Le Bistroman Atelier was a French concept from Chef Stephane del Rio Brossier and Miguel Ángel García Marinelli. The medium sized location had wood and tile on the floor, chandeliers, a cut out in the ceiling, windows to the street on two sides, music in the background with some exposed brick on the walls. The small tables were covered with white cloths and a couple were on the larger side. We had made the reservation some time ago and signed up for their long tasting menu, which you need to do in advance. We stopped by a couple days prior to our reservation and talked with the door person and said we no longer wished to have the tasting and they were fine with it and said would make a note of it. They didn’t and when seated the server came to check for allergies and about the tasting. We repeated our former request and they said fine but there was much confusion even so. It foreshadowed the continuing confusion with the server who split our main course and forgot to bring the salad yet still had it on the bill. It was a night of errors which made for a less than satisfactory meal. The food was edible but nothing to “write home about” and I’m sorry but I can’t recommend you try this place unless you really need to get a French fix in Spain. Continue reading
