Merendero La Lucera — Restaurant in Mijas

Would not recommend this to my worst enemy.

We had a really bad experience here. We ordered one burger and one chicken, we knew it wasn’t a fine dining place, but expected something as simple as a burger to be OK. The “meat” was not meat; is was more boiled and undercooked. The bread was dry, and taste awful. Like something you buy at a bad gasoline station. The fries was not cooked either, and was soggy and wet. The chicken had like a soggy layer on top, and was more boiled than cooked/fried.

We complained and sent back the burger, as it was impossible to eat. They asked if I wanted something else, so I ordered a simple Prawns Pil Pil, thinking that was safe, but even that was undercooked, and I asked if they could grill it more, they came back 1 minute later and it was obviously still undercooked.

They charged us for the burger, while they did not mention it at all when I sent it back. We even asked before ordering something to replace it. So...

Our waiter didn't seem to understand English well, and clearly didn't want to try communicating properly in other ways either. She rushed our orders, gave us dishes we didn't order, charged us for dishes we didn't receive, and told us that they had no more of certain items on the menu, even though our neighbour tables got exactly that a moment after. Took too long to order, took too long to get the bill, and wayyy too overpriced compared to how simple the food was. No salads or side dishes when ordering €40 worth of food. The view is nice though, so if you just want wine or beer, and they actually let you order what you want from the menu, this could be an...

Awful service and total lack of respect and awareness that people come for some good food and great service. Waiter was really nice but the manager was just terrible and inflexible. The attitude of not caring to give a good service and absolutely not bothered about losing customers - another one will come along anyway. As a local, we always try to support local businesses but honestly will never go there again. Went down the road and got excellent service and food. Yes there are plenty of tourists around to keep places like this going but they...