5 /5 Joshua Bowlus: My wife and I went out on a date for her birthday, and had a wonderful experience at Cataluna. The ambiance is gorgeous, the service was excellent, and most importantly the food was delicious, well executed, and memorable. We love that they enforce a dress code and enjoyed getting dressed up for the occasion.
The menu is modern Mediterranean. Wagyu tataki was incredibly tender, great flavor and torched at the tableside. Tuna crisp was light and well balanced. The presentation of the whole branzino was shocking in a good way, and the spice blend on the fish mixed with the olives was just perfect. The snapper was a great portion size, flaky, juicy, light crust. That potato millefuille with caviar on top was an amazing side dish. My only complaint was that it came out lukewarm but not hot. I would order it every time though, it was still that good.
We tried multiple signature cocktails and they were all tasty and very pretty, and some flavors were quite unique. We were planning to order dessert but they brought a complimentary birthday dessert which was very nice - the molten dulce de leche cake. Quite good. All in all, this was a big hit and we are looking forward to coming back soon.
