Balazs Jokan

One of the best in the area! Next to the beach! Amazing, tasty food, good to try!

Angelina Rzhevkina

The restaurant is the best choice if you want to try authentic good quality paella. It was very good compared to the other ones we have tried. I recommend coming early because by the end of the day they run out of fish and you have very limited choice of paellas and appetiser.

Oscar Mendoza

Excellent food in lovely surroundings overlooking the sea. The staff are friendly and helpful.

Eduardo Naum

A local told me about this restaurant and he was right. The very best sea food and paeja restaurant. Highly recommended.

+2

Marc Morissette

Been wanting to try La Ponderosa for a long time and finally did. We, as fideuá lovers all said that this was the best we have eaten! Subtle but flavourful and the seafood done to perfection. Very nice atmosphere with sea views. Will be back!

José Ramón Venero Matanzas

This was my third visit to this spectacular restaurant, and it did not disappoint. It boasts a wonderful menu and a select list of wines. The quality and taste of the food were superb, as was the restaurant's service. It is located on the beach road so the views are beautiful. The only downside is that in High Season, parking is challenging.

Maggie Connolly

Had the Beef Tenderloin grilled with pepper sauce it was fantastic!! Melt in the mouth ! The French fries were cooked to perfection and the small green cooked peppers were very tasty. The wine was also excellent. We had not booked but the found us a table. The service and the staff was excellent a great place to eat, with a nice view of the ocean as well.

Guillermo Mosquera Fernandez

Amazing place! Close to the beach and amazing food for a good price. 100% recommended

Rubén Lozano Martínez

It is amazing. Fresh food, great service and the best views.

Shannon Millard

Wonderful goat cheese salad!! Must order when you go to share. Lovely view right off the beach

Bien ubicado, con estilo, bellos espacios y decoración y un servicio profesional. Estuvimos en la terraza que aunque sombría en invierno a la hora de la comida (nos lo advirtieron), es pequeña y agradable. La comida rica, buenos vinos y detalle de chupito al finalizar. Una buena experiencia para repetir.

+2

De nuevo una pequeña referencia para seguir hablando de la calidad del producto. Rico rape y buenísima ensaladilla. Empiezo diciendo que nos encanta comer aquí pero el jueves nos llamó la atención el servicio de dos camareras y las prisas que tenían. Pedimos entradas de tomate con hueva y mojama, sepionet y luego un arrocito. Estábamos tan a gusto con las entradas, muy ricas que nos vienen con el arroz y queriendo quitar los platos sin haber terminado. Avisé que esperara a una de ellas pero la otra insistía con el arroz, así que su compañera pretendía llevarse el plato con un poco de hueva y me obligó a repartir el sepionet porque traía ya los platos de arroz y no cabía todo porque la mesa era pequeña. Sinceramente, no nos gustó y no es el modo en que funciona este Rte. Espero que les den un toque para no acelerar a los comensales ya que tampoco había tanta gente. Por lo demás estaba todo muy rico menos ls leche frita que no nos convenció y era la primera vez que la pedíamos.

+6

Nos gustó muchísimo este sitio con vistas al mar. Esta justo en frente de la playa de El Campello y si estas en terraza tendrás las mejores vistas. Muy rico el arroz negro y el pulpo también espectacular. Buen servicio en general y muy buen ambiente sobre todo.

+6

Sitio exquisitamente ubicado en la playa de Muchavista. Instalaciones muy buenas y una terraza que te hace querer escuchar el mar. Existen pocas pero razonables opciones vegetarianas pero diría que no recuerdo opciones veganas. Nos habían recomendado el sitio y la verdad que se come muy bien. Todo nos gustó, todo estaba razonablemente bien. Sin embargo trabajan con turnos de comidas, lo que condiciona los tiempos y la experiencia. Parece que está todo planificado como un restaurante de comida rápida. Desde que nos sentamos hasta que pagamos pudieron pasar poco mas de 40 minutos. Nuestra sorpresa fue a la hora de pedir cuenta. No esperábamos un precio de sitio de menu del día, pero tampoco algo que se acercase a un menú degustación de un restaurante de alta cocina. Y eso que no pedimos vino, y apenas 2 consumiciones. Dicho lo cual, y teniendo en cuenta el precio, existen lugares en Campello/San Juan que ofrecen similar calidad (nunca podríamos decir ya que es algo bastante subjetivo) a un precio bastante mas ajustado.

+1

El sitio está muy bien ubicado, en la planta de arriba puedes comer al lado de la ventana con buenas vistas. La comida no es nada del otro mundo, la ensalada es muy básica, la sepia es escasa y cara, la paella de marisco estaba bien, pero tampoco es nada del otro mundo. Por el precio que tiene hay opciones mucho mejores 😉 El servicio un poco lento pero había bastante gente.

Buen restaurante. En general todo bastante rico y buena atención. Es recomendable llamar para reservar. No le doy 5* porque tampoco hay nada que sea extraordinario. Sí volveremos.

Restaurante donde solo merece la pena ir para comer arroz y nada más, el resto de platos/entrantes te puedes ahorrar pedirlos. Probé los arroces a banda con gallina de roca y arroz con bogavante y estaban espectaculares. Por otro lado, también probé de entrantes las croquetas, los calamares y las vieiras. Las croquetas eran de las congeladas y costaba comerlas y los calamares y vieiras muy normalitos, sin más. La gallina si eres muy especialito/a, también te la puedes ahorrar, es pescado y no me gustó mucho, al igual que al resto de los que fuimos. Por último, de postres me gustaron la crema catalana y el coulant de chocolate. La atención fue correcta con algún pequeño matiz insignificante y se recomienda reservar. Tocamos a 50€ por persona, aunque si se pide arroz exclusivamente esta media bajará un 30-35%. Lo recomiendo.

