About L'Esculapi
Comment by Bravissima about L'Esculapi:
L'Esculapi is a renowned restaurant located at Plaza Mayor, 1, St. Marti d'Empuries, CP 17130, in the idyllic Costa Brava. With a charming atmosphere and exceptional service, our customers have praised the attention to detail and friendliness of the staff.
The culinary offerings are diverse, featuring exquisite tapas, thin-crust pizzas, and fresh seafood, including the famous calçots. Portions are generous, which has been highlighted by many visitors, as well as the quality of the ingredients used.
With a carefully adorned decor and a terrace perfect for enjoying the surroundings, L’Esculapi has become a preferred spot for both locals and tourists. It is certainly a place that promises a unique dining experience in a spectacular setting.
We recommend making a reservation, as it tends to be quite busy.
Opening hours
- Monday: 10:00–23:00
- Tuesday: 10:00–23:00
- Wednesday: 10:00–23:00
- Thursday: 10:00–23:00
- Friday: 10:00–23:00
- Saturday: 10:00–23:00
- Sunday: 10:00–23:00
L'Esculapi: Reviews
Fantastic experience:
Great place. Nice and competent staff. We had taken a lot of tapas and as soon as the small plates were finished, hop, they took them away to make room. Very good tapas, good atmosphere, perfect. Correct price.
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Fantastic experience: Lovely food and great service
Fantastic experience:
Impressive scenery, exquisite treatment, everything is great. The only problem, having it so far from our house to come back every day, but I'm sure we can fix it.
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Positive experience:
It is not the first time I go to this restaurant. Tastefully renovated interior premises and its terrace located in a cobbled fairytale setting, Sant Martí d'Empúries. Very attentive staff. The weak points I find are in their menu, in the case of pasta dishes there is not much variety and are quite basic, otherwise you can eat almost anything and their desserts are homemade.that if, do not expect cheap prices in their appearance of pizzeria, I think they are a bit high for the quantity and simple preparation of their dishes. Nothing to say about the quality of the raw material as it is really good. I hang the menu and prices as of the day of my post.
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Fantastic experience:
Competent staff very good food. Fair price. We will come back
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Fantastic experience:
Location and ambience perfect, prices a little above average.
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Fantastic experience: Super camping. Spacious camping site. Plumbing and showers are immaculate, one of the best we've experienced. Quiet area despite the many campers and especially child-friendly. An example and therefore recommended.
Fantastic experience: Great service, tasty food. Recommended!
Fantastic experience: Amazing restaurant! Everything was superb - starting with the patatas bravas and then the paella. Combined with a great atmosphere it makes it a must place to go
Fantastic experience:
Super good nice location. Nice food
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Fantastic experience:
A wonderful place to have a drink, and also to eat, a delicacy of food, and very friendly waiters, ideal to go after the beach
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Fantastic experience:
Very good attention. Coastal cuisine fish, paellas, fried assortment and more.
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Fantastic experience:
Everything is excellent: fast service and delicious food and in sufficient quantity to be satisfied. The environment is very idyllic and just a few meters from a beautiful beach where you can enjoy a bath and a pleasant nap.
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Fantastic experience:
Very good restaurant, tasty tapas. Nice personel. Reservation strongly recommended
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Fantastic experience:
Thick, tasty pizzas with good ingredients. The restaurant has a terrace with good views of the town and the interior is cozy. Very fast when serving food that is really appreciated.
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Fantastic experience:
Very good restaurant very welcoming staff very good pizza, pasta dish…. I recommend
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Fantastic experience:
In this square is the Aesculapius, surrounded by good restaurants, but I think it stands out a little above. An extensive menu with quality dishes. Reasonable prices considering the product, its preparation and the location of the restaurant. An impeccable, attentive and close service that stands out for its professionalism. We felt very welcome. Adapted and spacious, with nice decoration. I recommend it PS: We are back and as always very happy, excellent service, perfect service. As always, we recommend it
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Fantastic experience:
Delicious dishes, well located at the end of the path that runs along the entire beach. They took good care of us. Recommendable.
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Fantastic experience:
I go there a lot, both in summer and winter, the food is delicious, the price is not cheap but the quality deserves it. The specialty is the fish that is fresh from the day. For dessert they have a delicious torrija.
