Ca la Margarida — Restaurant in l'Albi

Foodies weekend break with a birthday celebration. We all checked the reviews and they were promising, unfortunately our expectations were far from what we experienced. First, they told us we couldn’t get the set menu (available in most Spanish restaurants) because we didn’t book it in advanced which, we already found unusual as that’s never the case anywhere. Service slow, plates removed when others were still eating, food wasn’t hot, waiter didn’t know why some dishes came without garnish. After asking to heat up the duck (we assumed microwaved due to the aspect) it came back placed on a cereal bowl with juice dripping from the Margret…awful!! We handed out birthday candles and they told us they were broken (coincidentally) and replaced it with very used one. Prices excessive when you take into account the poor quality. I will admit they make a flavoursome lamb shoulder. Aside of that, it was a very disappointing experience for the six of us. Will not...

An awfully shameful experience. As a vegetarian, I felt like they were doing me a favour. It was a local Christmas festivity in Catalonia, I had come to visit my family and it was a bittersweet lunch. I had macarroni with canned tomato (which was almost like a favour the staff did for me) and grilled vegetables. I was offered soup and when it came, it turned out to be chicken soup. Even though my mom had called two days prior and told them I was a vegetarian and they reassured her and told her there was vegetarian options and alternatives. Yes, there are vegetarian options, but on a local festivity I'm not willing to eat grilled vegetables and canned tomato with macarroni (even though they said it was not canned, I can even tell you the name of the brand).

Would absolutely not recommend, a petty lunch with an expensive price.

Pd. : No comment on the owner's impertinence in their response....

Great place, just outside of town. We came across it by accident as we had decided to get off the main road in order to have some lunch. We had no idea what to expect and not much experience of Spain, but this place was a great discovery. The menu was varied and the cooking great. Spanish and Catalan were the only languages, really, but the staff were very friendly and eager to help. The menu is accessible online through a QR code in multiple languages, but it seems to depend on some kind of online translation, as some of the dishes were impossible to understand from the translation (home-style canneloni was translated as 'grandmother's gutters) :) ). Not much vegetarian on the menu, but - again - the staff was very helpful and got the kitchen to prepare something for the vegetarian in the party. All-round a...