About Casa Juanita
In 1978 Carlos Barreda and Juanita opened El Bodegón, a bar with tapas and a wine cellar in a 17th century building.
Carlos made an oven where food was made for the three tables that were there, while the rest of the place was full of wine barrels. Later Juanita took over, and as the years went by, she took out barrels to make way for more tables, since as a restaurant it was beginning to be known. So the bar with tapas called El Bodegón gradually gave way to the best known restaurant in the area, Casa Juanita.
Apart from the tapas, salads, escalivada and fish were made, which was later extended to meats such as entrecôte or lamb from local shepherds. However, the rock fish is the predominant one in the menu.
The Casa Juanita restaurant is currently run by Jordi Barreda, Juanita's son. In order to introduce changes, Jordi has been adding dishes to the menu, especially in view of the Begur's Gastronomic Fish Campaign, although there are dishes that remain due to their great acceptance, such as Juanita's Andalusian-style salad.
Comment by Bravissima about Casa Juanita:
Casa Juanita, located in the charming Costa Brava (Carrer PI I RALLO, 7 | BAJOS, CP 17255), is a restaurant with a rich history since its establishment in 1978. Known for its specialty in fresh fish cooked in a wood-fired oven, this establishment has won the hearts of seafood lovers due to its quality and attention to detail in every dish.
Diners highlight:
- The quality of the fish and the freshness of its ingredients.
- The friendly and professional service provided by the staff, creating a cozy atmosphere.
- The desserts, including the fantastic cakes and crème brûlée, which are a hit among visitors.
- The unique experience of being able to see the fish being cooked in the wood-fired oven.
Although some reviews mention that prices can be a bit high, many agree that the quality justifies the expense. It is advisable to make a prior reservation due to the small size of the venue and its growing popularity.
Overall, Casa Juanita stands as a must-visit spot in Begur for anyone who enjoys great fish and exceptional service.
Opening hours
- Monday: 9:00–14:30, 17:00–20:30
- Tuesday: 9:00–14:30, 17:00–20:30
- Wednesday: 9:00–14:30, 17:00–20:30
- Thursday: 9:00–14:30, 17:00–20:30
- Friday: 9:00–14:30, 17:00–20:30
- Saturday: 9:00–14:00
- Sunday: Cerrado
Casa Juanita: Reviews
Negative experience: Very poor. A waiste of money and time
Fantastic experience: Really amazing restaurant. They specialize in 1 thing: Fresh Fish from the oven. They'll come by your table to show you the catch of the day that will arrive at your table 20 min later cooked in a woodfire oven with potatoes, onions, tomato, and lots of olive oil... Don't forget to ask for some alioli to go with the meal. In case you have room left... Desserts are awesome too :)
Fantastic experience:
I join the praise, baked fish of 10, but very good tb the entrants, the desserts, the coffee ... When one is good it is good
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They cook fish and meat in an amazing oven. The staff is very nice. I recommend it.
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unmissable place in Begur !! extra fresh fish cooked over a wood fire with such expertise that you have to taste it to believe it !! endearing staff who take care of their customers.
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Very friendly, attentive and discreet staff. Cozy and charming space. Exquisite meal, quality in the product and the elaboration. We really enjoyed it. We will repeat. Correct price.
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Very good fish, recommended if you go to Begur The restaurant is very cool inside .. portions of starters or first just, but the fish or fix everything.
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SPECTACULAR! The treatment is unbeatable and the fish FRESH, very good. Don't miss this traditional restaurant in Begur!
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The best fish in the world. There is no better fish than what they make at home Juanita for everything, the quality, the price, the cooking point and for its incomparable taste. Restaurant pristine simple but spectacular cuisine, to recommend anchovies squid with ham bed and fish of the day. Thanks to the whole team.
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Everything is great. Quality price more than reasonable and super attentive staff, delicious food! We had a small dog with us and there was no problem entering the restaurant. 100% recommendable.
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Unmissable restaurant in Begur for lovers of fresh fish cooked in foil over a wood fire. A delight!
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I loved it, the truth is in first quality fish and everything is fantastic, it stings a little but if you want quality it is what it is
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Spectacular fish dishes cooked over charcoal, delicious. Good deal,
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It is, without a doubt, one of the best places to eat in all of Begur. The exceptional attention, the impressive food (I have to admit that what impressed me the most was the accompaniment of the sea bream that we ate, because we knew that the fish would be great but I couldn't stop talking about how well done everything was) and the Wine was terrific. It may seem like it can be a bit expensive, but it's totally worth it. We will be back
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Very good quality product and a very friendly treatment in a truly beautiful space.
