first being the Ledbury in London. The Ledbury was a memorable experience, 3-4 hours of a tasting menu with wine pairing along with the best service ever. MB? not too sure how they even have one star. If this were just a regular restaurant, I would have been just as annoyed. Cork in my wine? 2 out of 7 glasses. Weird service? When the food runner went to bring plates out to the wrong table, the server made clicking sounds with her tongue as if she were calling a horse to giddy up . The food? We found only 25% of it to be palatable. My pallet cleanser stuck to the bottom of my bowl and was impossible to scrape off. The marinated shrimp was nothing more than raw shrimp with no flavor (other than raw shrimp). The best of the bunch was the calamari spaghetti . Lots of props, lots of silverware changes, lots of wasted time. Speaking of time, this 7 course great tasting menu lasted just a tad over 1 hour vs the other two at 3 hours each. Costly mistake.

I've visited several Michelin starred restaurants and have often found them lacking. The showmanship is always there but sometimes the food just is not enjoyable, the chef is trying too hard to impress. MB redeemed my faith in starred restaurants, it was an incredible meal with great service that was not condescending. They did have the showmanship, and the dehydrated napkin that just appears with a few drops of water is cool, and it added to the meal. The meal, though, was as good as it gets. There are multiple amuse bouchée and all of them were great, especially a chilled melon roll (don't ask, just enjoy it). My starter was an excellent tuna tartare, one of the best I have ever had. Perfect balance of flavors. For my main course, I had three types of wagyu and that was also fantastic. The first type was a tartare. The second was a short rib, carved table side, which was delicious. Finally, a wagyu entrecôte that was also prepared perfectly. I was slightly disappointed with my cheese board. It was great, but I would have preferred if they brought the trolley by and I could pick the cheeses. Also, one of our party was a vegetarian and although she had a good meal, very limited options. I was also impressed with the wine list, or should I say four volumes of wines, each very deep. It is a great list with options for all budgets. A great time.

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: €100+ Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Best dining experience ever! I do not like spending large sums of money at a restaurant but this restaurant was so worth every euro. Staff was top notch wonderful. The food was fun, Creative, exciting and delicious. Loved the fabulous atmosphere. Staff spent extraordinary amounts of time explaining the food and the experience. Met the chef. Such a sweet man. The experience was 5 hours long. Best 5 hours of my life and absolutely should be a 3 star.

It was ok, but just ok. I wanted some small changes, but big chef didn't allow to choose what i like. Crazy. Food: 3 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 3