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Fantastic experience:
Very good restaurant! With excellent lids. Very fast attention. Quality price is expensive but it must also be said that they have very fresh products like squid or squid. Regarding ambiance and decoration it gives a touch of high purchasing power. It is recommended to have booked in advance as the restaurant is very successful.
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Fantastic experience: I enjoyed an exceptional series of shellfish, smoked sardine and duck pate tapas, along with nice wine. I enjoyed attentive service and tips from Simona who attended my table in a charming manner.
Fantastic experience:
Good food and good views, especially with good company
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Fantastic experience:
It has been perfect, the place, the food, and a fast and professional service. Congratulations !!!! We will repeat
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Fantastic experience: Number 1 in the area very tasty and top service, so friendly
Fantastic experience: Great food. The Tapas was stunning the service brilliant.
Fantastic experience: Delicious food, lovely place to eat and served by nice people. Considering where it is located the prices were reasonable, too. Book ahead.
Positive experience:
Attentive staff, good and plentiful food quality. Professional and attentive service. Exceptional surroundings.
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Fantastic experience:
I love all! The place, the attention and the quality of its food. Safety pin!
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Fantastic experience:
We went to have some pizzas for dinner, and we were surprised by their wide range of tapas. We were served by a very friendly guy who brought us water for our little dog. Very good tapas, and excellent pizzas. We haven't tried the desserts because we were full, but we will be back. I have seen that a table near us ordered a complete plate of seafood. We will return without hesitation.
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Fantastic experience:
Located opposite the bell tower in a beautiful old village 20m from the sea ... The site is obviously very touristy, however "Esculapi" remains a restaurant that respects its customers. The dishes are well presented, delicious and at reasonable prices. Treat your eyesight and your taste buds!
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Fantastic experience:
Very nice hotel completely renovated, swimming pool, parking, bedroom with 2 double beds, new bathroom and walk-in shower, very pleasant half-board, the staff are lovely, located a bit in the center of the city which allows to take advantage of the seafront, to have an aperitif in various cafes, an establishment with very good value for money. To recommend *****
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Fantastic experience: We had a lovely meal here in a picturesque village. The service and food were both of high quality. A must is to go to the ruins d'empúries. This way you will learn more about the history of Sant Marti and the influence that the Greeks and Romans had.
Fantastic experience:
First of all, the (medieval) village where it is located is really beautiful. The place where the restaurant / pizzeria is also. The service is fast and friendly and the dish we ate (salmon / avocado tartare) amazed our palates. Quality / price correct (€ 12) although some say it is expensive compared to other places, but considering the quality it is quite correct.
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Fantastic experience: Very good service and food, will certainly eat there again
Fantastic experience:
Do not stay with that it is a pizzeria The spectacular place, the correct service, the excellent food.
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Fantastic experience: Top
Fantastic experience: Wow, it's well worth a visit the service and food was Great. All 6 of us are going back on Friday. You will not be disappointed.
Fantastic experience:
It's been many years since I've been here and it's still surprising. Great quality as it has been for many years. Highly recommended.
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Fantastic experience:
Great place to have lunch or even dinner after a walk around town...attentive and very helpful...the food is 10!
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Fantastic experience:
Ate super tasty tapas. For children, the dishes are made smaller on request and you pay a little less. Nice location, but it is better to reserve depending on the time.
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Fantastic experience: Delicious pizzas, fish and tapas. Very good service and lovely staff! Recommended: monkfish and salmon
Fantastic experience:
Very good, quick and pleasant service. I recommend the pizzas and the cheesecake;)
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Fantastic experience:
Very good restaurant with delicious tapas and dishes. The service was friendly and the menu was available in several languages. The old town invites you to take a walk afterwards.
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Fantastic experience:
This restaurant is a pure delight for our taste buds ... The tapas are delicious and of extreme finesse ... The meats are extraordinary and the pizzas cooked over a wood fire are to die for A real treat for the taste buds Only one point of pity in my opinion a menu is missing because everything is a la carte I really recommend this restaurant I pictured you some tapas
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Fantastic experience:
I really liked it, it is located at the entrance of Sant Marti d'Empuries and overlooks the Plaça de l'Esglesia which is very beautiful. Despite going in the summer, you can have lunch outside because the building itself shades the terrace. We shared a prawn salad and made a main course each and dessert, we thought it was very good. Walking around is very nice ...
