Restaurant Quique Dacosta — Restaurant in Dénia

Dined here in June 2021, with 2 colleagues on a Thursday night. We are uncomplicated but experienced 3-star diners and came with high expectations. A 3-star dinner is always an experience and worth the money based on the effort involved, and Quique Dacosta also delivers in this regard. However, this was the most underwhelming 3-star experience any of us ever had.

None of the courses were spectacular enough to really be remembered 3 weeks later and some of the dishes were too simple. Example: Half-cooked langoustine (“and don’t forget to suck the head empty”) and tuna in 3 variants which were either over-oiled or too salty. We didn’t finish some of our dishes, which was a unique experience for all of us.

The wine accompaniment did not fare better. Small glasses of good but non-spectacular wine. The sommelier gave little information on why which wine was served and never topped up our glasses, which also seemed a bit economical. Dom Perignon to one of the dishes was simply not befitting and seemed more in line with the fact that Dom Perignon sponsors the restaurant. At this price level, wine must enhance the dishes. Here, it simply accompanied the food.

I don’t know if it would have made a difference to the cooking, but on arrival I asked if Quique Dacosta himself would be in the kitchen, which the Maitre D confirmed. By chance, during dinner I found out that Mr. Dacosta was actually in Madrid at a Mandarin Oriental opening, so we had been blatantly lied to. After dinner, I asked the Maitre D about this. His stumbling response (“we thought he might pop round”) was both entertaining and a bit ridiculous.

We will return, because such evenings are always special. But I definitely expected more from...

There are restaurants where you eat, and then there are restaurants where you experience existential joy via a spork. Quique Dacosta firmly belongs to the latter.

From start to finish, this was one of those rare evenings where everything simply worked. The food wasn’t just good, it was a masterclass in flavor, technique, and imagination. Each course arrived like a tiny, edible work of art designed to surprise, delight, and occasionally leave you wondering if you were, in fact, worthy of such culinary wizardry.

What impressed me most was the consistency. In fine dining, there’s often that one dish that’s more “interesting” than delicious , a polite way of saying it tasted like a dare. Not here. Every plate hit the mark with elegance and confidence, somehow managing to be both surprising and comforting at the same time.

The service? Outstanding. Attentive without being overbearing, professional yet genuinely warm. These people didn’t just serve food, they curated an atmosphere. Even the bathroom felt like somewhere you’d ask for a mortgage application, just to stay a little longer.

I’d saved for this visit, hoping for something memorable, and what I got was easily one of the finest dining experiences of my life. It’s the kind of evening that makes you reevaluate your relationship with food, with hospitality, and quite possibly with your own kitchen.

Highly recommended. If you get the chance, go. And wear something nice, you’ll want to feel fancy while your...

Very disappointed. My husband and I went to celebrate our anniversary at Quique Dacosta. We love to try new Michelin restaurants, and have been to quite a few different locations. We wanted to try this one since it has 3 Michelin stars and is 1/160(roughly) restaurants with that reputations and quality. I like to mention that we once a month has been to Michelin restaurant La finca, by Suzi Diaz, who only have 1 Michelin star, but have a higher quality and excellence than what we got from Quique. The food was blend and tasteless. It had no personality, and the seafood gave me Omega 3 capsule feeling. There was nothing exiting and new about the menu, there was no red thread between the story telling. To be honest it lacked flavour..

However I need to say the 2 starters where great, and the idea about the acts, to bad it stopped inside and that you didn't follow through with the artistic feeling we got when we came.

The waiter asked if something where wrong with the food, and I explained my thoughts and dissapontment. however nothing were changed and she just apologized and kept serving dishes, that we where not able to finish up. For me it seems like the Chef were more interested in walking around in the restaurant chatting up Spanish friends rather than giving all his customers the experience they came for.

In conclusion: Not worth it. To much money compared to what you get. Blend and tastless food, and feels like the team/chef...