Caravel — Restaurant in el Masnou

Stopped here after visiting the beach after a local person recommended this place (which was kind of them). The food was pretty basic, the calamari wasn’t very good and the patatas bravas wasn’t displayed how it should’ve (just came out as thick chips and sauce on the side). There’s no atmosphere at all but I’d say if you do end up here it’s better to sit outside even though there’s the sound of passing cars as it’s right next to the main road (relaxing!), inside the bar seemed unwelcoming and wasn’t somewhere I wanted to eat. The server although accommodating had dirty hands and fingernails so I didn’t feel comfortable with him handling my food but I was super hungry. It was over priced for the standard it came at as it just seemed like food from the freezer chucked in the oven...

Avoid! The food was OK, but they'd run out of several things we ordered and rather than give us a chance to order something else, they just brought out whatever they had lying around. We didn't send it back because we'd already waited so long we just wanted to eat! When I paid with my UK credit card, the waiter pressed the option to pay in GBP without asking me in which currency I wanted to pay, so to top off a forgettable meal, I had to pay extra for it because Spanish banks shamelessly apply an inflated exchange rate to non-EUR cards. There are so many good restaurants in the area - why bother...

The menu was 16€ but the quality was 9€ or less. I understand that being near to beach the price goes higher but we felt a bit cheated. Also the service was really slow; they forgot about us, we sat there for 45 minutes before we got any food, and it was "fast" food quality wise. I'm sad for the waiters because they were a bit overwhelmed, they even argued in front of us due to stress. My complain is always directed to the owners, who are the ultimate responsible ones for...