Restaurant la Gaffe — Restaurant in Calvi

tl;dr: Posh setting, bad food.

NOTE: To mellow down I waited a week before posting this rather bad review.

Our grilled fresh fish was highly mistreated during filleting. We got sad piles of fish meat full of bones. Our remark that the fish contained lots of bones -supported by evidence- was brushed away with a rather unprofessional smile.

When I pay EUR 103 for 1kg of fish, two small glasses of sparkling wine and a bottle of water I'd expect the fish to be filleted adequately. Or at least to be given the opportunity to fillet it myself.

We got friendly with the couple on the table besides ours. Their stakes were full of sinew, looked awful and tasted...

Went for: romantic dinner

Ate: oysters, ceviche, fish and muscat gourmand dessert with small bottle of wine

Good: food was generally okay. The dishes were well presented. Service was friendly. Nice views.

Not so good: it took a bit long for the starter to arrive. The price: 100€ for a fish for 2...you'd expect more.

They also have good lunch menu offers (except on the weekend).

If you can afford, go for it. If it's a once in a lifetime experience, don't look for it here. We enjoyed it, but would have been "blown away" for...

Food was genuinely the worst I have ever had in France and the service was shocking. When I complained and commented that I wouldn't expect to pay for elements of the food, the owner threated to get his friends to drown me in the harbour! He also said that in Corsica everyone knows each other and that he knew all the police... Based on what I saw of this backward little rock, I wouldn't be surprised if what he said was true.

Owner had a serious personality disorder and significant consideration should be given to...