Chef Amadeo

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#2 of 107 Restaurants in Playa de GandiaMediterranean, European, $$ - $$$

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Chef Amadeo

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Travellers' Choice

2024

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CUISINES

Mediterranean, European, Spanish, Healthy

Meal types

Lunch, Dinner

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options

FEATURES

Accepts Credit Cards

American Express

Dog Friendly

Full Bar

Highchairs Available

Mastercard

Outdoor Seating

Parking Available

Reservations

Seating

Serves Alcohol

Street Parking

Table Service

Takeout

Visa

Wheelchair Accessible

Wine and Beer

Location

Carrer de Mallorca, 17, 46730 Playa de Gandia, Gandia Spain

Parking Available, Street Parking

Does this restaurant allow dogs or considered pet friendly?

Yes

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• Opens at 1:00 PM

Sunday

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Monday

Closed

Tuesday

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Thursday

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Friday

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Saturday

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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4.4

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Mayra S

8 contributions

Almost perfect. Great service

Aug 2024 • family

Tasty food, quality and very good genre. I don't put 5 stars for the bread detail, you don't order bread with tomato or garlic oil, they serve it to you without asking and then they charge you. I'm not saying that for the money, but in my review, you should ask before you serve it.

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Written August 21, 2024

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Aghi12345

Vicenza172 contributions

Fideua or paella even for 1 person!

Aug 2023 • solo

It's a shame I discovered this restaurant late, the food is excellent. I was able to eat the typical Gandia fideua even if I was alone (usually in other restaurants they make it for at least 2 people). The fideua was very good, tasty and "creamy". Excellent service and kindness of all the staff.

Written August 18, 2023

Ivan B

Seville10 contributions

Very rich and abundant rice. Excellent service

Aug 2023 • family

We ordered the vegetable rice and it was very good. I am a rice lover and the truth is that I loved it. We ordered some tellinas as a starter and they didn't seem like anything out of this world. The rice paella was for two and two adults plus a 5-year-old child ate. Too much to be able to repeat, so the quantity was very good. The service is one of the best things about it. They are all super kind, attentive and friendly. We ate on the terrace and although it was windy, we had a great time. I would repeat without hesitation. I recommend it!!!

Written August 19, 2023

Isb

Salamanca62 contributions

Good or regular depending on the day

Sep 2024 • couples

We were on vacation and I wanted to go to the famous tanatorio restaurant on the coast of Gandia, two visits the same week and if I had kept the first one it would be a 10 having gone two days is a 5. On the first day, a weekday the restaurant was almost full, the first shift is at 1.30pm and the second at 3.30pm. Quiet service attentive waiters very good service , good food and enjoyed. Second day as it is possible that if the first shift is at 13.30 arrives at 13.20 and this restaurant to burst service pretty bad the waiters passed one after the other asking the same as the previous , I order the food and the truth rather worse than the previous day asking for exactly the same and what to say of the paella first day spectacular taste with its socarrat the second .... Simply rice. Waiters down the aisles like headless chickens, since the aisle is narrow try to take advantage of the space but pass back and forth without carrying or bringing anything....one after the other.... Then I advise to go yes of course but on a weekday it is quieter and they can enjoy and the kitchen and waiters can do their job properly. And the fault is not the kitchen or the waiter is the chef for wanting to give more than he can encompass. Regarding the opinions that they charge bread, if true. Well or badly done I don't look bad it's done in many restaurants and it's also not an abusive price that you say you're cheating and they charge you 10€ ... But if you don't want to, I guess if you send it out, they won't charge you.

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Written September 21, 2024

Isabela

5 contributions

Not like that, chef Amadeo

Jun 2024 • family

I am sorry to have to write this review since restaurant chef Amadeo is considered one of the best restaurants on Gandia beach but this time the experience has not been positive: 1.- They have established two shifts at meals, this harms the client for the benefit of the company, at 1:30 you have to be there and when there is still half an hour before they throw you away, they are already telling you to leave because they are arriving The other shift, the waiter told us twice and the third time they sent us to the boss and for the record we had not yet used the two hours that corresponded to us. 2.- We ordered a cod paella and told us three times that we wanted socarrat, the result was a brothy paella. 3.- As you were eating the paella you found thorns, not at all pleasant. 4.- Some tiny and industrial desserts. 5. - A restaurant that charges you at least 40 euros cannot prioritize its interests over quality. I trust that Chef Amadeo will return to the quality and good reputation he has always had.

