Local Guides World
High-concept, creative Mediterranean cuisine using seasonal, local produce in a former art gallery.
Photos
There are no photos for this place yet!
Reviews — 8
Amazing! Would recommend the menu with wine pairing
My wife and I have just had one of the best restaurant experiences of our lives at Lienzo. Outstanding in every regard - a beautiful restaurant with incredible staff and above all else a truly exceptional Chef whose food was singing with passion and creative flare. We had the 14 courses all of which were delicious with my personal stand outs being the Pork with valencian bread, the beef with mushrooms and the squid in dashi sauce with squid ink tuille. The squid was one of the best plates I’ve ever tasted. Could not recommend more highly. Thanks so much
We only went once. So maybe this was an unhappy accident.
The short version:
Overly stylized and forced presentation without a consistent level of quality and many un-tasty and poorly seasoned dishes. Served in a location that gives the feel of a cantina, not a pleasant dinner ambiance.
The long version:
Location :
Small place, very bright white walls and ceiling, without any interior design worth mentioning. The spotlights shine In the customers eyes and are unpleasantly bright.
There is no space separation, and since it is a small room, almost void of furniture, the sound carries and you can hear every tables conversation, every scraping of the cutlery.
The service :
Very friendly staff, they all know their monologues describing the dishes. They speak foreign languages (English, French) reasonably well and are welcoming and open to a short conversation or questions about the dishes.
The staff is fine there is no issue here.
The food:
We went for the 14 course tasting menu 'lienzo'.
Unfortunately we did not like it, here is why:
The dishes were for the most part dainty and well presented.
There are some installations, especially from the 5 snacks you get in the beginning that are overly dramatic, like the fake corral tree stumps In which lienzo serves 2 puffed potatoes as an amuse bouche.
This pattern continues throughout the whole menu, the looks and presentation far outweigh the quality and culinary ingenuity.
There were 3 dishes in particular that were badly prepared and had an unpleasant taste. Most other dishes were underseasoned.
The last meat dish, a preparation of beef or veal (it was a little tough to be veal), with a demi glace (they say, but it seemed to me to be a reduced pan sauce) was bland. Lacking salt and the sauce was too thin and had a slight metallic tang that was overwhelming.
The paper thin sliced dried wild mushroom served with it was unpleasantly chewy - maybe a thicker cut slice would offer more of the experience the staff wanted us to experience, namely: "the animals are raised nearby and ecologically. These mushrooms are part of their diet, so we serve them as a side."
Understanding that a tasting menu is just that, and at a low cost as it is with lienzo's 14 course menu (110 € p. P. ) there is not much room for portion size, I cannot help but think, that maybe the focus should not be on the presentation and over engineering of 'pretty plates' but in the first line on the dishes themselves.
The squid dish in dashi, reinforced with garlic and ginger, topped with a squid ink tuille was nice.
It was not necessarily new or never seen before, but it was one of the few plates that had a working concept. The texture of the tuille contrasting the well prepared soft squid, the dashi was balanced and it was seasoned well.
Alright, we did it.
Some last thoughts:
As this was our first experience we are not definitive in our judgment.
Anyone can have a bad day, especially when you need to be as precise as michelin star level quality demands.
This time however you completely missed the target with almost all of the dishes.
Maybe consider what I wrote, focus on the dish first, then plate it.
We whish you bonne chance in your further journey towards great cuisine.
The short version:
Overly stylized and forced presentation without a consistent level of quality and many un-tasty and poorly seasoned dishes. Served in a location that gives the feel of a cantina, not a pleasant dinner ambiance.
The long version:
Location :
Small place, very bright white walls and ceiling, without any interior design worth mentioning. The spotlights shine In the customers eyes and are unpleasantly bright.
There is no space separation, and since it is a small room, almost void of furniture, the sound carries and you can hear every tables conversation, every scraping of the cutlery.
The service :
Very friendly staff, they all know their monologues describing the dishes. They speak foreign languages (English, French) reasonably well and are welcoming and open to a short conversation or questions about the dishes.
The staff is fine there is no issue here.
The food:
We went for the 14 course tasting menu 'lienzo'.
Unfortunately we did not like it, here is why:
The dishes were for the most part dainty and well presented.
There are some installations, especially from the 5 snacks you get in the beginning that are overly dramatic, like the fake corral tree stumps In which lienzo serves 2 puffed potatoes as an amuse bouche.
This pattern continues throughout the whole menu, the looks and presentation far outweigh the quality and culinary ingenuity.
There were 3 dishes in particular that were badly prepared and had an unpleasant taste. Most other dishes were underseasoned.
The last meat dish, a preparation of beef or veal (it was a little tough to be veal), with a demi glace (they say, but it seemed to me to be a reduced pan sauce) was bland. Lacking salt and the sauce was too thin and had a slight metallic tang that was overwhelming.
The paper thin sliced dried wild mushroom served with it was unpleasantly chewy - maybe a thicker cut slice would offer more of the experience the staff wanted us to experience, namely: "the animals are raised nearby and ecologically. These mushrooms are part of their diet, so we serve them as a side."
Understanding that a tasting menu is just that, and at a low cost as it is with lienzo's 14 course menu (110 € p. P. ) there is not much room for portion size, I cannot help but think, that maybe the focus should not be on the presentation and over engineering of 'pretty plates' but in the first line on the dishes themselves.
The squid dish in dashi, reinforced with garlic and ginger, topped with a squid ink tuille was nice.
It was not necessarily new or never seen before, but it was one of the few plates that had a working concept. The texture of the tuille contrasting the well prepared soft squid, the dashi was balanced and it was seasoned well.
Alright, we did it.
Some last thoughts:
As this was our first experience we are not definitive in our judgment.
Anyone can have a bad day, especially when you need to be as precise as michelin star level quality demands.
This time however you completely missed the target with almost all of the dishes.
Maybe consider what I wrote, focus on the dish first, then plate it.
We whish you bonne chance in your further journey towards great cuisine.
Honestly this place blew my mind. I came with high expectations and I can only tell you that every single one of them was easily surpassed.
I loved the restaurant, so minimalistic, elegant and just beautiful. The waiters do such a terrific work walking you through the different courses, the ambiance is so nice.
The food? No words. The creativity and yet simplicity of each dish, their sustainability concept, the fresh local, delicious ingredients.. I loved every single thing I was served in my Lienzo menu, the recommended wine choices were also downright terrific. Conclusion: a MUST visit when in Valencia!
I loved the restaurant, so minimalistic, elegant and just beautiful. The waiters do such a terrific work walking you through the different courses, the ambiance is so nice.
The food? No words. The creativity and yet simplicity of each dish, their sustainability concept, the fresh local, delicious ingredients.. I loved every single thing I was served in my Lienzo menu, the recommended wine choices were also downright terrific. Conclusion: a MUST visit when in Valencia!
Great place. The food was super solid and we totally loved the service. They agreed to switch our son's meal from surprise to "known"main after it proved a bit too much for mildly adventures 13 years old :lol: The only recommendation would be doing something different about the decor. It is a bit too "main stream". Other than that - very much recommended!
Literally, the best experience ever!!!
14 dishes set, amazing atmosphere and perfect service!
Highly recommend everyone who is going to visit Valencia
14 dishes set, amazing atmosphere and perfect service!
Highly recommend everyone who is going to visit Valencia
Fine dining at its finest. The whole course was spectacular. We ordered the 75€ menu and it was more than enough!
