Rafa's Opening Hours, Menu and Opinions

Costa Brava Alt Empordà Roses Places to eat

About Rafa's

Sant Sebastia, 56 - 17480, Roses
+34 972 25 40 03

Comment by Bravissima about Rafa's:

Rafa's is an iconic restaurant on the Costa Brava, located at Sant Sebastia, 56, CP 17480, known for its exceptional quality of fresh fish and seafood. Customers emphasize the attention to product quality and the simplicity in the preparation of their dishes, which enhance the quality of the ingredients used. Rafa and Rosa have managed to create a welcoming and family-friendly atmosphere, making each visit memorable.

  • Dishes made with fresh, seasonal ingredients.
  • Exceptional service and personalized attention from Rafa and Rosa.
  • Cozy environment, perfect for sharing with family or friends.
  • Carefully selected wine list and delicious homemade desserts.
  • It is recommended to make a reservation as the restaurant has only 6 tables.

Although prices can be high due to the quality of the product, customers agree that the culinary experience is priceless and well worth every euro. A must-visit if you are in the area!

Opening hours

  • Monday: Cerrado
  • Tuesday: 9:15–24:00
  • Wednesday: 9:15–24:00
  • Thursday: 9:15–24:00
  • Friday: 9:15–2:00
  • Saturday: 10:00–2:00
  • Sunday: 10:00–17:00

Rafa's: Reviews

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Ramon Sadornil Rivera 02/06/2022

Fantastic experience: Amazing fish / a great fish

Fran C 01/06/2022

Fantastic experience: Great fish & seafood! Only grilled but high quality raw material that's amazing. Only 6 tables. A nice wine list & very good homemade desserts.

Estefania periañez 01/06/2022

Fantastic experience: Perfect restaurant Rafa and Rosa are great and their genre is spectacular. No matter what you ask, it always has incredible quality. I am delighted to have found this site. Kisses from Navarra
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Hervé Grand 02/05/2022

Fantastic experience: Excellent and economical there
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zouzou so 02/05/2022

Fantastic experience: Very well. Excellent tapas.
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Oscar Taragines 02/05/2022

Fantastic experience: Excellent. The best fresh fish.

DYR 01/05/2022

Fantastic experience: Excellent restaurant, excellent service, fresh produce, very good seafood and fish. Not to miss.
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Ivan eldemonipelut 01/05/2022

Fantastic experience: Roses Can Rafa's. Best experience.

Mikel Montserrat 01/05/2022

Fantastic experience: 5 stars without discussion. Restaurant that does not look like it, but that has a maximum product quality. It has no fixed letter, they tell you what they have fresh of the day. Everything is extraordinary. Enough wine list. Price according to quality, but worth it. Better to book, it has few tables. Good service, all very homemade.
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Francisco Hernandez Casas 10/04/2022

Fantastic experience: Great bar with a great terrace and an even better treatment, highly recommended to come here for a drink or a meal.
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Paula Montero García 04/04/2022

Fantastic experience: A bar that has resurfaced in style. Excellent place, great food and an unbeatable treatment by this great family. Always trying to make you feel at home.
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Maria Salom Serra 01/04/2022

Fantastic experience: All very well, quality fish and very well served.

Peter Largo 26/03/2022

Fantastic experience: Fantastic place to get together with family or friends. Lots of space both inside the restaurant and on the terrace, with enclosure and stoves, it is very good both in winter and summer, they always put good tapas with the drink, and above all highlight the professionalism and friendliness of its staff. The latter is the great detail why one always prefers to go here rather than other places. 100% RECOMMENDABLE !!!
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noelia vazquez 19/02/2022

Fantastic experience: Unbeatable service. The place is quiet and the food is very good, tasty and good quantity, the joy of the employees every day is remarkable.
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Marcos Gamella 01/02/2022

Fantastic experience: Great place to meet with family or friends and share a good time. Good menu to share. Good service. It has a terrace. It closes Sunday afternoon and Monday.
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Francesc Buchaca 02/11/2021

Fantastic experience: Good product and made to order
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hotel triton 02/11/2021

Fantastic experience: Great

Dolors Serrats 14/09/2021

Fantastic experience: Very good everything, perfect place and very good treatment
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Maria Rosa Torres 27/08/2021

