A iconic, historical café, offering an overall mediocre, and sometimes frustrating, experience. The food is consistently good, and comes reasonably priced, although sitting at the terrace means paying extra for each thing you buy, a policy that makes little sense to me and most people (if you run the place and rent the terrace space from the municipality, you are already getting the corresponding competitive benefit - charging your clients extra for it is, to say the least, disingenuous).

The decor is traditional and tasteful though it could definitely use some touching up.

But the most important thing by far is the service, which is unfortunately mediocre at best, and quite disappointing most of the time. Most servers look either really bored with their work or even annoyed by it. They are often rushed, stressed or just distracted and sometimes treat you as if they are doing you a favor when serving you or you are the cause of their misery ( nstead of their boss or their work conditions). There are definitely exceptions, but most of the time the client will be left feeling that their patronage is not appreciated at all. Above everything, the "es lo que hay" ("it is what it is") culture that seems to be an issue in Northern Spain reigns supreme here.