Pizzeria Gasparic — Restaurant in Santa Pau

I mentioned in a previous post that, a few months ago, we spent the weekend at La Garrotxa. We rented an apartment for the occasion and, while I was planning on searching for myself, the owner of the apartment decided to share with us a list of restaurants in the area. And the first place he mentioned was a pizzeria. My son didn't even listen to the rest and, the following day, he kept begging that we go to that place. Not my first choice, To be honest, but that place, called Gasparic, was awarded for 1 of the 50 best pizzas in Europe. In these conditions, I guess I could make an exception... Besides the starters, everything on the menu is pizza so if you're gluten intolerant, pass your way... And, basically if you're lactose intolerant, or if you just don't like dairy like me, pass your way too. On the entire menu, only 3 items are dairy-free: the focaccia (starter) and 2 pizzas (marinara and... marinara 2.0 with 2 more ingredients). For me, having a full meal was not an option: I wouldn't order a focaccia as a starter and then a pizza as a main course. So yeah, I skipped the starters and went directly to the marinara 2.0. It was super good. But... the center of the dough was so thin, or the tomato was so liquid that it seemed that there was no dough at all at the center. I like eating pizza with my hands... not that time! After that, I would have loved a dessert but same issue: dairy, dairy and more dairy. A pity. I mean, you usually don't eat out alone, and more and more people have dietary restrictions... I don't understand how a restaurant can overlook that. What was great were the prices. They could overcharge for the pizza because of their award, but they don't: I paid €60 for 3 guests (3 pizza, 2 desserts and a few soft drinks). The service was professional and attentive and the place was nice. If I'm in the area again, I'd be glad to eat that pizza again, but I'd make sure I have another place in mind for starters and desserts.

Quality & taste: 8/10 Quantities: 9/10 Atmosphere: 7/10 Originality: 7/10 Ratio price / quality: 10/10 Service: 8/10 How I felt...

We went to this place on last thursday night without reservation. I asked the lady in the front desk if we can be seated in terrace four people with our dog. She told me to wait to offer us a table. When finally they showed us the table, it was clearly a side table that was not offered to anybody due to lightning full of flies and insects. It was impossible to dine in these conditions. When we mentioned this, they offered to me to leave my dog outside of the restaurant( basically on the street alone) to offer another table which obviously I cannot accept. On that moment they suddenly decided to be a restaurant which cannot accept pets. At that point we had to order for take away and waited an additional 25 mins to this drama and took our pizzas and left. It was a shame to leave this comment because the pizza was good. I am leaving this comment with a sincere hope that they can take some reasonable action on this and meanwhile somebody else with pets like us is not left out...

Un resumen rápido sería, un local con un buen ambiente y unas muy buenas pizzas para cenar. Totalmente recomendable. Fuimos a cenar un sábado, reservamos mesa a través de la web y fue muy fácil y rápido hacer la reserva. Se agradece que empiezan el servicio a partir de las 19:00h. para la gente que nos gusta cenar temprano. Solo hacen servicio de cenas de miércoles a domingo. Llegamos puntuales, pudimos aparcar delante de la puerta, y ya tenían la mesa preparada, así que fue llegar y sentarnos. El local tiene una decoración con un toque algo rustico minimalista, con un ambiente muy agradable. Aunque el local lo tenían a mitad de capacidad, el tiempo de espera desde que pedimos la comida y la trajeron fue el correcto, tratándose de pizzas que las hacen al momento. Las pizzas tenían un aspecto fabuloso, son de una masa muy fina, y la cantidad de ingredientes es la adecuada. Probé las cinco pizzas que trajeron y la que menos me gustó fue la carbonara, las otras estaban deliciosas, con un gusto muy suave o fino. Con una pizza por persona es suficiente para quedar lleno. El precio de las pizzas va entre 15 y 20 euros cada una aprox. De postre decidimos pedir 3 a compartir con cinco personas para poder probar varios, y creo que fue una decisión correcta ya que las raciones son grandes. El servicio fue correcto pero nada destacable. Si hay que sacarle algún defecto sería más un consejo para que el local pueda mejorar, y es que estaría bien que ofrecieran diferentes tipos de masas para la pizza, de espelta, de maíz, etc... Sin...