Mercato 24RE - LEUCA — Restaurant in Castrignano del Capo

We went there for lunch. Because it had started raining, they put us in their office where there were 2 tables. The AC was off.

I ordered a Cesar Salad and, after 30 minutes, I was still waiting for it while everyone else at our table had gotten their food and finished it. One of us had ordered a tuna tartare and it was dry and flavourless, so we would recommend to stay away from it.

We had to tell the waiter that we were still waiting on the Cesar salad, and he rudely explained that he only had 4 people working in the kitchen and asked us if we wanted to wait longer or not. We said no and asked for the bill.

After another 10 minutes, they still brought us the salad (but not the bill). See the picture for what was served. A few pieces of chicken with a dollop of mayo as dressing, and one random French fry… The salad was obviously on the bill.

Maybe we caught them on a bad day, but we would definitely not...

Rare I write a bad review, but this was a 0 for us. Party of 5, 5 plates ordered, 3 arrive. 4th arrives 15 minutes later. 30 minutes later, we said to forget the last dish, which was a Caesar salad, because clearly it was forgotten. We asked for our bill, which we were told was coming, and that the delay was that only 4 people were in the kitchen. The waiters disappeared and 10 minutes later, the caesar salad arrived, not the bill. It consisted of lettuce, parmesan shavings, a huge dolap of mayo, a few pieces of chicken, and 1 fry. Clearly they forgot and threw it together quickly. Panzanella with “fresh tuna” was flavourless, unseasoned, with dry bread crumbs and tuna that was definitely past its expiry. Took 2 bites and left it. Waste of 16 euro. To be fair: the 1 pucce and cocktail we order were good. Otherwise, don’t waste...

The porchetta sandwich wasn't big, but it was good (porchetta cannot be bad anyway). The price was a bit high for the quantity. But AT LEAST we got a seat and SOME service in this town, all other restaurants were full or reserved and nobody would serve us. If you're a tourist, on the road, you don't have the luxury of making reservations for a table. You take what you get and we were thankful to get ANYTHING in this town. All in all, not excellent, but not bad at all. We ate and we were thankful for it and we went on. Once you see past all the restaurants where you CAN'T eat, this town hasn't got much to...