Positive experience: We come advised, we already knew that it was biting but it is true that it is a good product and it is well made. It would be good if they more or less told you the price of the kg of the products to get an idea. Or they have the board outside with the price of kg to get an idea. To give you an idea 106e (anchovies, monkfish, rooster of san pedro and two slices)
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M Carmen Gomez Molina 07/08/2021

Fantastic experience: All very good. To repeat

Josep M Serra 02/08/2021

Fantastic experience: Cullonut as always and a lot Kind
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Anna Llatjós 01/08/2021

Fantastic experience: Super attentive service and spectacular food
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Josep Maria Casals Roy 01/08/2021

Fantastic experience: In Paris Notre Dame, in Florence Il Duomo, in Barcelona the Sagrada Familia and in Roses can Rafa's the temple of fresh fish and seafood par excellence, a reference on the Costa Brava continue with the same philosophy of the first day they saw the light there for the 80s, congratulations on your excellent work. Rosa, Rafa ... Rafa, Rosa are some cracks.
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Esther Sanchiz 01/08/2021

Fantastic experience: Fantastic !!! All the fish and seafood of the highest quality and cooked to perfection point. We will be back for sure
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Pau Casals 01/08/2021

Fantastic experience: If this was the meeting point of FERRAN ADRIA and all the geniuses who came out of that kitchen since its origin in the 70's there is no need to add anything else. It's simple: Fresh fish and seafood of the highest quality, always in season, chosen and cooked by the great Rafa. Whoever is looking for the best dish in quality and is willing to pay for it should not look for more. Your attention to the product is priceless. If this was the meeting point of FERRAN ADRIA and all the geniuses that came out of that kitchen from their origin in the 70s, nothing more needs to be added. It's simple: Fresh fish and seafood of the highest quality, always in season, chosen and cooked by the great Rafa. Whoever is looking for the best quality dish and is willing to pay for it should look no further. Their attention to the product is priceless. If this was the meeting point of FERRAN ADRIA and all the geniuses who came out of that kitchen from its origins in the 70's, there is nothing more to add. It's simple: fresh, high-quality fish and seafood, always in season, chosen and cooked by the great Rafa. Whoever is looking for the best quality dish and is willing to pay for it should look no further. Your attention to the product is priceless.
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Ana BF 07/07/2021

Fantastic experience: Fresh fish and seafood, delicious. We really enjoyed a Gall de SantPere. And rich desserts. Be careful, the price, according to the market, but it is understood by quality ... They recommended it to us and with good reason!
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Arnau Marti 02/07/2021

Fantastic experience: A very good classic
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Patrick Pochon 01/07/2021

Fantastic experience: Fish and seafood restaurant recommended by the hotel. No frills but wise service. Very good pick even if the final bill exceeded our budget. The fish were all beautiful. Monkfish (I'm not normally monkfish) grilled down to the second. Fresh anchovies, shrimps and other small cuttlefish fallen from the table of the Gods. A fruity but dry terra Alta white grenache with just the necessary fat so as not to make it cloying. A dinner that we will remember. Unfortunately, no photos to share with you
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Mon Mar 01/07/2021

Fantastic experience: Excellent. Product and service quality. As always. Essential. Price according to market.
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Javier Trias 02/06/2021

Fantastic experience: The best fish you can try in addition to very nice staff
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Michel Dis 02/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Very good product
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Josep Rosanas 02/06/2021

Fantastic experience: For the product, for its naturalness and for the appropriate way of cooking it. Excellent.
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Laia Vélez 02/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Our favorite restaurant for eating seafood or grilled fish and 1st quality products. Insuperable.
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Juan Jose Jimenez Aragon 02/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Fresh and well prepared local fish, very correct family treatment, correct quality and price, I will visit them again.
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Concha Deive Cagiao 02/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Fresh fish !! Rafa and Rosa very nice Recommendable !!
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Rosa Maria Coma 02/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Very good, excellent fish quality
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Joaquim PA 02/06/2021

Fantastic experience: The best fish
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Josep C 01/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Brutal. Excellent product and all very well prepared. Despite going on a rampage, neither the maitre nor the chef lost their smile at any point. We will be back every time we are in the area.
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Ernest Sabatés 01/06/2021

