Bellavista restaurant really is our “Jewel in the crown” at the moment. Fantastic location, slightly elevated giving fantastic views across the mediterranean, recently given an internal makeover, friendly staff and above all great food with good value prices.
Our Visit
We went last time as a group of six to celebrate our successful olive picking and had a great menu del dia for around €13 a head. My fish soup was among the best i’ve had, i love a fish soup, and the homemade desserts are not to be missed. There is a wide range of mains to choose from and the house wine is very drinkable and affordable.
Go and try it, you won’t be disappointed.
They don’t have a great web site but it has contact details here.
Miraflores restaurant is situated at Los Gallardos camping about 6Km from Finca Arboleda. The restaurant has a good reputation locally for functions, it’s Sunday roasts and fish and chips on a Friday.
Fish and Chips
We fancied trying them after good reports and wow it was excellent, a normal size is €6.50 and the large €8.50, probably not what you are after if you are in Spain for a short holiday when there is so much good local food to try, especially the fish, but it’s there if you fancy it. They offer a full menu on other days.
We have just refitted the bathroom in our house and were so pleased with the results we thought we would do something similar in the accommodation. While our bathroom was refitted we moved into the apartment and realised the layout could be improved, we hope the guests like it.
Great Crop ! We had over a tonne of Olives this year and a big thank you to friends and guests who helped us pick them. We had a break from tradition and didn’t go to Lubrin but to the Zurano press near Pulpi. Lubrin is a much nicer location but I didn’t missing dragging the trailer up the mountain and at Zurano they do the bottling for you as well. The oil tastes great as usual, nothing quite like fresh oil drizzled on a nice piece of bread, the glass of red to wash it down helps as well!
When we bought Finca Arboleda nearly 13 years ago we celebrated with a lunch at El Perejil, we hadn’t been back for no particular reason. Anyway it’s almost time to pick our olives and we normally go to Lubrin but a neighbour suggested we try a new press near Pulpi so we went to check it out. On the way we passed El Perejil and decided we would stop for lunch on the way back. We arrived at about 13.20 a little early for the Spanish but there were a few people having Tapas at the bar and it looked quite inviting but we decided to opt for the Menu del Dia, there is also an Al la carte option.
So what did we get for our Menu? A friendly waitress took our drinks order and gave us small menus and a rather dull small baguette with no butter or plate, I tried to break it up and pour olive oil on it which leaked over the table, you can’t take me anywhere! We ordered spaghetti with tomato sauce and the rustic soup with both of us following with pork chops from the bbq. Both the starters were ample in size and very tasty, the pork chops were served with only saute potatoes, no veg but we had two each and they were thick and juicy not the overcooked dry specimens you sometimes get. There were 5 options for mains and starters, I don’t remember there being a vegetarian option. Feeling more than satisfied we opted for the light option of home made chocolate mousse.
We only had water to drink and the total bill was 20€, it wasn’t spectacular but well cooked and served and the menu del dia section was almost full when we left, can’t fault it really. It brought back a few fantastic memories and made us wonder where 13 years have gone, happy days.
