Restaurant O Meigallo — Restaurant in Puigcerdà

Well, for starters I will mention the cordiality from the waiters during the dinner time, plus the fresh and quality of the products! Said that, it is necessary to mention some other things to be aware of if you decide to go (like we did after looking at the beautiful dishes photos and amazing reviews we read) and as well for the restaurant/staff to be more thoughtful;

It is necessary to pay attention to your customers at the moment they come into your establishment. Greet them and offer them something meanwhile they wait (specially when they assure they are ready for this and do not need to wait for others) When a restaurant opens its doors and it is “ready” to “serve” it’s menu, all the staff should be extremely aware of not only how the presentation of a dish goes, but the products or ingredients existent in the kitchen, and/or any modifications towards the dishes as well in case of, or the non availability of the dish. (A traditional dish is a traditional dish no matter where it is served 😉)

Connected to the above, the waiter should notify the customer that the dish will be modified or is not available, to be served, not the customer finding out once the dish is already served at the table.

Mentioning all the above, the prices in our experience were 3 times over the average, for the type of presentation, and the portions amount.

I don’t usually write reviews, but, I believe this could be a constructive comment, for all parties.

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Mixed feelings about O'Meigallo, mainly due the big difference between starters and mains. On one side the starters were small, untasty and crazy expensive. E.g. I was dying for a good octopus a feria and, being this a Galician restaurant, I was expecting to get a good ration of excellent octopus (especially considering it is a 18€ dish)... Unfortunately, the octopus was extremely disappointing: small tapa of thin cuts of octopus with no taste. Small squids were not impressive either and croquettes were only average. Still, mains were very good: beaf tenderloin, house cod, braised calamari... Excellent all of them. It was still overpriced, but at least the last course was worth it!

Illustration: A Feria octopus for 17,5€

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Fuimos sábado a las 20h, a pesar de que pone que abren a las 19:30 estaba como cerrado y nos atendieron con mala cara. Estaban viendo el final de liga (las entrevistas) entonces encendieron luces etc... quizá debíamos haber llegado más tarde. (Deberían cambiar esa info en Google) íbamos con un niño pequeño e intentamos hacer su horario. Una vez dentro nos pusieron delante de la barra (íbamos con niño de 4 años) no nos ofrecieron ni trona ni nada,aún siendo los primeros tardaron en tomar nota hasta incluso dejarnos por detrás de un grupo de 4 (nosotros 3) que acababa de llegar poco después que nosotros. Durante la cena El lugar nos pareció súper ruidoso una vez iban llegando los comensales, quizá por la úbicación de esa mesa... Destacar las ostras si q eran una pasada. Ahora... el pulpo a la brasa estaba algo quemado y parecía por la cantidad más una tapa (y eso que valía 19,50), los pimientos nada del otro mundo, mejillones también nada del otro mundo, etc. . Creo que es buen restaurante si hay vinculo con el staff, ya que nos dieron de lado durante toda la noche a pesar de dejarnos casi 100€. De hecho se habían olvidado de algún plato pedido y cuando pedimos el pulpo trajeron el de otro tipo.

En Puigcerdà hay muchos mejores restaurantes y propuestas que pudimos probar y nos atendieron espectacular. Una pena porque teníamos ilusión de comer comida gallega, a todas las mesas les recomendaban platos del día y a nosotros tampoco lo hicieron. De haberlo sabido ni lo pisamos. Sentimos haber molestado con nuestra presencia, no volverá a pasar. Sin duda NO lo recomendamos ni...