La Llotja Marisqueria

I visited this restaurant with my family yesterday. I can see what the previous reviewer meant by ‘rude and tourists not welcome’ as it’s very much a locals restaurant. When we arrived we were a little put off by the lack of English speaking staff, one of whom seemed quite aloof. But we had a chat amongst ourselves about ‘Spanish culture’ and how we’re here to experience Spain, not England. And we decided to throw ourselves into it. 2h later we had eaten the most delicious meal and what a fantastic experience for my 3 children. We picked our own fish at the counter (clams, scallops, king prawns, white bait, octopus legs, baby squid) and took advice about how each should be cooked. Every dish was cooked to perfection and the range of flavours and textures was a delight. A perfect introduction to Catalonian seafood delicacies. Be brave and commit and you won’t regret it!

The food was really good but the service was atrocious. All the waiters and waitresses just dumped the food and ran off. I could count on my hand the amount of words we exchanged when the food arrived. They never came back to ask if we wanted anything or if the food was good. They all paid no attention to us at all most likely because we were the only english people in there. Plus when we arrived our table that we booked outside had already been taken so we had to sit inside which was annoying to start off with. The prices were extortionate, they created their own prices for the food for us which was around 15% more expensive than the menu!

Casual dining with excellent seafood appetizers and main courses specially rice dishes like paella , black rice , fideuá etc all fresh and made to order, excellent service and good prices.

Llevo años yendo. Come bien, el jefe: un amor, pero últimamente parece que los camareros son descuidados. Tendrían que prestar más atención a los clientes. No puede ser, por ejemplo, que te traigan el arroz y no tengan el cubierto o los platos. ¡Esperando casi una hora para servirte! los precios no son exactamente económicos para pasar por alto estos detalles.

Lo bueno es que se puede ver y elegir su propio pescado y mariscos (todo fresquisimo) en el mostrador. Lo menos bueno es que para ordenar todo (incluyendo la embajada) tienes que ir al mostrador de forma obligatoria, que toma mucho... Yo recomendaría sólo acelerar el proceso de pedido, que quien no quiera elegir personalmente el pescado puede pedir directamente a los camareros. la variedad está bien. No he probado el arroz, pero en general todo muy rico y bien precio.