Restaurant l'Escale — Restaurant in Calvi

To: L’Escales

My wife and I choose to dinned at Your restaurant at 7:30 pm on the 2nd of september 2019 to celebrate our annivesery. We had high expectations when we booked a tabel at Your restaurant, both the food and the staff was recomended by both travelguide and the reception at our hotel. I sadly have to say, that we were very disappointed by Your staff. First of all the waiter seemed like he’d rather be in annother place, fx he hung over the chair at the next table when he took our order, and gazed out in the air, when we “took to long” to order. Second he litterally were more interested in annother couple of guest - the americans as he said. Not a welcoming nor including attitude. Then he brougth us the wrong apertizer. This was corrected by hos colleage, because we couldn’t get our “own” waiters attention. About this time we were ready to leave the restaurant because of the huge feeling of being neglected. We desided to stay, but the monstrosseties continued... When we got our wine, the waiter left our table without letting us taste the wine. That we had to do our selves. In the intermission between starter and Main course we were left with our cutlery to reuse?? Not normal restaurant etiquette in our opinion. When the spoones for dessert came, it was laid sloppy at the end of the table??? A 100% wrong placement - again accordingly to normal restaurant etiquettes. Overall our experience here at L’Escales Restaurant was NOT one of our best. Unfortnually we will remember this visit a long time, because of the bad experience.

Kind regards Allan, an...

Disappointing Experience – Poor Service & Quality

We had a really disappointing experience at this restaurant. After approaching the waitress and speaking in English, we asked if Italian would be easier. Rather than helping or referring us to a colleague, she responded rudely and continued to serve us with an unwelcoming attitude. We ordered a Caesar salad, a mixed fried seafood platter, and mussels. Despite the restaurant not being busy (it was already 3 PM), we waited over 30 minutes without even being served bread. Things got worse when a French family sat next to us — they were served within 10 minutes. Meanwhile, we finally received our mixed seafood platter, which came with a hair in it. We politely asked for a replacement. Instead of getting a fresh plate, the same cold one was brought back to us shortly after. Frustrated, I went to the entrance and asked to speak with a manager. Only then did they send out an Italian manager who could understand us. To his credit, he apologized and offered to remove the dish from the bill, but by then the experience was already ruined. The food itself wasn’t great either — bland and underwhelming overall. Bottom line: avoid this place. Rude service, long waits, and poor hygiene don’t make it worth your...

En premier lieu, parlons de l’atout principal de ce restaurant : la vue. Imprenable et incomparable sur la mer, la plage… si vous avez la chance d’être sur le tables les mieux situées. Après, comme rien n’est gratuit, l’addition s’en ressent fortement. Les tarifs sont prohibitifs. Pour ce niveau de prix, on est en mesure d’attendre le meilleur et cela n’a pas été le cas. Pourtant la clientèle est assez aisée et chic. Le midi, en prenant le menu découverte à 40 euros pour entrée-plat-dessert, j’attendais nettement mieux. L’accueil est cordial et les serveuses efficaces. Les assises confortables et le décor agréable, même s’il aurait besoin d’un coup de propre et d’un peu de rafraîchissement (peinture écaillée, luminaires très poussiéreux). La carte est plus axée sur le poisson et en propose des espèces nobles, mais les tarifs sont dissuasifs : 80 euros pour une sole meunière, c’est le prix d’un étoilé parisien. En entrée : la charcuterie locale : 2 tranches de jambon sec (sans caractère), 1 tranche de coppa et 2 croquettes (purée de pomme de terre et fromage). En plat : le Saint-Pierre sauce vierge était trop cuit, ce qui est vraiment dommage avec un poisson aussi fin. La purée de patate douce était collante et plutôt insipide. En dessert : on nous annonce une « tuerie de chocolat ». Alors non, non et non. Une mousse à la vague saveur de châtaigne, quelques brisures de crêpes dentelle et le tout noyé sous une sauce chocolat banale, c’est loin d’être une tuerie pour le palais. A 10 euros, ce dessert doit leur revenir à moins d’1 euro à faire. Mon conjoint a pris le burger Corse (21 €). OK, il est roboratif, parce que le bun est énorme mais n’a pas trop de goût ! Le fromage et la charcuterie sont bonnes. Le steak était bien. Les frites très croustillantes sont plaisantes. Cela fait quand même cher pour un burger. Le digestif offert est ultra sucré. La bouteille est impressionnante par sa taille, le goût l’est beaucoup moins. Pour résumer, la vue et le confort sont appréciables, mais le rapport qualité-prix...