Restaurante El Valle — Restaurant in Callosa d'en Sarrià

It is near Fonts de l'Algar. When parking on the other side of the road, we had to pay a parking fee of 5 Euro, which can also be used as a coupon when entering the restaurant.

We came in nearly before closing the kitchen at 16:00 and were welcomed very friendly. My better half is Spanish, so the communication was quite easy. Though I guess with English wouldn't be a problem at all. The restaurant is famous and specialized for authentic paella in many traditional variants. It is strongly recommended to order in advance, because they need time to prepare the paella very freshly.

We ordered gambas with garlic as starter (~12 Euro) and the mixed paella with vegetables and various meats, for us without rabbit (12,50 Euro per person).

The gambas came after 10 minutes and were still boiling in the pot they came in. They were very soft, the garlic was not to strong, though there were many slices of it in the sauce itself. Very, very delicious.

The paella is served in an authentic paella pan and very big. For two persons with a starter in front more than enough to eat. Rice cooked al dente, spicy, fresh, meaty and typical smell of fresh paella. For my spanish companion it was quite typical, that there were bones in the dish itself and also little fragments of bone. She told me, that this is quite common in Spain and she grew up like this. But for me bones are nothing for chewing or swallowing, so don't belong into the dish. But as a foreigner, I am just not accoustumated to this, it won't influence the rating here as the dish is authentic, it is no fault. Except this, I have to say, the meat was very tender, slight rests of fat melting in your mouth and perfectly fitting into this dish. The vegetables were not cooked down, so still soft and natural taste.

After all very friendly, joking and always asking for your well-being. Authentic food for moderate prices and very good tasting. Keep in mind to order to decide your paella before.

I would come...

We visited here after a trip to the waterfalls. It has clearly been painted and refurbished as it looks more modern than some of the photos here. The visit started well and the waiter came quickly but took our food order first rather than drinks. He was almost rude and rushing us to decide. We placed our order and the waiter asked if we wanted bread. We said yes! First mistake - the bread was good but not worth over 2 euros each! One of us had ordered calamari and this came first. It was very nice. Then the other dishes arrived. Again they were tasty and fresh. However the waiter had misunderstood our order and had put down one dish twice so we sent this back to the kitchen. The waiter who brought the food was very understanding. Then the waiter who took our order came over and started shouting at us, saying we had got the order wrong. It was only an 8 euro dish. We explained it was a mistake. He went away and came back again very aggressively in a couple of minutes saying his English was perfect and it was not his mistake. It was a real shame as this spoilt our meal and what would have been a good review. They need to get better at their customer service sadly and not be in such a rush! Definitely...

We had a meal here, 2x paella and fish and chips. Incl a drink 3 diet coke, a coffee and a water. Total of the bill was 47 euro. It took at least 45 min waiting for our food. Just dropt the food. No salt, no pepper, no nothing, like they wanted to say our food is good enough as it is. I thought is was ok, my wife liked to at some salt but there wasn't any. It was hard to get the attention of the waiter. Normally they come to ask if everything tasted good, wel they didn't. Not until we finished our food.

Toilets are clean but you need to get a key first. The key is at the bar and the toilet is one floor downstairs. 1.50 discount because we had to park the car. The parking cost...