Cap Roig Brasserie — Restaurant in Sóller

There are two types of reviews on Google- people who are vindictive from a bad experience, and unable to see the good; and people who had an exceptional experience and ignore the bad. Neither are very helpful, so hopefully this is in between.

I give our experience a 4/5 stars. Many of the reviews here are spot-on: the view is positively stunning, matched only by the slightly higher altitude of the lighthouse across the harbor, but they don’t serve Pisco Sours and Negronis, so Cap Roig wins. We spent €428 for a family of five (three children, not drinking wine or cocktails, VAT included) so you can see that Cap Roig is quite expensive. But no one drops that kind of coin for a view, so let’s discuss the food, drink and service.

The sign on the front door says “Michelin 2025”, but that is for another restaurant at the Jumeriah- Es Fanals. Cap Roig is more casual, but the prices are not. To wit, most cocktails are between €16-20, but they were fantastic, and complimented the sunset quite well. My wife was initially served the wrong drink but they quickly fixed that. On to the food and wine.

The wine by the glass was actually reasonably priced: Cap Roig Rosé was €16 per glass and complimented the tuna tartare and shrimp patties quite well- the former was well executed, the latter a better salty, which is a common these in their dishes.

For dinner, all three of my children had the pasta with lobster (half a tail de-shelled table side) for €49; my wife had the seafood rice (€39 I believe), salty and the rice was served overcooked and dry; I had the duck rice (basically a paella with duck confit, €45 if I recall correctly- duck was great, the paella was salty, overcooked and dry).

Given the mediocre tenor of the entrees we decided to skip the dessert. Overall, yes, the view was nice, the food was average, and Gabriel was a good server. Was it worth €428?? Absolutely not, and because of that, I don’t recommend the experience unless money is no object. I don’t even recommend it for a romantic splurge. Good people, good location, poor value… and I’m not cheap.

Due to this experience I’m also cancelling my reservation at Sunset Lounge. Just not worth the €30 round trip...

Not really what we were hoping for at all.. We could have dined in style in El Olivio in Deia, a 2 min walk from home or indeed in multiple other highly regarded establishments... but we thought... oooh Jumeirah of Dubai...that has to mean a really special treat surely....so lets travel...big mistake, the food and the service were acceptable, but only just and particularly given the amount of money charged. €110 a head for just a starter, a main course and half bottle of wine, (and one glass of Champagne for my wife), that's pretty steep by any standard.. But what really lets this experience down is the dining room itself. Views from the exterior terrace aside (lovely during the day but not much use on a windy April evening in the dark). The room looks and feels much like a glorified café .. And not a very nice one either. Not even a candle on the tables. Exacerbated by bad lighting in general, and compounded by poor decor overall. There is a distinct lack of warmth and character and a complete lack of any discernable style. I know a thing or two about design and this room lacks any effort to impress. There are even views of areas that should not be seen, including a general purpose hotel transport trolley for linens which was in my direct line of sight during my entire meal, (half concealed behind a makeshift screen) , and a second view of a half shuttered off bar area straight in front of me, and then the dreaded sounds of crockery being stacked and cleaned behind the scenes.. None of this suggested a 5 star experience, more like 3 star... all in all it was enough for us to skip desert and coffee and get out of dodge fast... Really not up to scratch ... Sorry, Jumeirah there is more to a great restaurant than just the food and external view... Lovely location, nice staff and good food but until you completely rethink and redesign and refocus your attention to detail, there will always be lots of much nicer places to spend far less...

Awful experience for my birthday, they will not hesitate to scam you and serve food twice the price of what you ordered. Serving expensive product, with a great view and uptight waiters doesn’t mean you can call it fine dining. There’s nothing fine about a big plate of ink rice that’s so enormous it will give you nausea, a lobster randomly put on top of it, and dishonest waiters. We ordered a rice lobster at 48€/person with a glass of wine, we told the waiter we had a budget, and despite that he suggested we went for a blue lobster from Galicia, only telling us it was nicer as more local, without explaining to us it’s much more rare so way more pricey - despite the fact we specifically told him we had a budget. The bill arrives, 110€/ person just for the lobster rice, more than twice the price of what we originally ordered. This is ridiculous. We paid the price of a one-Michelin star restaurant and it wasn’t even good. Of course we were told this kind of misunderstanding never happens and people usually know the price of this kind of product. Dishonest and patronising. Well no, not everyone is an expert of the seafood market. I don’t believe for a second this was the first time it happened, they just took advantage of a young couple wanting to enjoy their night. Thanks for a...