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Great service and perfect food ..... I recommend the calet and the essential octopus.
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Spectacular food!!
Highly recommended, fish baked in the wood oven, with garnish.
Anchovies, and grilled octopus... all great
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Positive experience:
Eating at Casa Juanita has been a very good experience, they have a varied menu but the ideal is to take advantage of eating the catch of the day.
For starters we ordered anchovies and olives.
From Principal to share we ordered a sea bass and an Imperial, the fish were perfectly cooked; the potatoes, onions and tomato were the perfect combination.
To accompany it additionally we ordered the house salad and the house white wine.
Excellent service, space and food.
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If you like fish, this restaurant is a must in Begur. Fresh fish made in a wood oven that they have inside the restaurant itself and you can see how they do it. The service stands out for its kindness and professionalism, I loved the detail of how they explain the fish they have of the day, the type of meat that each one has and once served, the advice to eat it and be able to savor it even more. It is an explosion of sea flavor. As for the desserts, the Catalan cream is one of the best I have ever tasted, spectacular. The place is small and without a terrace, but it has a charm that makes it very special, we will certainly repeat.
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Fantastic experience: All very good! Excellent service and product!
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A mandatory stop for lovers of fish and food. One of the few places where the quality price corresponds to the bream was 1.8kg and the price was € 26 kilo. Fish and fresh cuisine from the market to your plate
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Fantastic experience: Brutal, brutal I brutal.
Fantastic experience: Our favourite restaurant in the world. Exceptional seafood.
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Excellent fish. The chocolate cake deserves to be tried.
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Fantastic experience: Small but cozy everything was exquisite
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Treatment, service and food of 10. Very friendly staff and show kitchen with wood and stone oven. Incredible dorada, very good sonsos and grilled octopus also good. The Catalan cream in my personal top 10. We would repeat, but they reopen in March. The fish have according to season and fishing.
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I am delighted. Not only was I advised of an excellent local wine, but I ate extremely well. Go ahead, it's great
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Very good quality, the treatment is unbeatable and on top of that they take it to your home.
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If you have to eat spectacular fish, it is an obligatory stop, what a marvel of fish cooked in a wood oven. An authentic place with character and traditional cuisine. Excellence . The flavor remains engraved on you, how rich,
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An essential, for its gastronomy and the kindness of the staff. They fall short 5 stars.
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Fantastic experience: Cosy, small restaurant. Very friendly staff. Nice menu with delicious Catalan dishes. The fish baked in the wood oven is especially recommended. Super fresh and baked in a vegetable potato bed recommended! Reservation needed!
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We have eaten luxuriously. The spectacular Fish !!!
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Spectacular fish of the day, cooked over charcoal in a traditional oven. Local with history and very clean. 10 service.
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Wrapped in a cozy 70s style, we have tasted the best baked fish accompanied by exquisite squid with ham. A service of 10. Excellent wine !! We will return whenever we have the possibility !!
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Spectacular. It is worth going, the quality fish and very rich
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Small restaurant dedicated to local fish. Cooked in a wood oven. Spectacular. Excellent service.
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Excellent fish, welcoming environment and helpful and very kind waiters. It might look like a tourist restaurant, it is in the midst of a wide choice of tourist restaurants, but it manages to stand out! If you want to feel even better, call to reserve one of the two tables outside!
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Spectacular place to taste a good fish.
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Excellent. Fresh fish from the region. Reservation essential. Small premises
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Since we met it, it is a mandatory stop in Begur. Fresh fish cooked on the grill. Always all great and very good recommendations from the staff. Better to book.
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Sonsos, grilled bream ... an unbeatable dinner with a spectacular flavor! And the treatment is very pleasant. You can see the quality raw material, without a doubt to repeat!
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Reservation essential. Fresh grilled fish. Highly recommended.
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Fantastic experience: Outstanding restaurant. Amazing fish cooked in a wood fired oven with a great flavor. It is on the pricy side but this seems typical in these kinds of touristic areas. Highly recommended. We enjoyed sitting next to the oven and watching the chef!
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We ate a baked fish of the day. Terrific. Perfect point. To repeat without a doubt.
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A discovery in Begur, all very good !! Great quality of the products they serve. We will repeat
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All the food is super fresh and the fish varies by market. We tried the Molla Negra (rock fish for 4) and delicious! And the way it’s baked with potatoes and onions ... to lick your fingers! We also ordered salad and octopus for starters, as well as delicious octopus. Looking forward to repeating!
