Ca La Gemma - L´Armentera

Easy to drive pass, with an unpreposessing exterior, in a small village. However inside there is a large covered patio restaurant and a further dining room. An incredibly cheap set menu, including wine. Consequently it is seriously busy, with commensurate noise levels! The starters were particularly good, sepia and peas; mussels; leek and Roquefort pastel. Mains less substantial than some of the starters though! Just a few niggles, as the service was a bit patchy, even if the staff were very friendly; the house vi negre was beautifully chilled....if you like ice cold red, and the leeks were not as well washed as they might be and there were quite a few gritty bits (roughage perhaps? but the flavour was glorious. Some interesting and varied puddings.

We have visited this local restaurant many times over the years, we normally go in a group of at least sixteen of us, booking is advised as this is a hotspot for all the locals, by one o 'clock it is normally jammed packed full, they have an air conned indoor area where the local workman always seem to sit and an outside area, now with a roof with grape vines covering the ceiling, very rural Spanish. Don 't expect à La Carte here its Catalan all the way, now with one or two eastern European waitresses its easier to work out the menu as the owner and most of the staff do not speak English but with a bit of broken Spanish between us we always managed and they appreciate you trying. The menu of the day is eleven Euros which includes a five course meal and a litre of wine between two, the dishes are basic and varied, if you are fussy eaters this is not for you, its typical Catalan food, but extremely good, their garlic chick peas garbanzo`s are second to none, coffee at the end inc brandy if you want it. Yes 11 Euros per head, a wonderful wonderful Catalan experience.

We were working the summer season on a campsite down the road from here. We ate at the restaurant twice a week for 5 months, even taking friends and family when they visited us. There is a wide choice of menu which varies slightly each day and is all home cooked traditional Catalan food. Our 10 and 15 year old grandchildren also loved the food. At only 11 euros for the set lunch time menu, 3 courses, including wine, water and coffee it is great value. We enjoyed the walk or bike ride to and from the restaurant past all the apple trees. Thank you to the staff for making it an enjoyable summer season for us. Linda and Russell the English couple

Un bon restaurant per anar a menjar.. Van anar un grup de amics a dinar i van sortir molt contents,un bon servei per part del personal .. Nosaltres van menjar molt bé, Recomano anar-hi,calitat/preu, aconsellable... Recomano provar el menú clova, els calćots ,hi el tiramisú que segons ens van dir el fan ells, boníssim Repartirem con tornem a visita la Armentera...

Un lloc molt bonic per menjar, amb una gran terrassa, molt bona decoració. Els plats molt bons i molt bona presentació. Amb productes del seu propi hort. Recomano els calçots!!!!