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Added by Jopie, at 15 May 2013
Opening Hours
- Monday Closed
- Tuesday 1:30 – 3:00 PM, 8:00 – 10:00 PM
- Wednesday 1:30 – 3:00 PM, 8:00 – 10:00 PM
- Thursday 1:30 – 3:00 PM, 8:00 – 10:00 PM
- Friday 1:30 – 3:00 PM, 8:00 – 10:00 PM
- Saturday 1:30 – 3:00 PM, 8:00 – 10:00
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11 May 2016
The best chef in this village. And their wine selection is fantastic as well. The best.
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01 February 2015
I cannot believe some of the reviews for this restaurant. my wife and I,were in the catering trade for over 30 years and went to many famous London restaurants, so both of us were amazed at the quality of this restaurant, yes, it is a little pricey,for the locality, but we have always enjoyed great food & good service. This is not an everyday restaurant, but for special occasions, anniversaries, birthdays and that special meal of your holiday, it has to be here.The best food in the area.
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20 April 2014
Pay double for half the food and quality; rude service and arrogance included!
In summary: it is a regular restaurant with a delusion of grandeur. They charge prices (20-30 euro for a main dish) some 50% above surrounding establishments and serve a quarter of the food. Food preparation is poor to average. As for the ingredients, the tuna was of excellent quality and the octopus was of poor quality. Service was rude and arrogant and unable to solve a simple issue in a civilized manner.
The long version: the llotja restaurant venue is small, reasonably decorated but nothing aligned with the price and pretension.
On ordering, I discovered that the fish is mainly grilled “a la plancha”, which is a Spanish griddle. The griddle in Spain is widely used and abused. It happens that different dishes taste the same because everything is prepared on the same surface (… in a gourmet restaurant!?).
They also do not have any type gastronomic menu (… in a gourmet restaurant?!)
The service was the most interesting part. In the beginning I simply asked to be careful with the “plancha” grilling and the “courteous” waitress reminded me that I was in some kind of high level restaurant which was close to getting a Michelin star (… really!). Following on, the “courteous” waitress did neither explain any of the dishes, nor ask whether we liked the food, nor changed the plates between two separate courses (… in a gourmet restaurant?!)
At the end there was even an embarrassing accident when paying the bill. After putting the PIN code, the credit card machine showed a blank screen and gave no receipt. Not knowing whether the card was actually charged, I refused to pass the card a second time. The “courteous” waitress claimed that she would call the police (I did not know that one calls the police to solve a technical failure of a credit card machine?!)
We had a dish of the local specialty, the red tuna. The ingredient in itself was fantastic but the cooking just acceptable. It was four tiny pieces (a few grams) of red tuna grilled served with for cubes of an undefined, strangely tasting, yellow jelly as decoration. The layout of the dish appeared to be of a design dish, but it was in essence four small bits grilled tuna for 27,5 Euros!
(Note of caution: in this restaurant food tends to be undercooked. Ask for well done if you do not like rare fish)
The octopus appetizer consisted of three pieces of 5 cm of grilled octopus with some strange puree. The consistency was too soft, almost gelatinous. Quality was poor. It tasted just of oil and burnt and the burnt taste left a bad after-taste. It was again a design presentation with little food, poor quality for 15,4 euros!
The drinks were two beers (8,25 eur) , a glass of house wine (4,12 eur) and a bottle of water (4,12 eur)… priced like champagne! I mean all drinks cost double than the price of any restaurant in this part of Spain. The bread was 4,4 eur.
The menu is deceiving and does not include value added tax of 10%. The final bill was 65 euros for ONE tiny appetizer, ONE tiny main dish of dubious quality and a couple of drinks (and lovely service included!).response / report this review -
08 September 2013
Overpriced, undercooked and pretentious. Not good value for money.
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22 May 2013
Good food well presented. Pretentious pricing leads you to expect better than you get. Staff need to be more attentive and friendlier!
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