Today we stopped off for lunch at Bar Sonia, as we were in Benijofar and had an hour and a half to kill. This is probably our favourite place for tapas in town and after numerous visits where we have just had tapas, I was determined to try their menu…
Category: Casual Eateries and Cafés
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Monumental Restaurante Matola – Amazing!
Many moon ago we were advised by friends of ours to try Monumental Restaurante in Matola for a lunch and today we did just that. We went for their menu del dia and to be honest, I’m both sad and annoyed we didn’t get to visit here sooner. It’s not…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Restaurante Los Rosales Guardamar: Oh Wow
So there we were, driving along Lemon Tree road from Guardamar heading towards Quesada, actually on our way to Los Montesinos. I said to Soph, it’s gone noon, let’s call at Restaurante Los Rosales and have either tapas or a tostada. That is what we did! There were 3 vans and…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Havana Ole Tapas & Drinks In Catral
It was a lovely Saturday, just gone noon, and we decided to try out some Havana Ole Tapas, washed down with a drink or two. We haven’t been since they extended the outdoor seating area. There’s plenty of outdoor seating to watch the world go by, and the odd boy…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Bar Carmencita Tostada Review
So while we were out and about and had earlier on been to La Taberna De La Cruz, we took the 5 minute stroll up the main street to find Bar Carmencita, as this was another place on my list. Both Soph and I commented on how different this town…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Wow, Check Out La Taberna De La Cruz
We visited La Taberna De La Cruz and we were very impressed. This was our first proper visit to Granja De Rocamora and it’s a place we want to go back and explore again.I have a list of at least14 different tapas bars that I want to visit, here in…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
ITV Orihuela Bar Cafeteria: An Expensive Visit
This is a place we had never considered before ( the ITV Orihuela Cafe), until a few months ago a neighbour and friend mentioned he stopped off there, while doing a hospital drop off. I’d said we’d done our ITV for my car in Torrevieja and been to the cafe…
Tapas Bars
Bar Casa Pepe Los Montesinos
This is our Bar Casa Pepe in Los Montesinos visit. Yet another place we have never got around to visiting until now. Sadly they don’t take part in the tapas route events, which is one reason we have never got here before. Fast forward till today, we were back in…
Tapas Bars
Café Tambalache Los Montesinos
We have previously visited Café Tambalache in Los Montesinos, the first time being well over 2 years back when we first ventured into the town and parked up next to the bar. We sat outside and had a coffee on that first visit. Since then we’ve been twice on the…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Restaurante La Llesca Asador Matola
We called into Bar & Restaurante La Llesca, also in Matola on Tuesday, after we’d been to Restaurante Los Molinos, which we covered here, in depth. After being pleasantly surprised there, we took the short drive along the road until we came to this bar.There’s a little bit of on…