Robert Dickson
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We keep saying that. one year we will try Toro Bravo, but end up just turning right at the top of the stairs into El Gaitero.
My cousin arrived at Las Palmas on Saturday morning and said it was a bit chaotic.
She waited about 40minutes to get through the fingerprint scanners-they only had carry on luggage.
I was hoping Las Palmas would be past the worst of it.
She sent me a video, but unfortunately I can’t add it here.
Regards
Robert
Thanks for that Brian
Hi Geoff
When is the ABC Pool reconstruction due to start?
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Robert
Thanks for that info Roger.
The current state of the replacement fund is very worrying, and also a bit unfair that the ‘management fee’ does not reduce when they have effectively participated in the management of the loss.
But then again, that may be asking too much.
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Robert
We haven’t been here in years as we were always disappointed.
Has it improved much?
Thanks in advance
Robert
Thanks for that Geoff-very informative on a few points.
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Robert
Hi Liam
In the past, I have ordered Steak, my wife raves about the steak with caramelised onions.
We’ve dabbled a bit with seafood-I found the swordfish excellent and they do a very nice chicken breast in breadcrumbs dish. I haven’t tried it, but their paella always seems to go down well at other tables.
Still a favourite of ours after all these years-always a warm welcome with nice food and great service.
After patchy experiences earlier in the year, we were absolutely delighted with the food and service here. Looks like they’ve really upped their game. So good, we went twice and just as good both times.
It was busy both nights and, from memory they had more tables out than Mem Saab.
We skipped the starters and went straight for curries, which were tasty and plentiful-we certainly felt no starter was required.
We had previously gone to Taj Palace in Puerto Rico, however, this is now my no.1 restaurant in the area. (And save the €20 taxi fare in and out of P.R)
A great addition to the local restaurants.
After years of trying to get there-we did it on friday-and what a disappointment it was.
Starter of grilled prawns and bread was lovely, however mains were a different story.
We both opted for Beef Tenderloin, as the grilled meats were highly recommended.
Amanda had hers well done-it was more medium than well done-that can happen anywhere, no major deal.
I asked for medium-it hadn’t been properly rested, I had blood all over the plate and the bit at the end of my steak was very rare (I’m sure Richard could have got it back on it’s feet!)-the Canarian potatoes were lukewarm (at best), veg on both plates were cold.
Certainly not what I had expected.
I would normally complain, but find that complaining generally just upsets you, not the restaurant.
I’ll just vote with my feet and wallet and not return.
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Does anyone know if the EES has fully rolled out at Las Palmas yet?
If so, was there much of a delay on entry?
Regards
Robert
Having stayed in a Lopesan hotel in Meloneras in October, I fully agree with the cost for a week.
I couldn’t fault the hotel, but I would rather have been at Anfi.
Robert
Hi Brian
It sounds like they are kinda getting there.
We’re back out in January, so I’ll give an update then.
Obviously if anyone else is out before me, please let us hear your experience.
Regards
Robert
Having just returned from Gran Canaria, sadly not at Anfi, I can confirm there is no EES system currently in place at Las Palmas Airport-although there was a huge queue at the E-Gate machine (on exit Saturday night), as only one was in operation.
I think the size of the queue was exacerbated by the airport staff ramming everyone into the queue that was flying back to the uk, regardless of flight time. We didn’t enter the queue as we didn’t feel it necessary and also only caused a bottleneck at the other side-where your eating and shopping was seriously limited-also no air conditioning appeared to be working in the airport on Saturday night.
They are available on the Anfi App also.
Due to being fed up paying, as Brian mentioned, the ever increasing fees for baggage (almost £240 for a checked case each from Edinburgh) and fed up waiting in check in queues, we are thinking of taking the plunge to ‘carry on’ luggage.
I’ve tried to read through some t&c’s, which sometimes aren’t very clear.
Are there any glaring things that we can’t take onboard?
I’m fine, but Amanda is thinking of a small hairdryer or hair straighteners.
All help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Robert
Eaten here twice this fortnight and still lovely food and service.
Yeah. It would appear it’s only the pool bar that’s opened now.
We ate on 7th of this month. Wasn’t great. I still get the feeling the waiters don’t really know what they’re doing.
To be fair, the. Spicing and flavouring was lovely but the chicken we both had was dry and overcooked. I couldn’t get my fork through it. My chicken pakora was very dry and my wife’s Prawn Puri was a little short on the prawn side. We ordered a garlic naan and left most of it. It never tasted of garlic and the texture was stale pizza base.
Not for me, but glad to hear some are enjoying it. Seems to be busy most nights.
Has anyone else eaten here?
Just looking for other opinions.
Newsletter was great, thanks to all who helped.
I think the restaurant survey (so far) was interesting-many restaurants I’d never even heard of.
I only hope more contribute to the survey to give us a good spread of results.
I’m certainly no expert, but I would imagine just adding to the current owners would be the least expensive option. I would imagine there wouldn’t be a problem as they are close members of the family. I think if you went for a full transfer there would definitely be a fee, which I doubt they would waive.