Written June 3, 2024

Companion08137150824

31 contributions

It is one thing to preach and another to give wheat

Oct 2022 • family

How I regret writing these words. They hurt my soul. On YouTube I am an admirer of chef Alonso. In fact I have half learned how to make paellas thanks to him. I specifically stopped at his restaurant in Gandia on my trip from Malaga to Barcelona to taste his paella and thank him. What a great disappointment. I could say that it is one of the worst I have eaten in my life. !How is it possible! The kitchen was run by a sub-Saharan person who did everything he could - the restaurant was packed while Amadeo sat at a banquet collecting bills. Very friendly treatment from the ladies who, without being overwhelmed, attended to us the best they could. I will never come back.

Written September 25, 2023

Amadeo Faus

En primer lugar, su visita fue el año pasado como se expresa en la fecha de su comentario, por lo tanto no entendemos la razón de este a estas alturas. En segundo lugar, el “Chef Alonso”, que nos hace dudar de que haya comido en nuestro restaurante ya que es Chef Amadeo, en esas fechas acababa de salir de una operación de rodilla la cual le impedía estar disponible al 100%, y en vez de quedarse en casa seguía aportando a su restaurante para que todo fuera lo mejor posible. En tercer lugar, nos gustaría intentar entender qué problema tiene usted con nuestro cocinero subsahariano ya que forma parte de nuestro equipo como cualquier otro, al igual que las personas subsaharianas que tenemos en el friegue, en la plancha y de camarero, así como nuestros otros 23 compañeros de distintas nacionalidades, que esperamos que no le resultara incómoda su presencia. Si su comentario tiene algún transfondo racista no deberíamos ni de contestarle, no aceptamos este tipo de acciones en nuestro local ni queremos a gente como usted como cliente, ya que nuestro cocinero subsahariano, como usted le llama, hace los arroces igual o mejor que cualquiera que se imagine, de ahí los más de 2000 comentarios positivos que hemos recibido. En cuarto lugar, dudamos bastante no dar a basto ya que intentamos ser los máximos posibles y dar el mejor servicio, la mayoría de nuestros comentarios recalcan este servicio, si su mesa fue una afectada le transmitimos nuestras disculpas. Por último, y haciendo hincapié en su comentario hacia nuestro cocinero, no queremos clientes como usted que denigre a otra persona por su descendencia, le pedimos porfavor que deje de seguirnos en nuestras redes sociales, si es que lo hace, y que no vuelva a nuestro restaurante tal y como recalca en su comentario. Un saludo.

Written October 8, 2023

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Sergio G

1 contribution

exceptional

Mar 2024 • friends

We booked the day before and everything was great, we ordered scallops, boiled fish market shrimp and seafood paella, the shrimp and paella were exceptional. Very attentive and organized service and Liliana's wonderful service. We will return without a doubt.

Written March 23, 2024

rachelmctm

Valencia5 contributions

Nothing that stands out

Mar 2024 • family

Good food but not over the top. Good salad, cold and bland tellinas, normal zamburiñas and a just right senyoret rice, with good flavor but nothing special. Of course, the service stands out, the waiters are very attentive and pleasant.

Written March 17, 2024

doofvfood (with botak ahjussi)

