My dining experience at La Vieja reminded me of how difficult the restaurant business is. From an objective viewpoint the experience was of high quality, the location and setting spectacular, obviously a lot of thought had gone behind organizing the crew, and the food and...wine were excellent, especially the items that had been suggested by my waiter. The Maitre even handled perfectly a small problem we had (they wanted to move me from the very nice table they had originally made me sit at to a far less fortunate one), something that usually warrant a perfect score on my part. The problems (and the four points rating) were in the details. I love when wine and water are put out of my reach, but this means that the staff has to be obsessed about my glasses not being empty, and this didn’t happen as diligently as it should have. The masked world we live in (perfect Covid-19 safety compliance here, congratulations on that) would also require that the waiter in charge of my table had some way of giving me some references on who to ask for help to, something that I didn’t have given that everybody looked like being the same person. This made me feel lost at times. The ceviche and grilled fish (cherne, suggested by the waiter) I had were very good, the Canarian white I had was actually the best I have ever had from the region, but the way the calamari were fried was not great (as the fries I had with my main dish, which makes me think the problem is in the deep frying setup). The Crema Catalana I had was very good, too bad it was not the dessert I had ordered (I admit my fault in not asking for a change). Anyway, the experience was certainly positive, I just wish the restaurant was able to fit the expectations it has of itself. Not much is missing, but something certainly is.More