Fantastic experience: If you are looking for top quality fresh fish, excellently cooked (grilled) is your restaurant. That if, you have to be aware that this is not cheap. Unbeatable treatment of Rafa and his wife. We will repeat for sure!
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Patrik Giacobbo 01/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Fish prepared in the simplest way, perfectly brought to the point, and the best tomato salad I've ever eaten. The meal was accompanied by an excellent white wine. Everything was just perfect. A must for fish lovers! Very nice and courteous service. I would particularly like to emphasize the chef who told me everything about the origin and method of preparation of the fish. Ah yes, Rafa's is definitely not for the package tourist and people who like to bake fish.
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eva a 01/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Can Rafas is a classic from Roses, where you know that you will always eat well because the main thing is the quality of the product. It also has the best iron. Everything comes from Cap de Creus except the rail clams. We take squid from potera and San Pedro. Desserts are excellent. And also to be able to chat with Josep (he also responds if they call him Rafa) is to chat with a living legend. The price is high.
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RZC 01/06/2021

Fantastic experience: Like every summer, it is essential to go. Super good quality, the price is somewhat high because the fish is worth it. Super recommended to try the seasoned tomatoes. Usually they are quite busy, but even so the treatment is still super correct. Highly recommended
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Maria Montero 11/09/2020

Positive experience: Fine without further ado! I've removed it from my favorites. Of 6 shrimps 2 very fresh, the rest... the same with the escamarlans and the oysters! For me it has dropped compared to what it had been!
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pere bago 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Excellent product and kitchen
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Anna cabada escandon 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Excellent !!!! Thanks Rafa and Rosa for your attention.
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Nacho Monge 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Great fish and great deal, desserts ok. Let yourself be advised, it is a product, product and product site. Somewhat expensive, € 50/60 per person
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Abeja AMaya 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Delicious
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Daniel Pagès 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Better fish in roses you will not find safe. Salad of the best tomato you can eat if it is season
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José Luis Cabañero Gutiérrez 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Excellent local. Magnificent product and perfect elaboration. Congratulations
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Xavier Insa Melero 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: The best fish in Roses
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Jordi Arimany montanyà 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: No one works the grilled fish like Rafa. It's a small place and you eat the product of the day. It's not cheap but it's worth it. Totally recommended.
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Yigal Lenti 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: As always, impeccable seafood that never defrauds!
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xavier gomez sivilla 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Fantastic, as always!
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Laia Umbert 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Spectacular !! Fresh fish, cuisine and authentic service.
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Andreu 02/06/2020

Fantastic experience: quality, service

Don Warrington 01/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Spectacular little fresh fish resto. Best squid I have ever eaten.
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Arantxa Reus 01/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Product, product and more product. Simple elaborations that enhance the raw material. I can not highlight any particular dish because it would demean the rest and they were all top.
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Lucia Sanz 01/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Only grilled fish and seafood of excellent quality, good value for money and great attention from the staff.
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Oriol Pipó 01/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Very good food Treat simple but perfect raw material. High price but quality is worth it.
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Bojan Semen 01/06/2020

Fantastic experience: I was travelling back from the Salvador Dali museum and stopped in this little charm of the city called Roses, Spain. Me and my girlfriend went for a dinner at Rafa’s and our taste buds went crazy... Worth every penny. They were nice, helpful, Rafa’s grill is 10/10, the wife is super sweet. Rock on lovely people. If I may suggest a lovely dinner for two, just take a look at the pictures.

Cesc Segura 01/06/2020

Fantastic experience: The best plate of Roses and surroundings. Fresh fish and great product control. A living legend!
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Carla Vidal 01/06/2020

Fantastic experience: It's worth it. Very good quality product worked. The price is very high but it is worth it. Without excess and eating great between 50 and 60 € per person. The height service. What we have tried and everything very recommendable: squid, clams, tomato salad and Rogers.
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Xavi Gamez Imbert 01/06/2020

Fantastic experience: Grilled fish, prawns, anchovies and grilled excellence. High price but few sites access this first material.
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annick ensargueix 02/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Excellent quality.
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Teresa 02/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Great, a 10/10 a place to go back
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Antonio de la Nuez Latorre 02/06/2019

Fantastic experience: A mythical and indispensable place every time we come to Roses
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Lluis Rodriguez 02/06/2019

Fantastic experience: A 5 star restaurant
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Mireia Reyero 02/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Master of ironing and fish
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Laure Angelo 02/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Exceptional, only fresh and homemade products
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Javier Sanchez 02/06/2019

Fantastic experience: The best iron in the world. FRESH Fish and seafood of the day.
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Ascension Ripoll Diaz 01/06/2019

Fantastic experience: All delicious, with quality. High price, but we are talking about fresh fish and seafood
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Sandra medina 01/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Ideal

