Any recommendations for eating places in Mojacar/Turre/Garrucha/Los Gallardos ?

Hi,
Does anyone have favourite places in the above area ? 

Regards
Dave

Dave

If you would like to PM me with your email address, I sat here last night & typed up a list of about 15 restaurants all in that area, so your timing is just right!

Where abouts is your property? We were in Los Gallardos on Saturday at Eco Muebles.

We completed on Al Andalus Thalassa in October & have just had a great 10 days there.

Noreen

Hi

Hotel Tikar in Garrucha, privately run small hotel with fab restaurant, (does a 3 course ,eat for approx 25 euros but it is exceptional!!)

Lovely food cooked by Beatrice & great service by Sean ( the owners)

We never visit without going there!!

Hope you enjoy it

Bye

Jill

If you like baked shoulder of lamb that melts in your mouth, try the Miramar at Bedar (€18.50 for two and it usually is enough for three).  Stunning views down to the sea from the terrace at lunchtime.  Best Patatas a lo pobre in the world, also the sea food soup and the prawn cocktail.  Rather eccentric seating arrangements on terrace - they have bought new seats but still have the old selection of wooden tables.  Once you have been you have to go back OFTEN.

On the Playa, agree with Coast about the Chinese near Price Brown.

For real Spanish on the beach try Omega (nearly opposite Titos) and Aku Aku chiringuito in the chiringuito strip.  For more international Viva is a must - in the square just before the hotel Puntazo.  The menu has a lot of rather silly names but don't be put off - the food is great and well priced.

For fish in Garrucha, when they are open the chiringuito just before you turn down to the paseo - the one with the green and cream umbrellas that only opens in peak summer - is hard to beat. Doesn't seem to have a name.  Feels as though you are eating in a boat as it is built out onto the rocks.  Catch of day on the blackboard, limited menu of just wonderful tomato salad with garlic and oil, ciabatta rolls, choice of fish.  Prices look high but portions are enormous  - do as the Spanish, share a salad and a fish and it will be plenty and reasonably priced.  Always packed out with Spanish in the season so go at an English eating time to get in rather than waiting for the crowds after 2pm.

Finally if you are in Los Gallardos we hear there is a great new Spanish place just round the corner from Eco Mueble - can't remember the name.

PM me if you want to know where NOT to go to waste your money if time is limited!!

¡Buen provecho!

Jane

if you fancy a trip out to Valle Del Este golf complex,(from Mojacar, take the road towards Puerto Rey and when you go down the hill there is a turning on the left that you are not allowed to turn left into>>>follow that road to the end and you will find  Fairways Restaurant. Terrific Food (the meat balls wrapped in bacon is my favorite starter) (the Stroganoff never lets my wife down) the staff are fun but watch out for the polish vodka..... i can eat there for a week and not get bored.

good luck

simon

We can certainly recommend the Restaurant Azul at the Hotel Tikar in Garrucha.  3 courses for 25E, great choice of starters, mains and desserts.  Excellent food, great service!

Sorry, can you remind me where abouts the Hotel Tikar is please.

Sorry, can you remind me where abouts the Hotel Tikar is please.

The Mauri Beach Bar in Mojacar is excellent too for lunch and dinner.   The house salad is lovely if you want something healthy(er) and a good variety of other dishes ie seafood, steaks etc.  Great position overlooking or on the beach.   Both are well worth a visit.

Great, thanks

I have a trip a week on saturday for 5 days and will be on my own this time so will give it a try...  thanks

All the following have been tried & tested. Great food, value for money & know how to treat their customers. Enjoy!

Noreen

La Cabana – Paseo del Mediterraneo, Mojacar Excellent Argentinian Steak House at the far end of Mojacar seafront. The Steaks are incredible but they have very little else on the menu.

Da Vinci, Paseo del Mediterraneo, Mojacar -Italian restaurant with extensive range of pasta dishes. Excellent food, nice surroundings & pleasant staff. Haven’t needed to book but the first few times we drove past, we thought it was closed but it wasn’t – so make sure you stop & check.

El Birra – Paseo del Mediterraneo, Garrucha - Fish, Fish & more Fish. A fabulous display of the days catch from which you can choose your meal. The Paella is excellent. This is where the Spaniards eat

Pizzeria Tito Paco, Avda Almeria, Turre - So much more than a Pizzeria. Excellent food, reasonably priced & great staff  

La Capilla, Carretera Garrucha, Turre - This is a former Monastery situated on the main road from Vera Playa towards Mojacar & Los Gallardos. It is on the left hand side just after the petrol station. Slightly more expensive than others but very good food – watch out for the whole shoulder of lamb!!! The setting here is fabulous & would be ideal for a special meal for a birthday or anniversary.

Wok Buffet, Centro Comercial Hispania, Vera Playa (Above Consum) - All you can eat Chinese Buffet for 9.50 euros. This is good value but the best part is where you pick your meat, fish, vegetables & take them to the chef to cook in the sauce of your choice.

Of all the restaurants that we have visited, this one is probably the best.

Casa Adelina, Turre - Traditional Spanish food.

El Balconcito, Villaricos - This small café/bar offers superb value menu del dia, tapas & paella. Carmen the owner is a real character. Look out for special themed events, jazz nights, quiz nights etc.

Excellent - thanks Noreen.  Will be sure to give them a try!

While I agree that Restaurant Azul has great food there are a couple of things to watch out for:  the menu price is exclusive of  IVA  (VAT) (why? as far as I know it is compulsory to pay it so the price should include it) and the wine list is a bit fancy (I hesitate to say pretentious but heading that way!) and expensive by local standards, with no good value option.  No excuse for this, you can get a really drinkable bottle of wine for €10 in most restaurants locally and even the most expensive ones offer something around €15.  I know these prices may seem cheap by UK eating-out standards but around here we would consider that a lot.

We have now tried the restaurant in Los Gallardos whose name I could not remember for my previous post:  Mezon Vefran.  It was excellent:   best calamares EVER although not strictly speaking a fish place, and superb shoulder of lamb - enough for 2 for €16.50.  We decided it was more mutton than lamb but all the better for it - lots of flavour.

If you like steak, the Cortijo Albari which can be reached either from the Vera - Garrucha road or from by turning left at Intermarche and left again following the sign about 100 metres up, has really good Argentinian ones.  It tends to be a bit quiet off season on week nights, and closing day is Weds.  Their steaks are very large and if you are not planning on a doggy bag they are happy for you to share.

¡Buen Provecho!