Restaurante Gloria Bendita Madrid

Stopped by this place for brunch for our second day in Spain.

Again, they didn’t know what a mimosa was (I should literally walk around with orange juice so I can add it to Cava, which literally is champagne), so I ordered an aperol spritz.

For the meal, we ordered a mixed salad, Jaman croquette and garlic shrimp. Gotta say, the garlic shrimp was awesome. Would order everything again, but still calling out the shrimp.

Gymage Terrace

We stopped by the rooftop bar in Madrid. Music was fire. (Basically big room progressive house).

Drinks were ordered through a QR code (needed to order them one by one). Basically got an Aperol spriz e and a Sangria). Prices I think were a bit high for Spain, but really like the wine of the place. Would go back.

Eataly

An Italian food market great for drinks and, well Italian food and pastries. (There are also locations in Vegas and Paris, but this one is about the New York).

This is located at the World Trade Center building 4. Definitely great for Aperol Spritz and making your own cannoli (made mine with cow’s milk, and ciocolatto, which is 70% chocolate).

Next time I really want to try the pizza and/or pastas.

Minceta

We grabbed lunch here after shopping at Dubrovnik Shopping Minceta.

I ordered the Lasagna, and I gotta say it tasted alright (not as good as Carmen’s in Tisno). Also ordered the Aperol Spritz, and it was what I expected from Europe (not too bitter). Overall, wouldn’t not come back here again lol.

Belvedere

We went to this place from a recommendation from our AirBnB host. It was super cheap, but probably wouldn’t come back here again.

I ordered the Tagliolini di Casetello and an Aperol Spritz. The Aperol Spritz tasted what I would expect from Europe (it is supposed to be less bitter in Croatia), but the Tagliolini has too thick of a sauce (and was just ok in taste).

Lo Stivale D’oro

We checked out this Italian place for dinner.

This place was great, but the one thing they lacked was a selection of meat. They have seafood, but you can’t order chicken, beef or pork (they only have bolognese sauce).

So I ordered the Tagliatelle with scampi. Overall, I enjoyed the pasta, but I think taking apart the scampi was too much effort. Still a good place I would check out again.

Also, for a drink I got an Aperol Spritz, which was ok since it was sweet, but it also had this bitterish type taste I wasn’t fond of.