This has been my ONLY disappointing restaurant in Mallorca, there are so many people who talk about the legendary lamb restaurant of Alaro, then try to find recent reviews that agree (especially on their FB page!) - When you first see the place its a...scruffy run down building, to be fair this didn't put us as we've learnt like most not to judge a book by the cover, upon entry no-one sees you so I went to the bar and said hi to the barman and that we have a reservation, I was rudely told no reservation, not possible, I said yes, I made it via facebook he said no, wait outside, while I was tempted to leave it I thought the guy may of just had a bad day so I showed him my phone with the agreed reservation to which he just said uh ok, you go over there and pointed to a table where there where 2 seats on the end of a group already eating, you then try to get the attention on a waiter who either ignores you or says No, wait? Then when they come there is no greeting, no basic service skills, its just like here is the menu see what you want, and then its a challenge to get a drink? We still put up with this, it was busy and with the food supposed being as good as we were told and the journey to get up there we decided to stay and hope the food was worth it, stale bread was brought out with olives from a jar, then we noticed how quick everyone was getting there food, no matter what they ordered, I mean these guys were like a mcdonalds, within 5 minutes we had the lamb shoulder and the lamb chops, both very overcooked, basic salad no dressing, bland potatoes no seasoning and the lamb was the worst Ive had on the island, so so very disappointing, all the way there, all the hassle and it was rubbish :(
Visit the castle, the walk is great for walkers and the views are simply amazing but do yourself and favour and miss this place, don't even get me started on how rude they are to the people who need to wait for a table too! We found out more the locals after, including that the lady who used to run and oversee everything had passed, by all accounts a very loved persona and that whoever is running it now is doing so very different to how it was before, Alaro itself as a village has some great places to eat and binasalem close by also some true Majorcan magic but don't believe the hype on this place, Im guessing some people maybe visited on a quiet time and got lucky but in our experience it was terrible, I posted on the facebook page, they have now deleted it, if you check the ES VERGER FB page you will see there are No 2019 or 2020 reviews, they all get deleted, ours was deleted within a week, Im sure they will be busy for a long while due to the past reputation but thats shame as Im sure it would be better If they just did whatever it was they did before.More