Lluna de Valencia Restaurant — Restaurant in Almàssera

I generally not a seafood fan.. but this place was truly a game changer! I came here as a guest with a friend who is experienced in seafood. I loved the exquisite cuisine served in this restaurant! I loved the sophisticated way how the food is presented. In addition, the way how fish was cooked was really very nice. One of the lovely experience that I found here was the fine tuna cuts, which was served as an appetizer. Also, I tried two different kinds of fish for the main course. The octopus was amazing and I changed my mind about it after this experience. I was surprised with the kind of fish I was presented - I cannot recall it’s name but you can see it in the photos - It had very soft and edges with pieces of fat at the edge! We had ice cream for dessert, it was nice. The atmosphere in the restaurant is calm and welcoming. One of the things I loved about it is the historical olive tree outside. I am not sure about the prices, but having a look at the quality of the food, I would expect it is...

Well, I will summarize my experience in a sentence: the place is a trap, get away from it.

Attracted for the social media hype, went for my wife's birthday lunch. Although service was correct and the place is certainly interesting, the food was near inedible.

We started with a tuna carpaccio that was surely not fresh and tasted accordingly. I ordered a fish and shrimp "caldereta" that was so overcooked and unsalted that resembled a bowl of soaked cereal. My wife went for a fish filet, also disgracefully overcooked and bland. We also asked for a beef loin that was - this time - so undercooked that we had to take it back to the kitchen.

I regret so much having fallen for this. This place has everything to be an excellent place, in a perfect setting at the border of the countryside near Valencia, but is a complete failure. Cooking is a serious business that has to be taken seriously. Lluna de Valencia...

Coming to this restaurant is probably the worst experience I ever had. We arrived at 14:00 for lunch. We went there in first place because my whole family could eat since we have some vegan members. In their menu they have a specific section for vegan people, they really must have no idea what vegan means because one of the dishes offered in the vegan menu had eggs as an ingredient. We spent 2 hours in the restaurant and we rushed to leave after eating the main dishes. My parents ordered paella and it came cold after waiting more than one hour. The vegetable lasagna was literally frozen (at least they didn’t charge us for it) In the end we paid 170€ for some starters and 6 mains. We didn’t even stay for coffee. We did some calculations and if we had to wait for the coffees we would...