Beware - Overrated Tourist Trap

I discovered this restaurant about 5 years ago and really enjoyed it. When I returned last year I was disappointed but I thought maybe it was just and off day, so when friends said let's try it out one more time, why not. Big mistake!

This restaurant is a victim of its pass success, the restaurant is not about to handle the large volume of business, seating people at dirty tables, we were seated this evening with two sisters and they ordered a rice dish which arrived less them 5 minutes later, the two women were clearly disappointed with the pre-made dish. Our dish arrived shortly after and it was a grilled meat dish that tasted like a block of sea salt. The one dish was fried calamari with French fries and they ask that they fries be crisp not soggy of course even the fries were rushed, clearly cooked in oil that wasn't hot enough. He could have received better French fries at McDonald's. The mixed salad was pre-cut vegetables from a machine and threw in a bowl. I know Croatia mainly Split has become a tourist trap as far a food which is sad. However this lack of effort and just throwing bad food on a table to customers who know they have limited choices is unacceptable in the culinary world and the restaurant owner should be ashamed of herself/himself.

Additional the restaurant is understaffed and they are not welcoming at all. I blame the owners once again. To be honest I won't feed my dog the food we received. The only reason this restaurant stays busy is the fact they have no real competition.

As I left I told 2 people looking at the restaurant don't eat here as they looked at the tables. They thanked me and went elsewhere.

My advice to anyone traveling to Split is save your money rent an apartment like I did this time, buy real food from a supermarket and cook a nice meal for your. Croatia has a lot to learn before becoming a food destination. It's a real shame a seaside, beautiful place with no real world class restaurants, or even good down to earth cooking.

There is more to the culinary world then, pizza, grilled salted meats, hamburgers and pasta.