El Mesón de Clemente — Restaurant in Alajeró

Such a shame for such an amazingly decorated place.

The taxi that was called for us by the restaurant (to collect and bring us to it), was late by 45 minutes so we missed the one thing we really went there for… the sunset. When we called to check for the status of our taxi, it seemed as if they had completely forgotten about us.

Once there, they did apologise. However, we were put in the corner of the restaurant and seemingly forgotten about. We asked for bread and sauce 4 times before it was given to us and waited 25/30 minutes before our orders were taken, given the 45 minute delay in the first place. They took the wrong orders for our starters and gave people random dishes for their mains. This left us to shuffle the oven hot plates around, to those who ordered them.

The whole evening was a bit of a nuisance unfortunately and the food was really bang average. The steaks were swimming in sauces and we ended up getting our food as late as 9:30pm - very...

Don't stop here unless you have a) have all the time in the world, b) like torture or c) have no other choice which was our case. We stopped here during a long hike in the scorching heat for a quick bite. It took us 15' to get the waiters attention and get our own der in for sausages, grilled cheese, 2 salads and 2 cordon bleu's. 25' after putting our order in th waiter came back to say they were out of sausages. Another 35' later the cheese arrived with the 2 salads. The waiter list have been angry and tried to kill us with way too much dressing. Salad of the house wasn't so special at all. Another 15' later the cordon bleu's arrived. Luckily they tasted good. Wouldn't come here back unless we have no other choice because there aren't a lot of options around here.

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The location is idyllic to catch the sunset with a balcony dining area outside the restaurant - however after sundown it does get chilly. The waiting staff were excellent and attentive. The cooked goats cheese was a bit rubbery and the lamb which was recommended was cooked on the bbq and somewhat lacking in flavour and was a bit tough- however we were aware of it being bbqed so I guess it was a bad decision as our preference is for oven cooked lamb. The restaurant was busy so perhaps we made bad choices. We did manage to get a very nice...