Casa Barqueiro - Reservar una mesa

We went here for dinner because of good reviews. We walked in and weren’t sure we were in the right place. There were two bar patrons sitting in the middle of the room, staring blankly at a blaring TV. We said hola to the man behind the bar and started to sit in a booth when I noticed the seat was covered with crumbs and bits of food. My husband had sat down so I dusted off the seat and sat down also. The table was also not clean. The man behind the bar came over and literally glared at us. We had not said a word. It was so strange. We asked for the wifi so we could access the full online menu (they had a QR code at the table. We ordered two glasses of local red wine. We looked at the menu. Everything was very overpriced. We wanted well-prepared authentic Spanish food that night but it’s just a bad sign when a restaurant is charging $19 for a hamburger. We asked a few questions. My husband speaks Spanish so we were making ourselves very clear. The man acted as if we were annoying him. Privately I told my husband I didn’t want to pay such high prices to eat at a filthy table listening the loud TV and having nothing but two vacant staring drinkers as the “ambiance.” He thought we should order, since we had been seated. We decided to order just a starter but when the bar man came over, he pretty much barked that the kitchen didn’t open until 8pm. Period. No alternatives. It was 7:55pm! He could have taken the order and we would have waited, but he wouldn’t. My husband told him (politely that we would just have the wine. He was visibly upset and stormed off. I was actually a little fearful when we went up to pay the bill. My husband saw that we had been overcharged for the wine, but he didn’t say anything, just paid it. When the bar man brought over the credit card machine, after my husband tapped his card, the man just slammed the machine down and walked away. My husband called after him, gracias senior! But he just kept walking. We are VERY polite and respectful people. We didn’t do or say anything to offend this man. I can’t speak to the taste of the food (because he wouldn’t let us order anything but there’s no way I would have enjoyed any meal in such an unfriendly and dirty place. I don’t know who is reviewing this place positively. Maybe the man we encountered has mood swings and is sometimes courteous and welcoming? Maybe he sometimes cleans the tables? Regardless, we will never return here. There is an awesome place just a few doors down with friendly welcoming service, excellent food and great prices. I will review the other restaurant if you’re interested.

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Be prepared. Very delicious food. The restaurant was fully booked when we tried to make a reservation but we walked in and they welcomed us. Ordered salad, octopus and “secreto “ pork everything was perfect. The octopus was to die for, pls order it and thank me later. After 20 km walk today it was a real reward. We were sat in the front area, not in the fancy one. Love it.

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Lovely high quality food. We took the ‘Ham’ And Bread as a starter. After we took the Royal salad the Grilled Octopus (polpo). We really liked it.

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The service was unfriendly and the food was not good. We chose it because it is mentioned by Michelin , however we were totally disappointed.

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This is by far my favorite restaurant in any part of the world! When traveling to Spain it's my first and last stop.

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