Valladolid Restaurants

This restaurant is one of the best in the city, despite its rising prices. It is a family restaurant, the owner works the dining room and his wife in the kitchen, as well and their son. The ambience is fantastic! The restaurant is located beside the Casa de Cervantes, (around 8km or 1/2 mile south of the cathedral and Plaza Mayor).

It might be seen as dear by local standars: main courses 25€-40€ ($33-$52) and fixed-price menu 40€ ($52).

Favorite Dish: Two particular favorites are sole with pine nuts and seasonal river crabs.
Many other fish dishes, include hake and monkfish. Also among the best dishes are Roast suckling pig and roast lamb and peppers stuffed with crabmeat.

Plaza Mayor is a focal point in the city a gathering spot and a great place to dine and watch the city life. There is a variety of good and reasonably priced restaurants near the Plaza Mayor some include La Cueva (Calle Correos 4) and, opposite, La Balconada. Local specialities include roast suckling pig. For good tapas, try the nearby Taberna del Herrero.

Walking along calle correos we found this place and we entered because it was one of the few with a free table in that moment. Fortunately it was a really good place. We wasn't very hungry but we enjoyed a big plate with a mix of meal, vegetables that we enjoyed very much. Perhaps there were too many onions :p
We didn't spend too much both because we didn't eat very much and because the restaurant is quit cheap.

I wanted to try this restaurante because I read good opinions by other VTers, once again they have been very useful!
We had rice with fish and meat (it seemed very similar to paella in my opinion, but in the menu the called it just "rice"). While waiting they brought us some small apetizers and after the dinner they brought also some coffee-liquor.
We didn't pay that much but we didn't take wine, so I think this restaurant's prices are around the average.
You should book your table, we tried to go there without calling before and we didn't find place, so we had to book for the next day.

Favorite Dish: Rice with fish and meat

We ate here twice. The service was excellent and the food delicious. The restaurant is not big with just 7 or 8 tables. The set menu was just 13 Euros each but on both occasions we opted to choose dishes from the menu. We were not disappointed enjoying everything we ate. The total bill was 50 Euros (25 each) on the first occasion when we selected the most expensive options for main course, had starters, dessert, 2 bottles of beer, house wine and two coffees each. We were then invited by the waiter to sample a strong local spirit. In addition, we were given some nibbles before the starter, given plenty of bread and with the coffee offererd 'special cherries' which had been soaked in some strong stuff. On the second occasion the bill was 34 Euros (17 each) the only differences this time were that we ate cheaper options for main course and did not drink any beer. The waiter was very welcoming and as the first evening went on he provided us with plenty of advice to help us enjoy the visit to Valladolid. We returned on the last evening of our stay as it had been the most enjoyable eating experience we had had during the holiday. La Cueva is a great option for an all round great eating experience which is very affordable.

Favorite Dish: Menestra - delicous mix of green vegtebles, carrotts and mushrooms.

Merluza (Hake) - cooked with ham and cheese, it sounded unusal but was both tasty and filling.

Coffee - don't ask for any particular type as they just have the special coffee which has a few drops of very strong stuff added.

Refering to Italian icecream?
Not a bad move I guess. Anyway we saw
a lot of people running in and outside this
shop all looking happy and satisfied...
(The shop doesn't look appealing from the
outside.)

So we had to try it.
A thing is , me and Frederik , we don't like
that cookie that seems to be necessary to
serve icecream.

So , In Belgium when you order a plastic or cardboard
container it is no problem to get
filled with 4 or 5 different flavours.
Seems like a big problem in this 'Heladeria'.
The boss had to come. And no these
containers are for taking their perfect icecream
home. Hmmm... I'm sorry I don't speak Spanish.
Anyway in the end we had our icecream.
A little bit expensive (7 euro) but excellent
quality.

We really enjoyed eating in this place. On the ground floor its a bar where you can eat Tapas. Downstairs is a cellar with nice cosy corners or for groups big long tables. When we got in it was only 9 o'clock and that is very early according to Spanish standards, but we had been walking allday and we were gettting tired and hungry, by 10 o' clock the place was getting filled with people.

Favorite Dish: We went for the Tabla Mixta, served on a wooden shelf. Lamb, steak, local ham, calamares and more were on it (see picture).
We really enjoyed it and best of all not expensive.

This was really an expierience, I've never been served so fast. It was served so fast that we were ready in 20 minutes for a whole menu. The waiters and wiatresses were walking along the restaurant all the time with there arms crossed or bringing dishes. You really have to see this.

Favorite Dish: We asked for the menu for two. The menu contained a free drink, spring roll with sweet sour sauce, fried rice, chicken curry, beef sweet and sour, ice cream and coffee for only 6,75€. When we payed the bill we got also a glas of lychee wine for free. Maybe not the best Chinese I ever ate, but not bad at all.