The Casual Restaurant Critic
You might agree or disagree with my opinions, but that's life, isn't it? And no, I get no commissions or kickbacks from any of the places favorably reviewed; I sure as hell don't get anything from the places I complain about either! - I do this entirely for my own amusement and your information.  

The Critic Visits La Mancha, the flavor of the week in new restaurants
More art gallery than restaurant, featuring brilliant white painted yet unfinished walls, metal and stone sculptures throughout. Highlights to look for are the woman's breast and shoulder seemingly breaking through a concrete wall by the bathroom and the aquarium near the back. Lighting and furniture are different, artistic and all for sale, as the menu indicates! The Gallery out front showcases the owners work and you can buy that as well. So we have an interesting place filled with interesting stuff. What about the menu/food, you ask? Well, there's not much to choose from, unfortunately, and what there is, is not spectacular.
Bread, in the form of warm whole wheat buns like the ones from Price Club served with garlicky butter is all right, as are the appetizers, like a basket of french fries or some cold cuts, but again, nothing to write home about. The menu had about 10 items on it including a baguette, 5 different types of lasagna which the pasta-loving Critic found to be tasty, but not to die for by any means!

One of the people in the Critic's party ordered a filete, which he made very clear to the waiter that he didn't like it, whereupon the owner presented himself at the table with a package of filete in it's supermarket wrapping to show us that yes, it was filete and maybe he shouldn't have ordered it well done. While the Critic deplores blatant outbursts of petulant 'I don't like this take it back' whininess, it made everyone cringe (pena ajena) when the owner defended himself with his shrink-wrapped package of raw meat.

All in all, go to see the art, but don't stay to eat unless you're really hungry. And watch out for those artistic but oh-so-incomodos chairs. They look great, but don't lean back, 'cuz you'll fracture your spine so spend your whole meal sitting forward trying not to lean back.
 

La Mancha is located a few houses away from the five-star Pizzeria Bologna in Itzimna, just off Montejo at the railway tracks.

 
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