Jordi García Valero 01/06/2019

Fantastic experience: The best quality of the ironed fish. A marvel.
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Klaus Schreiner 01/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Great place for seafood

Laraine Schreiner 01/06/2019

Fantastic experience: Fantastic Fish and Service as always

Josefa Diez Bernabeu 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Good cuisine, professional staff and an expensive but great grilled fish.
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Gerard Castells Ballabriga 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Restaurant with very fresh fish
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Begoña Mancebo 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Fresh fish. There is what they have in the market
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Berna Zuloaga 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Everything great, luxury fish, well prepared and very friendly. Totally recommended
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Carmen Cruañas 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Excellent Product
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Ismael Casanovas 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: The best restaurant in the Alt Empordà !! Brought by two great people, Rafa and Rosa, thanks for cleaning me the Sant Pere's cock so well.
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david andreu 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Very good, but the price is high. I would not say expensive, but having dinner will cost € 50 quietly
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Maria Tarradas Alemany 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Excellent product and personal treatment.
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Ramón Francisco Blanes Castillo 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Spectacular
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Josep Maria Poch Ymbert 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Restaurant recommended for lovers of fresh fish, from the fish market of Roses to the plate, passing through the grill of Rafa
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Mr. Krowz (BALA) 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Perfect

Jaime Gil 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Excellent products and a very close treatment.
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F.G. 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: very friendly, fresh fish, very good
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Oriol Altisench Vives 02/06/2018

Fantastic experience: Very good. Just fish. Interesting cellar. It is expensive not expensive
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Dejan Donev 01/06/2018

Fantastic experience: The best seafood we have ever had. So simple and so great, baby squid and shrimps and razor clams were amazing. We travel all the time just to try food everywhere and this is the best seafood so far. No menu. Who cares and needs one when the food is seafood on a grill no need for a menu. Prices are reasonable for the quality. Owner cooks all the food himself and wife is waitress. Nice nice people. Will fly back from Croatia sometimes just for this food. Ferran Adria highly recommends this place and he knows food :).

Gerard Darnes 01/06/2018

Fantastic experience: The best fish plate on the Costa Brava. High quality product and in a peculiar place.
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carlos camps 02/06/2017

Fantastic experience: Poseidon himself would sit on raffles to eat. Nobody like handle grilled fish and seafood like him - Even Poseidon would sit in rafas to eat, no one like him handles the grilled fish and seafood

Kiko Meana 02/06/2017

Fantastic experience: Market fish, fresh and Mondays closed because there is no sale logically!
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mr snow 02/06/2017

Fantastic experience: First of all: we were not simple guests. Four seasoned guys who had just visited some tapas bars and had consumed wine and tapas, reached Rafa's cigar-smoking and took seats in the outdoor area. After welcome and doubtful request of the waitress if we knew what Rafa's was, we could start: we ordered for offer (menu and specific prices are not) 2x sea bass, 1x scorpion fish and 1x white tuna. In addition there was fresh crunchy salad and bread. The starters were olives and mussels in white wine. Two bottles of rose wine and two bottles of water rounded off the dinner, framed by our Cuban cigars. The fresh fish was cooked to perfection. Especially sea bass and scorpion fish (whole fish) were phenomenal. For tuna (cooked in small steaks) garlic and oil dominated a bit too much. The wine was corresponding and with about 17 euros per bottle not priced. Overall, our dinner with about 180 euros in the price-enjoyment ratio was cheap! Recommended for fish gourmets for whom the product is in the foreground! There is fish, fish or seafood - but in exceptional quality!
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Guillem 02/06/2017

Fantastic experience: The best fresh product of Roses. Choose a good fish and you will enjoy infinitely. One tip, try the tomato.
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MisterDrap 01/06/2017

Fantastic experience: Excellent food, great treatment. All fresh fish really and very well served. What does not seem normal to me is the price of some things, but apparently it is because winning fame has raised prices a lot, estimating € 40-50 per person. (Without wine) in my case some delicious squid of entree, (attached photo) € 21, the wild sea bass was huge, it was worth for two, but it was € 42 for 700 Gr of Lubina. (€ 61 per kg) I think he deserves it, but we have apparently raised prices in recent years because they are famous to eat there.
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Татьяна Ахтямова 02/06/2016

Fantastic experience: The best restaurant) Grilled seafood, lick your fingers) I recommend it to everyone! !!
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