Restaurant Dàrsena — Restaurant in Alicante

It was a complete disappointment and not worth the walk to this restaurant. We made a reservation online and upon arrival there was no table! Had to wait and then we would have gotten a table on the second part. Still had to clean it. Why the reservation? I got an email 2 days ahead and on the day itself and I love it when a restaurant does that. But what is the point if they do not keep me a table?

We finally got a table (there were many empty and still we got another table that needed to be cleaned? And then we waited for 20 (!) minutes. Nobody came to ask for drinks or anything. They were fully occupied with large groups and set menu’s. We were totally left alone.

We were about to walk away, when somebody finally came to our table. This person dit not ask for drinks, but pointed at a QR-code. I do not have a cellphone with wifi (yes, those people dó exist!) and they did not have a paper menu. We were about to walk out! I used my paid wifi to scan the meny anyway, since it was 22:15! We entered the restaurant at 21:30 as our reservation said and not even a glass of water!!!

After we put in the order, it took forever! They only had eyes for the large groups.

Too bad, because this should have been a great night. The location is good, great view on the harbour and outdoor patio we were sitting on the terraza. But the horrible wait, no service and just not even looking at us?

Then we got the drinks, bit of wine. We were nót asked to taste the wine first. He justed poored a bit in and left again without asking if it was okay.

And we asked for bread. We got 2 dry pieces of kaiser breads and no salsa nothing!? How am I supposed to eat that? Do you have olive oil? We are in Spain for heavens sake?

They completely did not see us. So no salsa or anything with the dry bread. It took a full hour for our food to get there! We got some kind of a small amuse. They just slapped it on the table, did not say what it was and left! Never seen such treatment of guests in such a restaurant that claims to be so good.

There was no music. Nothing. Just loud talking from many big groups and tables with 12 to 15 people together.

When I got the tenderloin meat? It was a good portion, but too salty. This is absolutely not done. I do not mind a bit of salt, but this was overdone.

It was a complete disappointment and not worth the walk to this restaurant. Nobody seemed to care about us. And it was...

Unfortunately, the only nice thing to say about this place is its stylish interior design and the great view. Beyond that, everything was a complete letdown: Food: starter of various tuna assortments that were supposed to be some sort of tuna salad - even an unseasoned can of tuna has more flavors. Also it came really cold, same as a few other starters, as if they were just grabbed from the fridge with no room for flavors to develop. Steak that comes cold. Single star here for the pulpo leg which was ok. Service: starting off with the manager commanding other waiters at the table they were clearing next to us in the middle of our order, being absent most of the time with no attention on us whatsoever, not refilling our wine glasses, leaving our empty wine bottle in our cooler after we ordered a second one, asking us if we want to have coffee while we hadn’t even received our main courses, forgetting to bring the coffees ordered after our main courses, only after we waited for 30 minutes for it - the list goes on, demonstrating the lack of professionalism that would be the bare minimum for a restaurant in this...

I went for the New Year’s Eve service, amazing venue, memorable views across the harbour and the castle, classy place, but for the night food and drinks were expensive and service was chaotic but maybe that’s down to it being NYE, the food quality was good but my starter was underseasoned and I thought the house red vino was bland, beer was served in a tumbler glass which detracts from the overall table setting, just being picky here but the bread roll wasn’t fresh, it was plain white, cold/stale/no butter or small knife, but main dishes were excellent, steaks were amazing, fish/sea food served at other tables looked really good, I had an octopus leg as a starter which was delicious, desert was ok (7/10) my coffee at the end was a bit average, but overall really good and I’ll go back in the hope the prices have come down a bit. ( btw the bar areas stayed open to 3.00am and there was a disco , so although we had to leave I think that it was a good choice for...