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Fantastic experience:
As good as ever. Price approx € 40 / person (fish are already € 20-30 / person). It is worth it
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We ate very well, the Sard (the one we chose) did not surprise for good and more with that flavor that the wood oven gives. Fishing is of the day, very good attention from the staff, recommended! The price is a little high but it is worth it !!!
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Very good service and fish, made in a wood-fired oven.AAAUUUPA
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Spectacular fish. Even the garnish of potatoes, onion and tomato is delicious. Very nice service too. Super recommended.
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The experience at Casa Juanita was amazing, the waiters are super professional, friendly and funny people. The tapas and starters are very tasty and of course the fish is very good. If you are in the area you cannot miss it.
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Fresh fish and a gourmet experience.
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Grilled fresh fish of the day, great. We tried the Pagel and we loved it, also highly recommended were the sonsos and grilled squid or octopus. The site is small and should be reserved.
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Our experience has been very good. Unbeatable attention from the waiters, who were very attentive and pleasant. Really good food, correct value for money. We will definitely be back.
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A small place to enjoy Costa Brava fish cooked in a wood oven with its garnish, spectacular! Whenever we come we leave wanting to come back !! Congratulations !!
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Quite a discovery! We followed the recommendations of the web and we were not disappointed! If what you want is fresh fish and you like the flavors that a good wood-fired oven generates, this is your place. Grilled octopus, homemade croquettes, baked sea bream ... The waiter out of 10 and the unique experience. We will be back
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Very good, everything was super good, we ordered the house salad, roast beef with cod, sea bass and Catalan cream. It is worth eating a fish in this place. All the staff are very nice and they have attended us quickly.
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Extra fresh fish, very attentive service that shares the passion for its product. I highly recommend this restaurant but don't forget to book 1 or 2 days before during the summer, they are a victim of their success.
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The food really great, the fish cooked in the wood oven, has a completely different flavor, the staff really very kind, attention to detail, I highly recommend
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Unbelievable ! Superb welcome and the meal was a treat! Calamari with ham and sea bream (1 starter and 1 main course for two more than enough). Price a little above average but it is well deserved!
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One of the best restaurants on the Costa Brava where you can taste the best fish in the area and cooked in a wood oven. A classic in Begur
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Spectacular, scallops courtesy of the house, salad, squid with Iberian ham and wild sea bream! A year later, I add photos and continue with the 5!
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The best fresh fish on the Costa Brava, presented by the waiter and cooked in a wood oven in front of you. If you go through Begur or nearby, reserve a table. They are very friendly
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Whenever I can I sneak out to eat at Juanita's house. Since more than 30 years. The wood-fired fish is spectacular. The price-quality ratio is fine.
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Spectacular Gracias jordi for dinner from yesterday to the Nights September 20, 2019
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Excellent grilled and baked food with firewood, that flavor that fish leaves you with that soft and delicate meat with potatoes, the extremely delicious homemade dessert has 3 homemade options inside the desserts, the service very well and Very professional and pleasant waiters, we will be back is a place to repeat
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Indispensable Essential restaurant in Begur, which you cannot miss ~ Fresh fish cooked in the oven of high quality.
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Restaurant very warm and very good food. The best the fish. They bring fresh to you so you choose the piece and make it to the oven to work with wood that is inside the premises. Starters and desserts also of great quality. Ideal for a special occasion.
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A place to eat really well: the best cooked fish you can try, the exquisite treatment, the quiet atmosphere, and although here you come to eat good fish, any entree will make you wait more pleasant. Highly recommended and a must for any visit to Begur: both the town and this restaurant already deserve a getaway to this corner
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Essential place if you want to enjoy a fresh rock fish in a wood-fired translation oven. Highly recommended!
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Restaurant with very good menu of FRESH fish. Few tables, traditional restaurant, all very well presented. Highlights The timbale is staggered and cod. Also very well then squid with Iberian ham. Dessert Catalan Cream. Reservation is essential. A delight for the person who likes to go to the market, buy fish and others.
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Restaurant with the best fresh fish of Begur but of Gerona. Environment that takes you1 century ago with its wood oven. If or if you have to start with the Andalusian-style salad of Juanita, and continue with the grilled squid on a bed of Iberian ham or grilled octopus. And of course you should not miss the opportunity to take the fresh fish cooked in the wood-fired oven. From the scorpion fish to the rascassa, from the grouper to the rooster or to the morruda. Whatever they have, it's worth it. Recommended step by step, an obligation to go every 2 months.