World5806 contributions

Superb first taste of fideua!! 😋😋😋😋

Oct 2023 • couples

We were desperate to try authentic & quality fideua in Gandia & visited Amadeo after consulting a number of online lists. We hadn't made a booking & it was a Sunday so we didn't hold high hopes when we went past after 1 pm & it looked very busy. It felt especially hopeless when we saw they were ticking people off a list of names they had! We decided to ask if a table for two was available & thankfully there was! Staff were helpful, friendly & welcoming. A pack of bread was on the table & they brought over tomato paste & olive oil as well as aioli. These were all extras which were charged. We ordered a burrata salad on recommendation of the wait staff. The cheese which was similar to mozzarella was served with tomato, some caviar/ roe (??), salad greens, capers, salted cod (?), bread sticks, pesto, etc. Different from the usual salads, very fresh & tasty, though a tad salty from the fish & capers. When the fideua arrived, which wasn't as long as we had anticipated, it looked so dazzling & tempting with a few prawns & langoustines on the top!! There was a huge amount of pasta for two & it was infused with rich, deep & yummy seafood flavours 😋😋😋😋 The pasta wasn't overcooked or mushy. There was quite a lot of seafood mixed in, particularly cuttlefish which was very tasty. The only disappointment was there wasn't much flesh on the prawns & langoustines & some were a tad mushy. All in all, the meal at Amadeo's was the best of our trip. We enjoyed everything we ate & our first taste of fideua was stunning! The portion was generous & we were stuffed at the end! The place ran like a well-oiled machine - staff were very efficient & food was served in good time, without inordinate periods of waiting. Although they were very busy, we never felt rushed & were able to enjoy our food at our own pace. Amadeo's was a real gem! We would definitely recommend a visit when you're in Gandia!!

Written October 13, 2023

elenatuda

Valladolid297 contributions

Food of 10 and treatment of 1000

Aug 2023 • family

A 10 in capital letters, we were eating with the family, we called to reserve the same day in the morning and we were lucky and thank goodness! A fideua like we had never eaten before, a bread with an aioli that cannot be explained with words and attention from all the waiters of 10!!! When we return to Gandia we will repeat it without hesitation! Well deserved the awards it has ❤

Written August 5, 2023

Rebeca Cruz

11 contributions

Does not disappoint

Jul 2024 • family

It doesn't disappoint. The fideuá is delicious. Fast and effective service. Coeliac options. It is the first time we have found fideuá for coeliacs and a lot of dishes suitable for them. The attention of 10 especially Joan. Amadeus is at the foot of the canyon. In addition to the fideuás we ordered mussels, chickpea flour and lobster with tender garlic and ham. We were 6 people and a 4 year old girl and came out at about 30 euros a head. We'll definitely be back.

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Written July 26, 2024

JAVIER I

1 contribution

SPECTACULAR👌👏👏

Jun 2024 • couples

I follow Amadeo on social media because they gave me the link and we were finally able to go to his restaurant in Gandia. It did not disappoint us as we expected, to the point that being on vacation, we went a couple of days to eat their incredible rice dishes, and another day to have lemon fish for dinner that was spectacular. Amadeo the owner, a super charming person whose kindness amazed us. He gave us some Valencian pink tomatoes from the field, which we thought was a great detail. Thank you very much for all chef.

Written June 15, 2024

Edrick C

42 contributions

Faithful to the recipe Fiduea de Gandia

Nov 2022 • couples

Amadeo has won several times the Concurso Fiduea de Gandia , which is the traditional dish of the town. This is the place to experience this incredible pasta dish. Chef Amadeo was my neighbour cooking next to me at the Concurso Internacional de Paella Valenciana de Sueca this year. Amadeo was not there but Mariano was the chef in charge preparing fiduea his skill in the preparation of this dish was exceptional. In fact the entire team were phenomenal. Outstanding dedicated staff are the exception and these guys were amazing. The fiduea was muy muy bueana pinta, a taste explosión. Make the effort fir an incredible culinary experience. Thanks Restaurante chef Amadeo team

Written November 5, 2022

Jorge C

59 contributions

Jorge, a crack.

Jul 2024 • couples

We're going across xon our sailboat south. On Sunday we already ate here where everything was very good and where we ate the best lobster rice of my life (and I have eaten many many many places). Today, already back, we have not hesitated to eat again where Jorge has treated us beautifully and where he has advised us on what to order. We listened to it and it was a 1000% success. Jorge's attention has been exquisite, very friendly and attentive and a crack advising. God willing, we'll be back.

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Written July 18, 2024

VicValencia

Valencia102 contributions

Disappointment

Oct 2023 • friends

I had high expectations but they were not met. Tables very close together on the terrace. Uncomfortable place, and very well dimensioned service. Average food and bad fideuá. Curiously, the seafood that is normally dry and overcooked, here was juicy and good, but the noodles and broth.....

Written October 29, 2023