ES GERRET — Restaurant in Sant Antoni de Portmany

After a week of fine dining in Ibiza we think it was the best restaurant experience, everything was five star! Including wine pairing :)

Service and atmosphere were nice and authentic. I would add regarding service, that they were attentive, professional, fun and natural!

Food, usually there is always one or some dishes where we would have changed smt or expected different or minor errors, but here ALL dishes were perfect, tasty, unique and I would have no idea how to repeate them at my home kitchen, therefore worth a visit!

In the beginning i did not understand why they recommended to look at QR pictures of dishes in addition to menue, but actually it really helped to get the better understaning.

Must try the pig ear (pic 1), probably the biggest amaze! Well even the classic oysters had a surprise on it. Fried seabass probably would have not ordered by the menue, but it did taste well, while being the easiest dish (pic4).

Loved the consept of appetizers and though we had shared 6 dishes there are still left some I would have wanted to try…

I usually do not care about desserts, but the pineapple thing (pic 2) felt as a must!

So...

Rude waiter (one in particular; a man with what is seemingly a superiority complex) and below average food….I expected sea bass and it was explained as such, but I was given fish fingers that had no taste even though they were described as “marinated”. The calamari fritters also did not match the description. I think this restaurant is trying to be something it’s not, the food appears aesthetically pleasing but is overpriced, flavourless and tastes frozen. The one rude waiter also made a comment about my friend’s nude dress, suggesting she was naked (which made her feel quite uncomfortable). I made a complaint about the food and was told I know nothing about Spanish cuisine, if Spanish cuisine is fish fingers then I might as well have stayed at home - after this complaint he proceeded to slam the bill on the table, despite me not asking for it. I have never written a review for a restaurant before and I have worked in the service industry for years, but I was so startled by the poor customer service and poor food...

Fantastic restaurant. Off the beaten San Antonio track. Used by tourists and locals alike. Great choice on the main menu and specials. Really good value for money. Medium size dishes, nothing like the tapas back home so don't go overboard. We ordered two dishes to start and then two more. We had bread and olives (only 2 euros) - big portion. You will be asked of you want to share a dish and this basically means that they will bring one dish out at a time. Our first two dishes we did not share as we both wanted something that the other half may not have liked so they came out at same time. However the 2nd courses we did share. I wanted to mark it as 4.5 and have only dropped a point because we were asked if we wanted dessert, which I did but 30 mins later the waitress had not come back. We ended up just settling the bill. Two courses each, bread and olives and bottle of sauvignon blanc 71 euros....