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Fantastic experience: The best pizza ever!!
Fantastic experience:
Great restaurant a great deal we always can not miss a good sourdough pitzza and they are delicious, but for starter some mussels a la marinera great, price well to be a site in Costa, which is very good thanks You can take the dog to the terrace they have and that is fine since my dog always comes with me. I recommend it 100%
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Fantastic experience:
We are very happy to have chosen this restaurant in our visit to Sant Martí d'Empúries. The spectacular food, the impeccable treatment and the very attentive staff. The restaurant is in the town square and is very cozy. Good value for money. Highly recommended
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Fantastic experience:
Excellent location, best food and excellent treatment. From the person in charge to the waitresses, exquisite treatment, the indescribable snails I definitely recommend and the pizzas very rich. Recommended to book as it is always complete. A very competitive price and more being next to the beach. 100% recommended.Thank you Antonio for the attention received.
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Fantastic experience:
After a very pleasant walk through this beautiful town we have been able to enjoy some delicious tapas and pizzas. Very correct and fast service. Ideal for tasting good wine, coffee as good as everything else.
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Fantastic experience:
Cozy and in a magnificent setting. Very good food and many possibilities for dishes and pizzas. The service is excellent and the prices are reasonable. It's worth going there.
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Fantastic experience: Top!!!
Fantastic experience:
Incredibly tasty. The staff very friendly and the dishes very well prepared and fresh product. Something to reproach in any case .... The assortment of seafood arrived at the table a little cold. Otherwise everything was perfect.
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Fantastic experience: If you ask me recommendations for best eating “addas” in Costa Brava, I am definitely going to pick restaurant L’Esculapi at plaza Mayor, L’Escala near Figueres. Hot, veggie, gluten free, thin crust pizza with wine and sparrows (!) for company are guaranteed. One of the few restaurants in Girona which serve grilled Calçot with Romesco sauce. And did I mention the digestive liqueur ratafia which is also served here once you finish your meal? You can walk around the plaza, look at the nearby ancient cathedral and the Greek ruins on your way back. The bay alongside offers good waves and air to sea surfers ♀️ so expect to watch adrenaline rush in adventure seekers during warmer seasons.
Fantastic experience: Had a great time with my family! Great Tamburiñas and tapas in general
Fantastic experience:
A piece of restaurant. Exquisite food and a perfect deal. The first fry, the exquisite monkfish and the perfect duck magret. The staff, despite being many people that day, attentive at all times. Price agreed to quality. You can not ask for that quality and expect to pay what at Mac Donal's
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Fantastic experience: Nice pizzeria: good food, kind waiters, not priced and in a old village with amazing views over the sea.
Fantastic experience: There are restaurants and there is L'ESCULAPI. For everyone's taste, budget and mood. Always perfect food, and friendly personnel. José-Maria and his team are doing great job in all the last years we have been there. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fantastic experience: Great food in a beautiful surronding
Fantastic experience: Definitely try this typical Catalan specialty, Calçots: This spring onion is specifically available in the spring - traditional festivals such as 'Calçotadas' take place during this period. The vegetables are normally barbecued and served with Romesco sauce
Fantastic experience: L'Esculapi is a wonderfully good and cozy family restaurant, Antonio would like to welcome you warmly and does his best to please his guests with children. The food looks great and taste superb. We have been coming here with pleasure for many years. There are more restaurants around this square, but we prefer L'Esculapi. Visited 2019 again and the place is just as wonderful as the food. Go here and enjoy both!
Fantastic experience:
I love!!! The spectacular food, pity not having done more pictures to teach them, quick and friendly attention, some too cordial for my taste, the unbeatable location since you take a lovely walk to get to the restaurant. Highly recommended
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Fantastic experience:
A real treat .. A beautiful place. A very nice welcome. A delicious fideoa. For dessert, dark chocolate and orange ravioli, delicious . I highly recommend this nice restaurant.
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Fantastic experience:
Reserve table because it is always full. Very good dishes Great variety, tapas, pizzas, calzones, etç ...
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Fantastic experience: The best restaurant of our vacation. Superb quality and price, great experience.
