El Castell

Went here this summer a couple of times with the whole family.
The first time we were about 15 people and all fine I think… Not sure because I didn’t check the bill !!!
It was big, but then again — we were 15…
The second time (about a week later) I went with another group (of 12 this time) and we had a good time until we got the bill. It didn’t make sense to me as I had calculated more or less how much it would be.
And sure enough — they had manipulated the bill. It had no header or business information on top as required — only a handwritten «T4» for table 4 on the terrace.
All the items and prices on the bill were correct, but when I summarised the Sub total was about 130 euro more than the sum of the individual items.
After I made them aware of the scam attempt, and the suspicions looking bill they told me that they could not explain why the bill was wrong or why the bill lacked the usual (and obligatory) heading information.
But if we wanted to they could deduct the difference from the original bill…
Very generous of them!!!
And yes — I took a picture of the bill before I returned it!
Way below Altea standard that you have to control the bill summary.
Needless to say that even though we live in the area, use the restaurants here frequently and often with large groups, we will not be back to El Castell again.

El Castell es el punto que divide las dos grandes playas de Benidorm: La de Poniente y la de Levante. De hecho, se obtienen unas vistas ideales a ambas.
Destaca el mirador de la punta Canfali, más conocido como el balcón del Mediterráneo. ¡Una auténtica gozada! Eso sí, no olvides tus gafas de sol, porque la luminosidad del mar y el blanco de la balaustrada pueden hacer que no puedas mantener tus ojos abiertos y eso sería una gran pena. ¡Precioso!
Antaño, allá por los siglos del XIV al XVI, la fortaleza servía de defensa a los ataques de los piratillas. Después de la guerra con Francia, la fortaleza desapareció definitivamente. Hoy en día no queda casi nada, tan solo un arco de acceso y unos cuantos cañones a modo decorativo.
De hecho, es una placita muy agradable, donde montan mercadillo y te hacen trencitas y caricaturas.