Café la Palmera — Restaurant in Xaló

Coffee only review. Spotted another sign that promised good coffee. On the window it reads, Freshly Roasted Beans. This made my coffee lovers heart beat faster. Here’s my two cents. I am not sure this place is new, but service was a bit off. We waited a long time before somebody came over to take our order. The table setting is off an uncomfortable. There are big round tables that take up a lot of space. We ordered caffe con leche, and flat whites (yes they have flat white on the menu). First impressions, I thought the coffee was not going to be good as it looked very milky. But(!), it really had a great taste. The taste was dark, with a slight hazelnut aftertaste, very pleasant. No acid fruity aftertaste. Prices of the coffee are “high” compared to other places in the area. For a cortado - two cafes further you’d pay € 1,15. Here the flat white was €2,60. Still not regular big city coffee prices but higher than you may expect. It’s true, there was a bit too much milk in the flat white but overall I’d score the coffee a 7 out of 10. We didn’t taste the food or cakes. End score, good neighborhood coffee for the...

Visited today after hearing a lot of good things about the place. The menu was very vague, I ordered a green smoothie which didn’t have description of what was actually in the smoothies - could’ve asked but personally believe it should be shown on menu. I then ordered ‘strawberry’ pancake, I thought it would be fresh sliced strawberries, nope it was strawberry jam inside if it had advertised it was strawberry jam I wouldn’t have ordered it. Staff member didn’t seem very happy to be there, could’ve been having a bad day which I get. Overall the menu lets it down, would prefer a bit more of description on menu items. Will give it another...

Every time I‘m in Xaló (Jalon) I have to get myself a treat at this café. This visit was my fifth and I haven‘t been disappointed yet. The black tea served in real tea cups (🙂) is so far the best I‘ve ever had in Spain. The creamy homemade cheesecake as well as the chocolate cake melt in your mouth. This time I had a delicous tuna sandwich with mayonnaise accompanied by music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (no rap at this place). If you are looking for a café to feel welcome this café of a nice German/Dutch couple is the place to go to in...