+3

En la playa de San Juan, en el mismo centro. Junto a las vías del Tranvía y la playa. Muy bonito y bien organizado, pese a que estaba a tope de gente. Mi experiencia no fue especial desde el punto de vista de la comida. Un arroz un poco insípido, como plato principal. Además varios otros entrantes, ensaladillas, queso, foie. No es barato, pero tampoco exagerado para lo que ofrecen.

+6

La verdad es que teníamos ganas de probarlo y no ha decepcionado. Buena ubicación decoración y vistas. La atención de 10. Entrantes tomate Muchamiel con ventresca lo más flojo (5/10) los boquerones rebozados de 10, almejas 8/10 la salsa verde muy bien ligada. Arroz para 4 verduras con magro bien de cantidad y calidad 8/10 Los postres tarta de queso cremosa (la base quizás más dura) granizados de café con helado de turrón muy ricos Repetiremos

+1

Geert Morthier

We had an 'arroz de verduras' (vegetarian paella) on 30 July at 13h30. It was already the 3rd time in 2 years that we went to this restaurant and had this vegetarian paella. It has always been excellent. The waitresses are very friendly and the service is perfect. As it was a hot summer day, I also had a sangria and that was also close to perfect.

MLC Mose

Paella "a Banda" very good. I do not give 5 stars because the service was slow to serve drinks, we had to ask many times. True also the place was very busy.

Yaroslava Selivanova

Octopus was and paella was ok, nothing special. For every guest they give a bread for 1 euro even thought you don’t want it.

Excellent fresh food. We ate outside, on the terrace which was great considering it is November. Food is a little pricey but very nice. We had a light lunch, a couple of starters to share, sea bass a…

Excellent fresh food. We ate outside, on the terrace which was great considering it is November. food is a little pricey but very nice. We had a light lunch, a couple of starters to share, sea ba…

Fuimos para recordar la típica sarsuela de pescado y marisco. En entrante tomamos una salada, calamares a la andaluza y la ensaladilla. Todo correcto sin más. Nos sirvieron en 1 sarsuela (39,5€) 3 langostinos, 3 gambas rojas, 2 o 3 almejas, calamar y un trozo de merluza, todo con mucha salsa. esperábamos algo más de variedad de pescado en una Sarzuela de pescado y marisco La sangria muy buena. Local bien, servicio muy correcto.

Peter Lambrose

This is a good paella place, but I forgot to take a picture of what we got. They are somewhat limited in terms of veggie options for paella, which is to be expected. But you were only able to order one per table. This was very annoying, a group of 5, we should be able to order at least 2 different ones. The starters were fine, nothing to throw fireworks about. The paella was quite good, but then again for the price it should be. It was an unfortunate experience for us this time around. But it is a decent place.

+1

Cole Soutter

This is a really wonderful restaurant. We have liked going here for a long time and the whole family of my wife have come here for years. We went here recently and the food was delicious, but this new policy that you can only order a single rice per table instead of 1 between 2 probably means we will go elsewhere in the future. Part of the charm of this place was being able to order more than one and be able to share, especially if treating guests who are visiting to their first arroz in Alicante. Until this changes, we will probably go to another restaurant sadly, it's very disappointing and we otherwise love the staff, the food and the ambience.

Paulina_J

Very nice location with see view. Inside area air-conditioned. Multilingual menu with clear indication of the type of ingredients is definitely a plus… but… Food: starters and main course was average as for it price. We ordered risotto and it was very, very salty and with very little sea food inside. The service was not checking on us (except removing used plates) so no chance to exchange about the experience. In my view expensive and average restaurant.

M.

Its ok. Paella was dissapointing as for 3 people was quite few. Nice but woukd not repeat. We paid 105€ for an apetizer of octopus+cheese+2bottle of wine+2 of water+paella.

Els M

Unfortunately, the presence of two waitresses made us feel unwelcome. They were completely disinterested, unfriendly, and unwelcoming. They even cleaned the sole we ordered without asking if we wanted to do it ourselves. As a result, very little of the fish was left. Warm vegetables were almost cold, and the fries were shriveled. A shame, but a missed opportunity! We would have liked to add this restaurant to our list of places we definitely want to visit again.…

We came her only for a desserts and The Service took away from our table anything including tablecloth leaving our cutlery on table. The waitress couldn’t even leaves spoons on napkins, I just told t…

We came her only for a desserts and The Service took away from our table anything including tablecloth leaving our cutlery on table. The waitress couldn’t even leaves spoons on napkins, I just told…

We came her only for a desserts and The service took away from our table anything including tablecloth leaving our cutlery on table. The waitress couldn’t even leaves spoons on napkins, I just to…

We came her only for a desserts and The Service took away from our table anything including tablecloth leaving our cutlery on table. The waitress couldn’t even leaves spoons on napkins, I just told…

Horrendous. The owner was rude and passive aggressive - she even left a handwritten note under our windscreen wiper. Will never dine here. Strongly recommend boycotting this place.

We were so excited to visit this lovely looking restaurant in El Campello. Fish, seafood speciality! It was horrendous, any fish we asked for on a reduced menu on an evening wasn’t available, one f…

Aleksandra

This place is the worst nightmare. I have never been treated so badly in a restaurant. Shame. Don’t go there, there are so much more worth places nearby.

Kerry Dodson

Such a shame, had a great experience here 3 years previously. We spent €94 and it was the same standard as menu of the day for €30 for 2 anywhere! We were excited to go back for Dory but if they make such a bad job of a simple fish dish at €29 per person we will stick with our favs at the marina in Campello and Alicante.