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"Like that title say; if you stop here that is a must. It was totally amazing and we all loved it. Other then that it was a nice place to eat dinner, decent price and not very busy because we were here in the off/low season. If you are a croquetas lover, this is not the place. But I would recommend the restaurant."
Phone: +34965787681
Address: Plaza De La Constitucion, 03700, Denia, Spain
City: Denia
Website: http://www.lacarme.com/
Dishes: 27
Amenities: 12
Categories: 5
Reviews: 2811
When you are in competition with over 300 other bars and restaurants all serving 'tapas ' you really need to up your game: Use fresh ingredients, cook them properly, don 't rely on tins and frozen food fairly obvious but seemingly not here. Our fault. We should have guessed that a Celine Dion CD blaring out of the front door and nobody else in the brightly lit interior might have alerted us that this wasn 't going to be good. Following a glass of pretty ordinary house wine we went for a tomato salad for starters. The biggest plus point of this was that it had capers and some rocket with it that was more or less it 's only redeeming feature. The tomato, whilst tasty, had skin so tough you would have needed the teeth of Hercules to get through it. My husband opted for the sardines. Earlier in the day we had seen local fishing boats unloading fish (presumably including sardine? onto the quay so why was he served a plate of evidently frozen, tasteless, grey bags covered in inedible scales? My choice was no better. I 've had calamares in Spain lots of times. Hot, crispy little rings of tasty fish yes, occasionally needing a chew or two but delicious just the same. What I got was a plate of undercooked, battered tractor tyres a centimeter thick. For the first time in my life I asked for them to be properly cooked. The poor waitress obliged but they just returned hotter but totally inedible. At least she had the grace to apologise and explained that they had a new supplier. Word of advice ditch the new supplier, they clearly don 't know anything about fish. We declined dessert and coffee on the grounds the horrors might get worse.
OK probably our mistake, but we went for the Menu Del Dia, the 3 starters were good, Russians salad, entremeses and croquettes. Seguno One had steak ordered well done, stressed well done, came **** and raw in the middle, sent it back, it returned still under done, other had fish in tempura, served soggy in, batter, way too thick, fish gray and mushy, both served with frozen chips, and way too much of a sort of ratatouille, that swamped the plate. Only one option for postre, flan, por choice for the price, do went for an good coffee instead. Conclusion overpriced 19€ each, much better value around. Haning read other reviews, it could be our choice was unwise, but they could do better or font offer a menu at. All
On arrival we were greeted with a smile and given menus. Drinks order taken and ice cold beer served in glasses from freezer. The house white was very pleasant. The star of the day was the food, simple tapas dishes cooked extremely well. The small squids were so tender and the meatballs melted in the mouth. Could not find fault with the service throughout our meal. We will be back
We visited here for tapas and drinks and we were very impressed with the quality of the food. As a squid fanatic I rate their squid as amongst the best I've ever had. Likewise the homemade cheesecake was uniquely delicious. Whilst Tapas alley has the prestige go here instead and enjoy better quality, price and views. Service was great and super friendly owners
Like that title say; if you stop here that is a must. It was totally amazing and we all loved it. Other then that it was a nice place to eat dinner, decent price and not very busy because we were here in the off/low season. If you are a croquetas lover, this is not the place. But I would recommend the restaurant.
