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Bistro Shabby Chic

Bistro Shabby Chic

Carrer Salamanca, 7, 03590, Altea, Spain

Sushi • Pastas • Europeo • Asiático


"We have visited all of the Bistro Shabby chic restaurants many times as we live in Altea and have had nice meals. However we had dinner in the original Old town Atea one on Sunday evening and unfortunately it was not a great experience. It was quite a cool evening and the restaurant was very cold, doors left open no heat on. We had to keep our coats on! The host had a full length wool coat on so I suppose that said it all. I asked for a candle from the waiter to try and give a semblence of heat and atmosphere. You'd expect that to be a given. Foodwise we had bruschetta to share for starter which was not great. It wasn't the nice fresh tomatoes you'd expect and bread was a bit stale. The mains were served and waiter was about to run quickly back downstairs! I just managed to ask for oil/balsamic dressing for my salad before he did!! He never asked did we need them as you would expect or for them to be on the table! He brought me two oils and had to smell them when I told him it was not balsamic but 2 olive oils! As if he didn't believe me! My main cajun chicken was nice but my husband had entrecot it was cooked well but was like leather. (He said it was like a workout for his mouth to eat it. By the time the water came upstairs to ask us if everything was ok we were nearly finished eating. We told him about the steak and the host gave us a dessert to share which was a nice gesture. However a better cut of meat would have been preferible. The two owners of Shabby Chic that we have had the experience of in all of their restaurants before were not there this night. We know they are very attentive and give a very good service and I would imagine they would not be too happy with this review. I hope on reading this they will get their staff to improve on all of the above."