We were walking around downtown Bilbao, stopped for a drink at La Roca to hit trip advisor and try and figure out where we were going to eat dinner. We decided on Italian - pasta pizza charcuterie
Casa Leotta was in close proximity, was heavily...reviewed and had a good rating.
We didn’t make a reservation in advance, when we arrived around 20:30 there were not tables inside available but were offered a table outside in the terrace
It was a little chilly out but we made due.
As the other reviewers stated the staff were extremely friendly and helpful.
Restaurant has a nice curb appeal and was well decorated with roughly 10-15 tables. If you have your heart set on eating here I would reserve in advance.
We stated with the Italian meat board which came with focaccia - roughly 8 varieties of meat were included along with olives and tomatoes and roquette.
There was a good variety of spicy, smoky, salty. I would definitely order this platter again. It was a bit much for two people but good value.
We really had our hearts set on pizza but the meat board filled us up - no room for pizza.
Our son ordered the carbonara, it was a large pate. I obviously had to try it out.
Pasta - carbonara is a tough one, we have eaten it in Italy on a number of occasions and our standards are quite high with this dish. We also have mastered it in our our kitchen so restaurants need to knock it out of the park for us to give it a good rating.
Casa Leotta carbonara didn’t blow us away, it lacked flavor and tasted a little to eggy and salty for our liking. I definitely would not order it again.
Bottle of wine - rioja was delicious and for 15€ come ´on you can’t go wrong
We would definitely recommend this restaurant, unfortunately we didn’t make it to the pizza so can’t help you out in that department.
Definitely worth making a reservation and visit ion Casa LeottaMore