Restaurante El Suizo — Restaurant in Garrucha

This place has in recent months gained legendary status.

It used to be a bit run down and scruffy , but it was primarily a Transport Cafe opened to service the hundreds of lorries that come back and forward to Garrucha Port.

However, in recent months it has had a transformation with a new extension and a bright and modern make over.

It still caters for the truckers (early Breakfasts, then lunch and closed in the evenings) but it is clean, comfortable and welcoming even though it is especially busy at lunch times. (When we went most of the tables were full and those that weren't were reserved).

We went 'on speck' one Tuesday in the hope there would be a spare table for 4, which there was.

It was very busy and the staff had to work extremely hard to service everyone but they did it and they continued to smile and speak to us patiently in broken English.

There was a Menu del Dia available with lots of delicious dishes at €11 including a quarter bottle of wine, water plus a coffee.

Salad comes automatically as do the fresh bread roles with Aioli.

We chose a range of starters including Gazpacho and Lasagna but there was Beef Stew on the mains menu as a special so three of us went for that whist one had the chicken.

The Beef Stew was great. Lots of meat in a great gravy whilst the chicken breast was moist and tasty.

There were a range of desert options but I chose a local speciality, a pudding drenched in Whiskey and it was really good.

With Coffee to finish this was a great meal and extremely cheap.

No wonder the lorry drivers all look so happy.

Check it out, you wont be...

I always thought this was a "transport cafe" as there was always a lot of lorries and vans parked outside but after their refurb,wow,a stylish and modern restaurant it now is! We were greeted by a lovely member of staff and seated,then the menu was explained.For 11€, there are 3 courses with lots of choice,with a different "special" daily added to the starters and mains,a salad and bread rolls were brought out to share and our first drink was included in the menu del dia,along with a coffee to finish the meal.All in all,a lovely meal,polite staff and by the time we left an hour later,a full restaurant!!This place is well worth a visit...it may have been our first but it definitely wont...

Todo empezó mal: aunque los camareros son agradables su organización es pésima...si vas sólo como fue mi caso atienden a gente que llega después que tú. Me pedí de segundo pechuga al Pedro Ximénez (cosa que he hecho en miles de sitios) pero la de este restaurante cual es mi sorpresa que la salsa está hecha con nata cosa que yo no sabía y cuando la probé vi que llevaba nata y le dije a un camarero que soy intolerante al sorbitol y padezco Colón irritable y me hace un mal gesto y no se lleva el plato y no ma ninguna solución. Pasan unos minutos y cuando pasa otra camarera le digo que si se puede acercar y pasa de mí... espero otros minutos hasta que veo a la camarera que me tomó nota y le digo lo que me ha pasado y me retira el plato y elijo otro segundo plato. Cuando llevo medio filete me levanto al WC y cuál es mi sorpresa que cuando regreso veo a otro camarero recogiendo platos sucios y entre ellos el mío (yo no había acabado mi plato) y me dice que si yo no había acabado a lo cual le respondo que sí pues ha recogido mi plato entre otros platos sucios. Yo le digo que solo he tardado 3 min y que como puede ver mis cubiertos no estaban encima del plato y mi vaso de Coca Cola estaba medio lleno aún a lo cual el camarero me dice "Perdón" pero como si nada, yo aprovecho que está ahí y le pide postre pan de calatrava. Pasan casi 10 min y viene otro camarero y me dice que no tienen (¿Qué más puede pasar?), entonces le digo que me ponga natillas y que me traiga la cuenta y el tarjetero para pagar. Me trae las natillas pero no me trae ni el ticket ni el tarjetero, cuando termino el postre espero unos minutos y veo que no me traen el ticket así que por lo cual me acerco a la barra a por el ticket y a pagar (si hubiera sido otra clase de persona me podría haber ido sin pagar y nadie se hubiera dado cuenta). P.d. Vine esta semana por trabajo y podría haber ido toda la semana a comer allí pero al ver el servicio he decidido ir a otros restaurantes. Espero que esta reseña sirva...