In just a couple of months, El Patio de Triana (Calle del Doctor Castelo, 15) has started to take its place in the always hectic gastronomic map of the Ibiza neighborhood -with restaurants like KultO, which we told you about last week. Just a three-minute walk from its big brother in Narváez, this new establishment inherits the best of a formula that its owners know is a winner: respect for Andalusian tradition, honest cuisine and a menu designed for sharing, tasting and repeating.
A tavern without artifice, with a lot of flavor.
Away from the posturing and noise of pompous openings, El Patio de Triana is something relatively simple: a tavern without fanfare, a place where things are simply done well. There is no need for reservations or complicated explanations: you go in, order something to drink, try some tapas -and almost without realizing it, you end up eating. And well.
The menu, brief but precise, is completely gluten-free, following in the wake of its original location, and combines classic dishes of Andalusian cuisine with a modern touch. Everything is prepared with fresh market produce, without excesses or technical pirouettes.
Chicharrones, prawns and rabitas: the essential well done.
There is no shining star here, but there are dishes that stand out in their own right. The chicharrón, served as if it were in Sanlúcar, is probably the best on the menu: fine, juicy, with well-calibrated fat, perfect. The portion costs 12,5€. It is closely followed by the white shrimp from Huelva, clean, tasty and served with care, or the fried squid tails, which achieve that rare sensation of being satiating without being heavy.
What you find at El Patio de Triana is not signature cuisine or dishes for Instagram, but flavors that take you back home -if your home is closer to Matalascañas than to Tapia de Casariego-, to the south, to authentic tapas. A place where the important thing is not novelty, but coherence.