Restaurante El Embarcadero — Restaurant in Rota

I loved the location of the restaurant and was initially pleased to get a table on a Friday evening. Our food order was taken promptly by a surly waiter. It was then our problems started. Our food was hastily dumped at our table and after that we were not checked on nor could get anybody’s attention. We would have liked some sauces for the calimari. The fish and chips looked like a childrens meal and the prawn salad only had 5 small prawns in it (not king prawns as stated on menu). At no point were we asked if everything was ok or if we required more drinks. Getting the bill was interesting we signalled a passing waitress who did not acknowledge us. A little later she asked another member of staff for our bill, dumped it on our table and sped off. We waited for a card machine to be brought but that didn’t happen so had to go to the bar to pay. The reason I gave 2 stars was because the food wasn’t bad just the...

Great service! Excellent staff that tends to the customers needs. A little bit tough being an English speaker as most of the waiters/waitresses speak only Spanish. But other than that the food here is excellent. I will try to upload images of some of the meals that I ordered. But I was very VERY satisfied with the beef bites, fries and peppers. Really killer meal and I walked away feeling like a new man. Keep up the good work guys cause you have a regular customer out of me. Also try out the vinegar with the bread, it really is delicious as well!

Edit: I figured out how to upload the photos. The image with the fries and beef bites was a 1/2 portion, but more than enough for a medium sized male. Also I think it costed around 10€ so not too steep...

Paseando por la zona decidimos parar a tomar algo y disfrutar del precioso día en esta agradable y gran terraza mientras veíamos romper las olas.

Tan cómodos que estábamos que decidimos no movernos y quedarnos allí, hacer previa y almorzar.

Restaurante situado en el Hotel Duque de Nájera, en pleno casco histórico, junto al paseo marítimo de Rota, el faro y el puerto deportivo, con espectaculares vistas a la Bahía de Cádiz desde su agradable terraza. Al acceder a su interior encontramos un amplio salón con decoración detallista y marinera que crea un ambiente agradable y acogedor.

En cuanto a su oferta gastronómica, está centrada principalmente en producto de la zona, donde la presencia de la materia prima local y productos de cercanía es notable. Tienen una bodega amplia y variada, donde también el producto local predomina en esta.

Para la previa pedimos una tapa de arranque roteño, de textura al paladar suave y de sabor realmente bueno, de los mejores que he probado hasta el momento. Muy recomendable.

Seguidamente, nos decidimos unas tortillitas de camarones, bien fritas, crujientes y sabrosas.

Y para finalizar lo hicimos con un arroz caldoso, elaborado en olla con pescado de roca y langostinos, de sabor potente, fue una auténtica exquisitez. Recomendable 100%.

Y para poner guinda y endulzar paladar, mi acompañante me sorprendió con un cremoso de manzana fuji con dulce de leche y helado de vainilla, que puso un excelente broche final a esta especial experiencia gastronómica.

No puedo finalizar sin hacer alusión especial a la calidad del servicio ofrecido que hacen que la experiencia sea plena.

Sin duda, si estás por la zona o incluso si no lo estás, es un lugar que merece muy mucho la...