Masía Bellver — Restaurant in Orpesa / Oropesa del Mar

Last Sunday, January 12th 2025, our family dined at Masia Bellver in Oropesa del Mar. Despite it being a classy looking establishment with an impressive menu, we all suffered from severe food poisoning. We experienced sweating, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, followed by weakness in the muscles and pain in the joints lasting more than 48 hours.

What has really upset me and prompted this review, is that we contacted the restaurant to inform them but received no meaningful response. The general tone of their reply was that this is a fairly normal thing, we were just unlucky. Maybe it is normal for them! They have demonstrated a complete lack of concern for our health and wellbeing, and we have passed our concerns on to the local public health authorities. It seems very unlikely that we would be the only ones affected, and urge any others to speak up.

I have never left any form of negative review for any restaurant previously, anywhere in the world. That said, I have been travelling for the last 30 years, regularly across three continents, and have never once experienced food poisoning before.

We expected an apology and a thorough investigation of what happened. We urge the restaurant to investigate and take the necessary measures to try and ensure this does not happen again. Food safety should be the top priority for any business in the sector, let alone one where the standards appear so high and the cost of the food implies the utmost care and quality.

👉 If anyone else has experienced similar issues at this restaurant, please share your story. Holding these people to account, and spreading a warning of our experiences, has become our only option to protect other people and try to prevent this from recurring. Certainly the restaurant have shown no interest in doing this. Our holiday has really been negatively affected, with all plans for the following two days having to be cancelled. I wish we had never...

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