For foodies hoping to nab a reservation at El Celler de Can Roca, the Spanish restaurant that was named the best restaurant in the world for 2013, bad news — the waiting list for a table is 12 months.
According to Bloomberg Muse food critic Richard Vines, who recently reviewed the restaurant, El Celler's wait list since has grown from 10 months to a year since the award was announced in April, and there's a backlog of 3,000 requests.
El Celler employs three people just to turn away eager diners, one of the three brothers who own the restaurant told Vines.
The restaurant, in Girona, Spain, has been serving modern Spanish cuisine since it opened in 1986. The Roca brothers, who run the critically-acclaimed establishment, split their duties between the kitchen and front of house.
Flickr user Encantadisimo was lucky enough to dine at El Celler in 2011 and again in 2013. He shared pictures of his most recent experience with Business Insider, where he and a companion shared the "Menú Degustació de Classics," a seven-course tasting menu with the restaurant's most beloved dishes.
With the wine pairing, the meal cost $248 per person.
El Celler de Can Roca is in a suburban neighborhood in Girona, Spain.
Inside, the decor is airy and modern with glass walls and white table cloths.
The first round of appetizers was brought out under a paper globe advertised as "biting the world." It opens as a fan to reveal ...
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