Bodegas Rubicón — Attraction in Yaiza

Review in English below.

Las bodegas y la casa son muy bonitas, el servicio de bar es pesimo. Estabamos muy ilusionados de ir a esta bodega y decidimos organizar una tarde e ir ahi expresamente. Pedimos una copa de vino en el bar a las 5,50 pm, el chico que estaba en la barra nos dijo que ya estaban cerrados (con la terraza llena de gente por fuera) le pregunte que a que hora cerraban, me respondio que a las 6pm, le dije que habiamos ido a la bodega expresamente y que quedaban 10 minutos para que fuera la hora de cierre, tiempo suficiente para tomar una copa de vino rapida por fuera e irnos pero el chico no parecia entenderlo, a lo que me respondio “haber llegado antes”. Despues de esta contestacion pedi hablar con su jefe a lo que el respondio “ Da igual porque el jefe es mi tio”

Tras esto decidimos marcharnos, hay una bodega en frente (La Geria) con las mismas vistas y buen vino y alli nos lo tomamos y disfrutamos del atardecer que es lo que habiamos ido a hacer.

Despues de este incidente, miramos en google y leimos otros comentarios de gente que habia pedido una copa de vino despues de las 5pm (recordemos que supuestamente cierran a las 6pm) y recibieron malas contestaciones por parte del personal argumentando que ya estaban cerrados. Ojala los hubiesemos leido antes para ni siquiera haber ido y ahorrarnos el mal rato.

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ENGLISH

The place is beautiful, however the bar staff are rude which ruins the experience. We were very excited to visit the place and organised an afternoon to go and try some wine.

The terrace was full of people drinking when we arrived. We ordered a glass at 5,50 pm, the guy behind the bar answered they were closed, when I asked what time they closed he answered 6pm. We still had 10 min for a quick glass of wine outside but he didn’t seem to understand, to which he answered with bad manners “you could have come earlier”. After this, I asked to speak to his manager, the guy’s answer was, “it doesn’t matter, my manager is my uncle”. We decided to stop wasting time in that place and cross the road where you can find a very nice bodega (La Geria) and we (finally) had very nice wine and enjoyed the sunset.

After this incident, we had a look at Google reviews and saw comments from other people to whom the same situation had happened. I only wished we had seen them before as we would have avoided the place and the unpleasant experience in the...

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