Kari M.
Yelp
The ambiance here is awesome, especially at night around Christmas/New Year with all the lights around Ft Worth & Drover Hotel. The balcony has wall like closures they will close when it's cold but it's not fully sealed so it stays cool. My friend brought a blanket, which was great & really helped. Not sure why they don't have the gas portable heaters, that would have been ideal. The service was great--checked in but not too much. The food is good, a bit pricy as were the drinks and the style is straight up Spanish (like Barcelona). We did everything family style so we could all taste several things. We started with Pan Con Tomate (tomato bread) that was good but for $12 we got 2 pieces of bread with chopped tomatoes. It was very fresh but was more like Bruschetta style than the tomato bread we had in Barcelona. We then ordered one of the Cocas - Deer Salami, Roasted Fennel, Manchego, Roasted Jalapeño Pesto flatbread ($18). We were looking forward to this for the fennel but sadly this was so light we could hardly taste any fennel but the flatbread was well done, crisp and a good bit of cheese - over all tasty. We then had the shaved lomo which is a board of dry cured pork tenderloin and pickled vegetables. This was also available as a flat bread (Cocas) but I'd recommend getting this on the board, really good this way. We then had one of their "jars" called H'tapiti With Goat Cheese which is Sweet Roasted Red Pepper and Goat Cheese Dip served with crisp bread and pita triangles. All the dishes were presented well and all were fresh. Our biggest comment on the food (other than some of the portions for the price) is there wasn't much seasoning to the dishes.
We arrived on New Year's Eve at 5:30 and was told they were out of 5 different bottles of wine. One of their speciality drinks is blood orange sangria. It was really good but was $18 per glass. Sangria is typically made with cheap wine because it has fruit juices, chunks of fruit then topped with seltzer or club soda, so no need to use expensive wine. $18 (to me) was just too much for this type of a drink.
They have one dessert, Cream Catalana ($18). Basically like crème brûlée. It was good but the serving was about half of a cup and again, $18.
Definitely had fun and would go back, but will not be one of our regular places.