Hostal restaurante El Roser — Restaurant in l'Escala

Common courtesy is lacking here. This is the restaurant of a hotel in which many of the locals seem to eat. It is located behind the town's Catholic church about six blocks from the ocean. They have a second restaurant under the same name, a few block away facing the ocean, which I read in their website that it is run by their two sons. We visited this town because my 3x great grandfather was born & baptized here in the early 1800s as well as other ancestors generations before him. Given that we were visiting during the second half of November the town was virtually empty of tourists. The 4 or 5 tables that were occupied were local people. We noticed from the very beginning that our reception was cold and the treatment remained so until we paid and left. There were 4 people serving, a 60ish couple and possibly their two 40ish daughters. At various times the older lady and one of the younger women came by to sit us, take our order and serve us. They were very dry and did not make eye contact. It was as if they did not really want us there. We speak both English and Spanish so language was not a problem. The menu was in Catalan, but we could understand it enough to order. We had fish soup followed by seafood paella, red wine and crema catalana. The food was very good. They were friendly only to what seemed to be locals at the other four tables. In order to pay one had to go to the register. The older lady was abrupt in handling the processing of my payment. Unlike every other single place that we have ever paid in Spain, the lady did not allow me to respond to the questions on the credit card gadget, namely, to confirm the total amount, select currency as Euros or U.S. dollars, and finalize the transaction by acceptance. She did it all herself as if I had no choice in the matter. We were never asked if the food was good or anything else. Not even a thank you. The bottom line, although the food was good, If you are an American, I would not eat here unless you like to be poorly treated. I can say that the other catalans treated us very courteously in every other place we visited during our 12...

We stayed here as part of a walking holiday and arrived very early as we came by train from London. By early I mean we were at the reception at around 8.30am. Given all this we were able to take our room at 10am which I think is pretty good service. The hotel itself is a very traditional style family run independent establishment. The room we had was clean tidy and comfortable and was perfectly adequate if not a little basic. The bed must have been quite comfy as I was asleep within minutes of getting into the room. ||||There is a restaurant downstairs and this is where you have your breakfast. A quick note about the restaurant, we never ate there due limited choices for vegetarians, but I will say that having looked at the menu, it was very extensive with lots of traditional Spanish fayre including a great deal of seafood. The chef has won a few awards for his cooking as well and there are photos on the wall to prove it.||||With regards to location, then it's about a five minute walk to the sea depending on which direction you take. The hotel also sits behind the main church in the town, something you're reminded about every hour with the chimes of the bells. If you like shopping there are quite a few in the area including a supermarket. Free Wi-Fi is also available throughout the hotel.||||Overall this is a perfectly pleasant place to stay in a...

We stayed here as part of a walking holiday and arrived very early as we came by train from London. By early I mean we were at the reception at around 8.30am. Given all this we were able to take our room at 10am which I think is pretty good service. The hotel itself is a very traditional style family run independent establishment. The room we had was clean tidy and comfortable and was perfectly adequate if not a little basic. The bed must have been quite comfy as I was asleep within minutes of getting into the room. ||||There is a restaurant downstairs and this is where you have your breakfast. A quick note about the restaurant, we never ate there due limited choices for vegetarians, but I will say that having looked at the menu, it was very extensive with lots of traditional Spanish fayre including a great deal of seafood. The chef has won a few awards for his cooking as well and there are photos on the wall to prove it.||||With regards to location, then it's about a five minute walk to the sea depending on which direction you take. The hotel also sits behind the main church in the town, something you're reminded about every hour with the chimes of the bells. If you like shopping there are quite a few in the area including a supermarket. Free Wi-Fi is also available throughout the hotel.||||Overall this is a perfectly pleasant place to stay in a...