La Cafeteria
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I had an unpleasant experience in La Cafeteria at Montserrat (the one in the photos) yesterday. Would give 0 stars if possible, and this would not only be based on their extremely low quality of food. I won't even touch on this (there are many other reviews here describing how bad the food is). My experience was worse than just eating overpriced subpar food. I came to this place for lunch before exploring the Monastery area, and bought the pasta of the day and a bottle of water. After eating my lunch, I was walking in the store next door while sipping my bottle of water when a local guard came asking me to follow him because he needed to question me. Felt a bit weird but I walked outside with him. I asked many times what was going on and he answered that he would not question me in public. He took me to some sort of warehouse near the store and museum (at this time a second guard joined). The senior guard then asked me if I had stolen that bottle of water I was drinking. Yep, I am not joking. Someone from the cafeteria called the local guards on me saying that I grabbed the bottle of water and walked out without paying. I wish I could understand the reasons for them to believe that I needed to steal a BOTTLE OF WATER, but I can't. No explanations were given. After showing my credit card charges for the lunch and water that I had just bought, they let me go, but not a full apology. This never happened to me in any other places, in any other countries. While the guard and cashier ladies checked my credit card charges, one of the ladies started to get defensive instead of apologizing. The other lady only offered a very shy and kind of half apology. Wish I had read all the bad and negative reviews here before eating in this cafeteria. Unfortunately, there is not a lot of places to eat around the Monastery, and this cafeteria is definitely a tourist trap. In the future, I will either eat before going up to the Monastery area or will bring my own food/water supply.
Paulo José Martins BispoPaulo José Martins Bispo
30
Stayed in the Alberg Abat Oliba, which was overpriced to begin with, but included a breakfast at this Cafeteria, at 8:39 am. Rather hasty response by the cashier lady, considering it was first thing in the morning . Well, the coffee was Ok, the juice wasn't "natural" as she said, but at least the pastry and small sandwich were fresh. Sure beat the stale bread bun from the night before at the Hotel Cisneros. Rather abrupt service. Could not imagine when the tourist begin to flood in what this place would be, as it took several minutes to get to my order after just a few coffees in front of me. Wonder if the monks know how things are run, or if they have any say. Such a pity for a holy site.
Frank SpinaFrank Spina
10
Precios muy altos para la cantidad de comida. Mucha gente de cola a pesar de ello porqué no hay mucho donde elegir. La ración de pasta muy escasa y la señora no dio las dos paladas completas, cuando soy de buen comer. Daba palo pedir más porque ves a saber si te amarga diciendo que no, te mira mal o te cobra otra ración. Y eso que se me nota el embarazo y tengo que comer más. Y luego, ves platos de turistas mucho más llenos que el mío y total para dejarse el plato cuando acaban ellos ahí sin recoger y lo más importante: con comida aún. Me dio mucha rabia porque yo pasando hambre, pagando mucho y otros en otras mesas, que se dejan la comida ahí. Las mongetes de la butifarra sosas a más no poder pero cualquiera hace la cola de nuevo o pide sal, que igual hasta te cobran por el sobre de sal. Muy mal gestionado, solo cobrando una persona. Mucho desperdicio de plástico. Señores de Montserrat, pongan más personal, lava platos y más cantidad de comida porque por los precios que cobran seguro se lo pueden permitir. Lo que dicen otros por aquí, si podéis llevar la comida de casa mucho mejor!!.
Janire LPJanire LP
10
Nothing fancy, but a reasonable choice of food for a canteen. Our food was cold but I think it had been warm it could have been OK. It's also quite pricey but I guess you're paying for convenience and there's not a lot around to choose from. We went on a sunday and it was pretty busy, tough to find a table and there was quite a queue for food
Poppy SheehanPoppy Sheehan
00
Salt was great, really helped give flavour to the cold food they were serving, bread and butter was also delicious. €57 for 4. One of the very few restaurants on top of Montserrat so I guess they can get away with the extremely low standard of food they serve. Would recommend you take a picnic instead and enjoy the view from the picnic area.
Mollie FosterMollie Foster
20
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