Restaurante La Chalana Del Charco — Restaurant in Arrecife

I had really high hopes going into this restaurant but I was really wrong. My partner ordered the Caesar salad and I ordered the octopus. The salad came out first and although there was only 2 dishes ordered for a table of 2 the salad was delivered as a starter for the two of us and we had to wait for the octopus.

When the octopus finally arrived I was a little bit disappointed at the size of it but thought I’d taste it before I critiqued too much. Although the plate was hot the yellow “mush” under the octopus was cold and bland. The potatoes (if I could even call them that they were so small) were also cold with no seasoning on them, and then for the main event, the tiny little octopus was overcooked, under-seasoned, and flaky (not a good thing for octopus)

Now for the salad, I watched my partner take one bite of the salad and immediately spit it out as the sauce smothering the salad tasted like a gone off goo, not to mention the cheese on top that honestly seemed like a rubber rind off a stale block of cheese.

As I asked for the bill and the waiter came to clear the plates she asked if everything was alright with the salad as were returning it practically untouched as it was inedible and I said to her that it wasn’t good and my partner couldn’t eat it. She apologised and cleared the plates, but then a different waiter came with the bill he asked the same thing and I again said no it wasn’t good, but surprise surprise, the salad was still on the bill. Not even a free drink offered.

Between the terrible salad, the cold octopus that should’ve been listed as starter, and the even colder wait staff, I highly recommend anyone going should stay away for food.

The one thing I’ll give credit for is the location and would be nice for a drink but again, going for food? Stay away.

Would give 0 stars to food if I could

Edit: my partner just received a reply from them stating that we were just looking for a free meal, not taking any accountability for the fact that they run a circus and not a restaurant. Considering there was 2 people eating there should be 2 reviews written and if we were looking for a free meal why pay without giving the staff any hassle? Terribly run restaurant with management hiding behind a screen. Tried to call after I read their reply to speak to a manger about their approach and they hung up on me. Very...

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Two of the staff didn’t seem to care about our complaints when we mentioned them and the salad was still on the bill (which hadn’t been eaten). We payed and left, we wouldn’t come back and definitely would warn everyone to...

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