La Mala Uva de Julia — Restaurant in Elx / Elche

Disappointing doesn’t even begin to describe this whole "experience"… My partner and I got there and were asked if we were in for drinks or food, to which we replied both. We got through the first round of drinks just fine, little did we know that this would be the extent of the "costumer service". We had to wait around an 1.5h before we could finally order something to eat. Whenever we made eye contact with a waits staff they would just ignore us, we tried calling them multiple times and the few times that we successfully got their attention they just let us know that “someone will come to take your order” and nobody ever did. At some point they would just stand and scan around and just fully ignore us. When we finally got to say our order they told us that we would be the last ones to be served because of somebody (that came 1.5h after us) had a reservation and we had to wait another 30min to get what we ordered.

We got the sausage board, useless is an understatement… there were 2 kinds of sausage and 4 different kinds of cheese… might as well just call it a cheese board at this point, no? Unless the actual cheese board comes with bread, cause I genuinely don’t think breadsticks should count as a decent option to eat cheese with. We also ordered the crunchy pork thing or whatever that was called. It was ok, it would’ve been nicer if the chips weren’t just soggy and swimming in grease.

Now the drinks… don’t even get me started. The fizzy water and spanish fanta lemon were probably the highlight drinks wise. My partner got a whiskey and coke that was weirdly served. The waits person just brought the whole bottle of jack daniels and poured it in the most underwhelming possible way, which felt quite purposeless. I ordered a mojito that had a strong vanilla taste and smell for some reason. It didn’t say anywhere that this was a different kind of mojito, the size served was decent I guess, not too little (even a bit too much considering how badly it tasted).

Overall terrible experience: 2 hours wait to eat the most unimpressive and underwhelming food known to man, overpriced for what it was, staff members weren’t particularly welcoming or reactive. Put 3 stars instead of 2 for the sole reason that we were in front of the...

We have just had the nicest tapas meal at this restaurant. It was one of the few places open (because we’re here in October) so we just stumbled across the restaurant as we needed something for dinner. It was amazing!! The menu appeared simple but all the dishes were beautifully made, really authentic and with lovely, local ingredients. Our waiter was extremely attentitive and explained every dish to us in detail, telling us what was in them and where the ingredients came from. We have been so pleasantly surprised and wouldn’t hesitate to return. Thank you...

This is truly a hidden gem. Not just another bar at the seaside. It's hard to explain, but the dishes taste like they've been put together with a lot of care. We've had a couple of dishes off of the Chef suggestion board. They feel very experimental, but put together with such care, that it feels deliberate. Well put together flavors and textures. Not what you'd expect from a standard beach bar. If I'm not making any sense to you, I'd suggest you try this place out. The staff is kind and helpful and I'm sure it'll...