Tal-Furnar Restaurant — Restaurant in Xaghra

A disappointing dinner.. Eating fish that tastes of rosemary.... When lampuki are in season you don't expect to be charged 40€ ....39.80€ to be exact for 2 fish that are hardly 600gms... The service was good ... but its wicked to serve food tasting of herbs.. not tasting the fish at all.... Our first dinner and never again Thanks but no thanks... Further more these fish were not shallow fried with whole garlic clove but deep fried...the fish was over cooked and dry.. tasteless... If this is cooked as they cook at home as claimed... Better be homeless then eating overcooked, overherbed ...not forgetting over charging customers. Lampuki in Gozo are selling for a maximum price of €7 a kilo... even less for the 2 small fish you served.... Overcooked lampuki tasting of rosemary.. €17.50 x 2 small fish is over charging. Infact I phoned to see if the was correct It was confirmed that €17.50 for a small overcooked lampuki , no mistake... I sorry my mistake for not sending back the food.. We only wanted to eat lampuki decently cooked... No complimentary drink is acceptable to justify serving such tasteless food.. We say again no thanks even for your...

Lovely welcome and amazing starters, sadly our main course was really disappointing. I had to send my dish back as it was so bad and the waiter recommended I had something else. The pizza was also disappointing…coming from that amazing oven they really should have been so much better!

What was most upsetting is that when we said we didn’t intend to pay for everything because we were so disappointed, the proprietors responded less than positively.

I was accused of taking my family for dinner without having any money to pay and when I said that the discount they offered was insufficient, I was accused of miking the situation and they intended to call the police.

A real shame - as I said the starters were excellent and I really enjoyed the wine - rather wish I’d left at that point!

I’ve never sent a dish back in my life - and I don’t leave reviews, but to be accused of having no money to feed my family and to have such an aggressive response to my disappointment - I’ve left this...

After hearing so many glowing reviews, I had incredibly high expectations before visiting. We were excited to try the local food, so we made our way there on a Saturday evening. While the place was understandably full, and we did get our wine, we were left waiting for 40 minutes at an empty table before I had to ask if everything was alright with our order. Only then did we receive some bread.

We decided to start off with something simple, hoping to try a bit of everything, but unfortunately, what we received was underwhelming. The furnaretti was nearly empty inside, making it difficult to taste the rabbit over the fried ravioli—honestly, it felt like an afterthought. And the much-hyped ribs? While they were indeed soft and tasty, they certainly didn’t feel anything out of the ordinary. Overall, it was just average, and unfortunately, it didn’t live up to the high expectations we had. Pity, maybe it was just not the best...