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Second year we celebrate the holidays in this magnificent restaurant. A varied seafood menu and delicatessen. The exceptional service and the quality of the meals is unbeatable. It's good to have lunch on the terrace and a treat for the senses
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Fantastic experience:
Good tapas and pizza for reasonable price
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Fantastic experience:
Great service and product offered. We have gone with a small child and a dog, we booked before, and when we arrived we already had the table ready. The first thing they have served us has been the child's food, and then ours. The food is very good and I repeat the great service. My husband has asked for a rice that is minimum for 2 people and when going in low season and having little work (we went at 12), without us asking, the waitress asked the kitchen if they could offer us the product for 1 person and so it has been. A detail that we have not overlooked. Another waitress brought the dog fresh water. Overall very happy with the service and the food.
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Fantastic experience: Really nice athmosphere, superb food and just overall a perfect place to have dinner at the end of the day.
Fantastic experience: Great pizzas!
Fantastic experience: The best pizzas on the Costa Brava. We've been going there for 9 years and the standard hasn't dropped.
Fantastic experience:
It is located in a very nice monumental village. The food is very good especially the rice dishes and the fish. The service has been very friendly at all times.
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Fantastic experience:
Before Easter, we found a cozy place out in the evening under a heated mushroom. In addition to Italian dishes you can also eat tapas very well. 2 families and a total of 14 different tapas were served hot and consecutively, so we could enjoy everything well. Very attentive and friendly service. Each of us 4 people had 2 drinks (wine / beer), we paid something over 100 Euro. That was more than appropriate for the performance. We would like to come again!
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Fantastic experience: Pizza is great
Fantastic experience: Very good pasta!
Fantastic experience: Cool and yummy
Fantastic experience: Nice food
Fantastic experience: Best service and very nice food
Fantastic experience: Excellent food, while they do have much of the standard tapas they have several which are definitely a more modern take on the idea.
Fantastic experience: Amazing food at a very reasonable price friendly pleasant staff, definatly recommend, although Sunday can be busy, inside upstairs an downstairs as well as outside eating, great
Fantastic experience: Very nice food, good wines, fair price All restaurants around are nice but this is our favourite. Service is great. If you treat the ppl well, they treat you same way and better
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It's not cheap but it's very good! During the season they have calçots and the sauce is very good! The assortment of fried as an entree is highly recommended, ideal for sharing. Senyoret rice (parellada type) is also good, portions are abundant so if you are 4, ask for x3. Fast and professional service, weekends are very busy and must be booked. If you can, better to go on weekdays.
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Fantastic experience: Excel·lent
Fantastic experience: Great selection of top quality dishes. The tapas are really nice. Beautiful setting
Fantastic experience:
Great food. Make sure jou have a reservation.
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Fantastic experience: Good food and loads of emporda wines on their menu nice people and Bill Nye lookalike front of house. V good value and nice location
Fantastic experience: Great food and consistently high levels of service for the 15 years that I have visited. Great team...
Fantastic experience: Excellent meal and very nice and sunny and warm.
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Exquisite food. Do not book, it is always full. But it is worth the wait. Totally recommended. Exquisite food. No reservations, always busy. But worth the wait. Totally recommended.
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Fantastic experience: Superb
Fantastic experience: Very good food, nice staff. Good service. Be sure to try out the seafood soup, it was very good. Not too expensive. 5/5
Fantastic experience:
Wow!
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Fantastic experience:
Beautiful location and beautiful food!
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Fantastic experience:
Histical restaurant. Excellent seafood. Very good service.
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Fantastic experience:
Great location & surroundings, great service and fair prices
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Fantastic experience:
Excellent restaurant, helpful and friendly staff, extensive menu and quality products. Very pleasant setting and efficient service.
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Fantastic experience: Lots of different dishes, every single one of them is amazing. Fresh sea food dishes are fabulous. Very good pizzas
Fantastic experience: Aimply amazing ans nice people serving
Fantastic experience: Great food, fast service...
Fantastic experience: Service excellent, marvellous seating outside in the sun (wind protected) and wonderful Tapas. No need for anything more..
Fantastic experience: Very fresh and tasty!!!
Fantastic experience:
Lovely food and service as usual
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Fantastic experience: Very good service. Wonderful tapas. Nice place and view.
Fantastic experience: Amazing atmosphere and food !!!! Service great!!!!
Fantastic experience:
Nice restaurant, good food and people handsome
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