La Cangreja Galúa, La Manga — Restaurant in Cartagena

We are a couple in our 60s and we came across this bar early in the morning before they opened. We sat on a couple of sun beds obviously expecting to pay. When they opened the bar one of the young lads that worked there asked if we would like a drink to be bought to the sun bed and we said no thanks but how much are the sun beds, he said they are free. At lunch time we opened our picnic and a young girl that works there said we must not bring our own food, if we want the sun bed we must eat in the bar. We understood and agreed, so put our lunch away and went to the bar for food and drinks instead as we wanted to stay on the sun beds. Today we did the same thing, arrived early, sat on the sun bed. When the bar opened we went and had some tea and bar snacks. At lunchtime three times a different member of staff came over to ask if we were going to eat and each time we said yes, but a little later. We went to the bar and had two lunches and 4 drinks. Altogether we spent almost €50 which we think is a substantial amount to keep our sun beds. As soon as we had finished our lunch and sat down on the sun beds we were told we must leave as the they had been reserved for a group of young girls that had just arrived, we were told they reserved them two weeks ago but no one thought to tell us earlier before we spent €50 in the bar. Also there was no sign to say the sun beds were reserved. We had to leave at 1400 -1430. We were told they are busy on weekends but ok in the week. We feel the locals get priority over tourists which they surely must need during the summer months. I think the way we were treated on both days was extremely rude. Never been to this area of Spain before but there is no comparison to the Costa Blanca where the tourists are treated respectfully. Will definitely not be going back to this bar during the rest...

The place is very nice and calm. You can find here tap beer, cocktails, soft drinks, tapas and snacks. You can pay here both in cash and by card. They had more than 10 pairs of sun-beds with umbrellas (there is no predefined price for it (like in most of the places) - you just have to order some drinks or food and pay for it with additional 10% up and you actually get it “for fee”. Personal is very friendly and welcoming, keeping nice atmosphere and vibe. Senior manager Joanna helped us at the beginning and all the time after to book sun-beds and other orders related stuff (as she almost the only one who knows English and may help to non Spanish speaking tourists with their requests & needs). She definitely deserved a premium & promotion for collaboration and client focus with English speaking guests. Definitely recommend this place for a drink break between the swimming and a lazy day on a...

They do not serve food from 4pm-8pm. So be careful when you go.

Amazing place to eat with very friendly.staff. Right on the beach. The only problem is that the restaurant is in very high demand. So you must make a reservation the day before or even 2 days before on the weekends when it gets busy.

Very fresh beers and even more delicious food. I highly recommend the Korean Beef Burrito from the street food menu. It's a delicious meal that won't fill you up too much.

The ambience is very nice. Maybe one suggestion to the owner is to dim the lights down a little bit at night. But i have noticed in many places in Spain -- good lighting just isn't a thing. Everywhere is lit like the inside of a science lab or freezer. Something...