Restaurante El PATIO — Restaurant in Ronda

Don't go here if you're on a day trip and time's an issue. We had to ask for the bill twice, with the waitress acknowledging us both times then returning multiple times to take new orders from the tables around us with no sign of our bill. After waiting 20 minutes, we eventually took our bill to the front to pay and had to wait for them to tot it up and be presented to us without so much as a smile. Even when I took the money out there was no interest from them to actually take it, so we had to leave it on the bar before heading out. On passing one of our waitresses on the way out, she didn't make any effort to smile or say goodbye. Food was okay, although both the fish dishes we ordered came with shredded lettuce with onion (their idea of a salad) and the bread we were given was stale and no olive oil offered to us with it. Quite why our tour guide recommended this is beyond me unless we caught them on a...

I would never come back to this place ever again. I would not recommend it to anyone who is visiting Ronda. We had couple of beers after a long walk in the city. We realized that they charged us 6,50 EUR per 1 draft beer. As we live in Spain we were very surprised about the prices. This is not a 5 star hotel - this is a standard Spanish bar / restaurant. We asked for a drinks price list as we couldn't believe our check. They confirmed that they do not have a drinks price list which is not legal. After disputing the prices they charged us 5,50 EUR per beer however the whole experience was awful. They simply lied to us because we talked in English, but we are local....

Our family of fove was very welcome at the restaurant. Portions were big, service was friendly and English-speaking. The entire grilled sole was lovely and fresh, the veggies nice and garlicky. The pork dish was ok. Mixed salad was with tuna (nust so you know). House red wine and beer were good. Desserts - lemon mousse and chocolate cake were amazing and coffee was nice and strong. Good...