Hasta La Vista, Baby is one of those places where you immediately feel that height sets the game. On the nineteenth floor of the INNSiDE by Meliá hotel, you look out over the offices of the Zuidas and further into the city as you sit at a table or high bar seating. It is simultaneously restaurant and cocktail bar, so you hear the murmur of diners mixed with the shaking of shakers at the bar.
The cuisine is Mediterranean with clear Spanish influences. You can taste that in the style of the dishes and the way of sharing, but also in the combination of fresh and warm flavors that work well with a glass of wine or a cocktail. The concept is casual fine-dining: not stiff, but attention to good products and neat presentation. The service is set up as “fast-casual,” so smooth and to the point, but with the level you expect at this altitude.
The bar is a chapter unto itself. Hasta La Vista, Baby is emphatically both a cocktail bar and restaurant in one space. You can stop by just for late-night drinks, but you can also sit quietly at the table after your dinner and let the evening slowly turn into a bar night. The skybar feeling lies in the combination of light, views and glass: everywhere you look you can see the skyline of the Zuidas and the rest of the city.
Hasta La Vista, Baby is emphatically a cocktail bar and restaurant in one space.
“It doesn't get any higher than this in the Zuidas any time soon,” says one regular visitor. “You sit here above the offices, with a Mediterranean plate in front of you and a cocktail in your hand, watching the skyline below.”