La Martina - Vilafranca del Penedès

I as looking for a good restaurant to eat some Argentinian beef and they did not disappoint us. Very nice setting, Very friendly staff. We were treated as kings. Nice food surprises : a salmon salad in phyllo dough. The beef meet was soft as butter. We cannot eat it that way in Belgium.

A few hundred meters from the shopping streets of Vilafranca, Argentinian restaurant La Martina served us one of the best meals we had during our trip in Spain. Though we went for the ‘menu del dia’, we were served with some snacks before the starter an excellent vegetable ravioli arrived. Even if expectations for meat run high when visiting an Argentinian restaurant, La Martina managed to surpass them. Tender, tasty, and cooked just the right way. Desert was a simple but tasty lemon sorbet. The staff were extremely friendly, and clearly proud of the dishes they had on offer. And even if their command of English was as limited as my command of Spanish, they made up for it by taking all the time and patience needed to explain to us what we could select from. The ultimate surprise came with the bill 60€ for a lunch for 4!When I pointed out that they had forgotten to charge for 3 glasses of wine, they pointed out that those were included in the ‘menu del dia’, and even gave us the remainder of the bottle to take home. So then, a perfect mix: great quality food, genuinely friendly service, and an unbeatable price. I know exactly where my lunch stop will be next time I’m in Vilafranca! Big thanks to La Martina and its staff!

La Martina doesn´t go for the Argentinian theme pub type decor, instead it felt just like a good old family Spanish restaurant just with all the Argentinian cuts you know and expect, both top end (Lomo alto, etc. and very reasonable prices for the more popular cuts (picaña, entraña, tira de asado cuts etc. The asador cut was on the bone was particularly tasty. The service was as good as the meat was as good as the vibe. The croquets and empanadas were all home made and delicious. Over all a good Sunday meal at a good price in a nice restaurant. With a couple of bottles of house red filling lunch for eight (4 adults 4 kids costs us about 140 euros. That´s great value.

Una experiencia espectacular! un ambiente acogedor y la primera comida así como el personal.

Hicimos un menú y estábamos muy felices. ¡La carne es tremenda! los postres frescos