La Gritta PIANC (tancat fins març 2026-closed until march 2026) — Restaurant in Cadaqués

The test of a restaurant is how it responds to 2 platefuls of uneaten food. One a grey mass of unidentifiable meat covered in a school type viscous bland gravy and the other a steak, so riddled with dense fat that it was inedible. I ate about 1/3 of a shaved fried potato, 1 bite of the grey meat (although thin it wasn’t cooked through, so pray for me tomorrow) and my daughter wrestled through the steak before giving up. 2 half cooked pizzas and a bowl of moules that swimmed in a dank tasteless thin soup.

So, how did the waiter respond to the sea of uneaten food?

Just took it away without a word. We didn’t complain there - what’s the point he clearly didn’t care. Complaining here though to save another family wasting there hard earned money in school/war food.

As a family of 5 we don’t eat out every night in holiday and we’re good cooks so when we do we want to appreciate it and not feel like we’ve wasted money. This was really, really disappointing.

Can I add, I know how hard work running a restaurant is, so I genuinely wouldn’t post this unless I thought they needed the...

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