Sala Almonte — Restaurant in Alicante

We went twice. Once for tapas when the place wasn't too busy and once for dinner when the place was as busy as it gets. Both times the staff were excellent, patient with our limited Spanish and much pointing at the menu. The cod croquettes were the outstanding tapas selection as well as the Patatas Almonte (a sort of creamy sauce with small peeled shrimp). Dinner was ribs, pork tenderloin & pork a la parrilla plus a side of grilled veg. Smiles all around. The one other main was salmon but it arrived overcooked and sporting a slightly fishy taste according to the diner. Given 80-100 diners in the place, it was full inside & out, the wait staff & kitchen did a heck of a job to keep things moving with some minor confusion. The owner was on the floor as well & I saw him wince occasionally but overall, a good job...

We have been a few days ago there- we were waiting more than 30minutes for our food despite there only being like 3 tables (including us). Patatas bravas were fried, FROZEN potatoes from supermarket without any taste with only sauce in the middle. Fried Calamari Came without any sauce- they were bland, unseasoned. Also the paella- looked better than it tasted. There was maybe one full spoon of rice in the whole dish, in taste it wasnt bad but it definately wasnt worth it. Waiters barely speak english and ignore guests. We were in a good moods so we didnt ask for refund, but otherwise the experience was really bad....

I love coming to Spain and experiencing beautiful food and culture.

This restaraunt however, has served the worst food I have ever had in Spain. It was offensive.

The baby squid was served dry and am sure would have swam faster in the sea if they had known this was their fate! It would have benefitted from aioli, to mask the flavour.

The patatas bravas was poor, followed by the tortilla and croquetas which were standard but €2 each.

This was not the beautiful food we have come to enjoy on our travels. So...