Pirata Formentera

Extremely rude, ignorant staff there was a misunderstanding with seating in bar but they did not listen. €5 each for two cokes. Ruined our nice day out in formentera. Avoid.

We wanted to visit a nice beachside restaurant for my son's 21st birthday. Unfortunately, the whole experience here was poor. When we got to the front of the queue to get inside, we were told that we had to read the menu before they would let us in. The menu was not at the entrance so we dropped back and lost our place to do as we were told. The menu looked expensive considering the informal setting (it's a beach bar) but it was a celebration and we were happy to pay extra so we rejoined the queue. When we reached the front for the second time, we were quizzed AGAIN about whether we understood the menu. I think that the implication was that we may not be able to afford it, which was insulting. We were also told that we had a maximum of 90 minutes on the table. We were then taken to the very back of the restaurant which had no view, despite there being tables available in the main area. Service at the table was ok but left an overall feeling of us being unwanted. The low point was when our paella arrived and the manager and staff members ran over and took a selfie with our food and then left without saying anything. Perhaps they were celebrating the fact that people had actually paid around 170 EUROs for a below average paella? (Somebody needs to retrain the chef on preparing fish properly, the dish was absolutely full of bones). The restrictions on the menu are ridiculous (you can't order a single portion of anything unless it costs over 50 euros, basically). Inexplicably pretentious and expensive for what it is. Couldn't wait to leave.

I would recommend to avoid, but there is no other restaurant in the nearby. We wanted to sit down for lunch, however the hostess’ advised that we can only sit down in case we have a reservation, fine I wanted to make one via online it was not possible, neither one phone, they said all of their tables were booked, however the whole restaurant was empty. I have never experienced such a poor service. I haven’t tasted the food but the menu seemed overpriced, at least they could offer quality service. Rather pack some sandwiches than this place.

Very nice place with a pleasant view on the beach. friendly and friendly staff. Good food. I found it a little expensive for what we ate/drinking.

Great restaurant on the island. Super chilled and laidback. Food and service was really excellent. Lovely cocktails and fab view of the beach