Can Parrado — Restaurant in Horta de Sant Joan

A beautiful stone restaurant built from what may have been the walls of the medieval city in a lovely part of the old town. The wine storage is in what was a tower of the original castle. The food is local and delicious. One of the best parts was the service, very attentive and thoughtful. Overall it's an authentic local experience in a space with tons of history (and a TV which for us was playing lovely videos of Patagonia. Normally I hate TVs in dining spaces, but this worked with the ancient stone walls - I imagined it was just like what the guards were watching in the medieval ages, except the part about Patagonia as I doubt Europe had discovered that yet, so the TV then possibly just showed lovely drone flyovers of the local landscape, although maybe drones hadn't been invented yet either so the TV showed drawings of what a drone would see if it had been invented then). Anyway, eat here....

Crec que res va sortir bé. O pràcticament res. Potser vàrem anar-hi un mal dia. Començant pel principi, hi vàrem anar en plena onada de calor, a més de quaranta graus, i no oferien estar-se a dintre. Podem acceptar l’error com a nostre per no demanar-ho... però un local que té per menjar a dintre i a fora... seria d’agrair que ho demanessin, o com a mínim ho advertissin. El fet és que només atenien a fora. L’únic de bo que té la terrassa, i no és poc, són les vistes. Dit això, no la tenen ben adequada i menges en plena pendent. No ens vàrem sentir gaire ben atesos: ens va fer la sensació que tenien poques ganes d’atendre. A més, sense tenir-ho ple, ens vàrem haver d’esperar força. En referència la menjar res de l’altre món. Com a nota curiosa, vàrem demanar una galta de porc guisada amb salsa de nabius, que els vaig fer notar que no hi havia nabius. I, francament, costa d’entendre que et vulguin fer creure que forma part de la salsa, quan la sala era ben clara i el nabiu taca bastant... però bé. Pel que fa a la galta, tampoc era cap cosa de l’altre món, ni tan sols tendra. Val a dir que el flam de mató i coco sí que realment era bo. Possiblement, el millor del dinar. Vàrem acabar el dinar quasi foragitats. A mitges postres, ens varen plegar l’ombrel·la. Ens van oferir acabar les postres en una altra taula, però ho vàrem declinar per ni tan sol entendre-ho i...

This restaurant serves very good food and has an amazing view over the nearby orchards with a mountain background. We had lunch mid week and it was fairly quiet. The waiter spoke virtually no English, but between us we had some laughs and managed to get our order across. A very peaceful and scenic dining expetience. They have a set price for 3 courses, including a glass of wine €16 which is very reasonable. There is a selection of choices for...