Iberico World Tapas – Nottingham

Earlier this week a friend took me to Iberico for dinner. I have been wanted to go here ever since I moved to Nottingham but haven’t really had the opportunity. I have heard so many great things and for it to be rated 14th of over 1100 restaurants in Nottingham I was expecting it to be incredible. Maybe we didn’t go for the right stuff but in all honesty I was underwhelmed.

It was a quiet Monday night and we were shown to a table of 2. It was in a corner, right in front of a pillar. My friend had to squeeze around the pillar in order to sit down, and then I sat down. The pillar left about 4 inches for me to be able to move my chair, and every time my friend needed to go to the toilet, I had to get out of my chair and move it for him to vacate – nightmare.

The table was about half a metre from the next, and so we overheard the couple next to us chatting – we were literally joining their table.

We haven’t seen each other for a while, and although we chose drinks with speed, we were slow to order our food. The waitress came over 3 times, approximately 90 seconds apart each time. Each time asking if we needed any help, and was extremely condescending.

It was a bit of a relief to order and for her to stop approaching us.

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First out was the Catalan Bread. Huge slabs of chunky bread with garlic, tomato and herbs. It was tasty and extremely garlicky which I love, however lukewarm at best. The padron peppers were incredibly salty, which I loved but my friend commented that it was a little too much.

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Next up was the chorizo cooked in Rioja. I dislike red wine, and thankfully you couldn’t taste it at all. The chorizo was nice but nothing special.

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Then came the star of the show – the spicy miso salmon. It was delicious, but the ‘spicy’ is misleading. It had no heat, or any spice, and I am a spice wimp! But it was cooked perfectly and presented beautifully with pieces of pickled ginger.

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The lime salt and pepper squid, usually one of my favourite dishes in a tapas restaurant, was bland and undercooked. The garlic allioli was flavoursome though.

The food came out quickly, a dish at a time. I have read some complaints online about the timings of the dishes, but thankfully as it was quiet there wasn’t a wait.

Overall, the food was OK, but in all honesty I’m disappointed that a restaurant I was so looking forward to visiting, just didn’t ignite my tastebuds as I expected.

I don’t expect to return any time soon.

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