L'Aplec - tip rob — Restaurant in Valencia

Where do we even begin. This entire experience was fantastic. We met a lovely group of local women who were planning to check this place out - they had never been, but recommended we try it for a good Spanish meal. It was FANTASTIC. Defs the best meal we have had in Spain thus far. We got the house octopus, the prawns [they still had their heads and eyes but if you can get past that they were real good], amazing croquets, and some of the best mussels I have ever eaten with a generous portion of bread to sop up the delicious broth. Some pics attached, but honestly things looked and smelled so good we started eating before photographing - they did look prettier when they hit the table. All of the products were local, and some of the items were not available because they were not in season. The fig tart was to die for - buttery and full of flavor, and we washed it down with two delicious chupitas. They also had two different Spanish IPAs - the Amor Amargo was great. It’s very low key and no frills, but the service and meal were exceptional. We got four dishes to share between the two of us and were full. 11/10...

We were a table of 7, for which I've booked in advance. We sat down for 40 minutes before a waiter gave us attention and we found out they were out of all the appetizers except 4 after only 40 minutes from opening time. We drank the sangria we ordered, which was really good in fairness, then we paid and left. They didn't have paella, they didn't have any appetizers. I've never been to a restaurant that couldn't feed its customers because of the lack of ingredients. We went on Spain's international day (12th Oct), so you would think they were prepared to receive a big crowd, but they weren't at all and were rude about it as well. Moreover, the atmosphere was stressed and the decor absolutely awful and unfit a restaurant, with painted naked women and men on a ugly highlighter green wall. I do not recommend it at all, if you want an amazing experience go next door at NAS VLC, which was the best substitute we could've asked for and immediately became our favourite restaurant...

Me considero una persona con pocas manías a la hora de comer.. ¡HASTA AYER! Primeramente, el tiempo de espera; por ende, la falta de platos en la carta que no estaban y que no nos avisaron, en un caso, a la hora de pedir y, en otro caso, 30 minutos después de pedirlo. Precios: abusivos tanto por la cantidad como la calidad. El ajoarriero, según palabras literales: "Aparte de que se olvidaron del plato, la presentación era muy pobre y parecía haberlo sacado de la nevera, además, acompañado de una especie de picatostes que no acompañaban para nada con este plato tan tradicional, cuyo sabor era el de mayonesa con patata y el bacalao lucía por su ausencia". Las patatas bravas, aparte de que estaban poco hechas, la salsa dejaba mucho que desear; parecía los restos sobrantes de una salsa de pasta estilo boloñesa. Teniendo en cuenta la espera, solo nos trajeron 9 olivas para 8 personas repartidas en dos boles y, sabiendo que nos iban a atender o a servir con retraso, no nos pusieron nada más para poder pasar la espera; es más, nos dijeron que nos traerían pan y, aunque finalmente llegó, tuvimos que recordarlo tres veces para que nos lo sirvieran. El pulpo, aunque estaba bien hecho, había más puré de patata que otra cosa y la salsa estaba algo quemada, posiblemente a causa del pimentón. A la hora de pagar la cuenta, tuvimos que levantarnos para pagarla tras avisarles en más de una ocasión y, cabe mencionar, que hubo confusiones con las cuentas de otras mesas. La cocinera, la cual parecía ser la dueña, a la hora de pagar nos cobró el "ajoarriero", dándonos dudosos argumentos expresados con una mala actitud, altiva y, por qué no decirlo, desafiante. Ante este hecho, podemos intuir que, incluso a los/as camareros/as,les supo mal.

Cabe decir que el retraso, provocado debido a la falta de personal en la cocina, podría haberse evitado teniendo en cuenta que había 4 personas en sala sirviendo, cuando tampoco había tanta gente para atender, ni platos disponibles para servir, los cuales podrían haber echado una mano a la cocinera en vez de tener a los/las clientes/as esperando (que además, tardaron para servirnos la bebida). Conclusión: ¡VERGONZOSO! Nos llevamos un mal sabor de boca, ya que creíamos que, debido a las críticas, habíamos acertado con el local. Teníamos unas expectativas que, ni de lejos, se...