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Very good attention from the staff and very good fresh baked fish. DELICIOUS! We were very tired from work and very late and very kindly adapted to all our needs and requests, some quite strange, I recognize it. How to pay in advance and to be served according to the budget paid (with business cards). Really, a 100% recommended site.
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Excellent! Highly recommended, the food is very good, at a reasonable price and according to the quality they offer. The restaurant is small and cozy, with a friendly and professional service, we will return for sure!
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Casa Juanita is the typical restaurant that you enter thinking that it is one thing and you end up surprisingExcellent cuisine !! Fish is their specialty because it is grilled. They always have several freshly caught fish and above all that explain it so well! That you would eat them all. Presented in a tray based on potatoes and onions mmm ... delicious !! Super recommended !!!
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A spectacular place with lots of warmth. Very small so it's better to try to book. The menu focuses on fresh fresh fish that comes to teach according to what they have every day and according to market price. It's been years ago the grill with onion and potatoes. It's spectacular. We ate a delicious sea bass. To accompany a salad (€ 18 for a salad plate with lettuce and tomato for two I found a little exaggerated). Despite being a bit slow, the very pleasant treatment.
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Good fish in the wood oven. Highly recommended Good service and good treatment
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40th birthday gift. What fish !!! I still think it and my mouth water. I have read reviews of people complaining about price. When they teach you the fish, because if they are taken in a tray, they tell you about each one and the price for RACIO! Not for kilo. We opted for a kiss (€ 30 / punch). Car I do not know, but we paid it very much, because at least taste and tenderness was worth it! For the same price you pay a rice broth with 1 broiler to be shared at least with someone else. I fried fish as a delicious starter. The salad of the house the best I have ever eaten! For two people we went, the salad, half fish ration and the two portions of beef, drinks more than enough (and we are eating a lot!). The dessert we shared was full that we were. Everything, € 93. We did not find it expensive for quality and quantity. In summary: highly recommended. Thanks for the experience. The staff also great, thanks !!
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Delicious fish made with wood-fired potatoes, we really enjoyed it. Rustic place in the center of Begur, very nice. I agree with some opinions that the service is a bit slow and the price is a bit expensive but we loved it anyway.
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Excellent restaurant in Begur if you want to eat baked fish. The chef explains the different kinds of fish he offers, it's original but above all very good. To do again without hesitation next time we come back
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One of the classics of the Costa Brava, it continues to have an excellent salad and an exceptional fresh fish made in emcina wood oven. The service is still magnificent even if Juanita is not at the front. A marvel to enjoy in our north-east Spain
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We ordered: an octopus starter, two fish for 5, white wine, water and a dessert to share. Just great. The fish were incredible. Totally recommendable
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If you like to eat fresh fish of mile 0 (To make a simile with food km 0 but as it is marine it must be zero mile) without much collonadas and baked in oak wood oven this is the best place I know. Scratching is bestial!
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Fantastic experience: The fish was very tasty!
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Very good place to dine with full respect for the product. When you sit down they show you the fish of the day and from there it is chosen based on preferences. The menu is not very extensive, the star product being the wood-fired fish (with potato, onion, roasted tomato, etc.) well seasoned. To get a snag, to want to try more dishes on the menu, we ordered a half portion of grilled octopus, thinking that if they included that option on the menu it was because the full portion was abundant: I don't know what the full portion will be like, but the average It included 5-6 portions of octopus: not recommended to order half a portion, but only for quantity, because it was very well done. Otherwise, it is not a very large restaurant, so it is advisable to reserve a table.
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Fantastic restaurant, lovely foos
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An atypical and excellent restaurant in the heart of the village of Begur. His specialty: fish of the day cooked in a wood oven in a foil. The owner shows you the fish, explaining their origin, the number of parts and the price. Friendly service, the tapas are good and generous. Please note: small room therefore reservation required, sometimes several days in advance.
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Very good. As you look at the menu, they bring you a tray of the fish of the day, tell you what each fish and prices are like, and choose what you like best. Also, if you are in the dining room at the entrance you can see how the fish is cooked in the wood oven. 100% recommended. Perfect value for money. Yesterday we had dinner two starters: sounds and plum pate. Second hand fish. Two glasses of white wine and a bottle of water. All for € 63
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First class fish, with an exquisite elaboration simmered in an oak oven. A pleasure on the palate. Cozy and familiar atmosphere. Perfect deal. Price according to quality.
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Positive experience:
Neighborhood greengrocer and friendly service.
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Just great !!! Fresh fish cooked to perfection with oak wood oven. Small, cozy and very good value for money. Do not be fooled by the appearance.
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