Restaurante Arroceria El Mosquito — Restaurant in Alicante

One of the worst experience here in Alicante. We came all the way up walking for 30mins to eat since there were barely buses and taxi at all. We called them 45 mins before deciding to eat there and for 4 times yet no one answered. We arrived at the area and the waitress said they’re full and told me could’ve called before to make the reservation BUT NONE OF MY CALLS WERE ANSWERED. Arrived at 13:00 and said they have a table for 15:45 and expect us to wait outside under a scorching heat.

Their excuse of not answering is nor our problem. There is a reason why you have a telephone, is to answer the damn calls but they are not professional enough to even answer at least one of the calls!

0% service and professionalism 0% food 0% hospitality

It may be one of the best paellas served but what’s a good food with a...

Muy bueno!!! We did not have much Spanish and they did not have much English, but between us we figured it out. We felt welcomed and they worked hard to make sure they were giving us what we wanted. We were asking for things "sin gluten" and I suspect they may have gone to the grocery store on the corner for a pack of gluten free breadsticks for us in lieu of a basket of bread for an appetizer. Their menu del dia was amazing, absolutely everything was delicious....

Amazing food!! We trekked north out of the touristy central district for thirty minutes just to try their paella and it did not disappoint! The place was crowded with locals Sunday afternoon and we got a 3:30 seat. We ordered the rabbit and snail paella, as well as a paella Alicante which is chicken and seafood. Highly recommend! This place is an authentic arroceria that does not serve dinner, and closes at 5:30 pm or so. Paella is traditionally a lunch...