Alacena Azul Restaurant

Alacena Azul is the restaurant of the Hotel de Naturaleza Rodalquilar, at the entrance to the former mining village, in the Los Albacetes locality. It feeds the hotel's guests and anyone who comes from outside. It has a spacious dining room with a 16 m² central skylight, air conditioning and heating and, in winter, a cast-iron fireplace; outside, an entrance porch and a large terrace facing the sea, towards Rodalquilar beach.

A short menu and a set menu drawn from it

The 2025 menu, the one the hotel publishes, is short and uncomplicated. Among the starters, for one or to share, there are Almería tomato with garlic and bonito (€13.50), salmorejo with egg and ham (€11), grilled Almería vegetables (€13), broken eggs with ham (€15), beef carpaccio or a cheese board, and sliced Iberian ham for €20.

Among the main courses fish and the grill rule: griddled salmon, cod with toasted garlic and wild asparagus or fried John Dory with vegetables, at €17; fried fish (€19) and griddled or fried squid (€20). Among meats, Iberian sirloin with boletus (€17), Iberian pluma with mustard and honey sauce (€18), entrecôte with chimichurri butter or a meat grill (€19), and a full burger at €14. Desserts cost €5 to €6.50; the caramel, tocino de cielo and walnut tart is gluten-free. Bread and service, €1.20 per person.

The most practical is the set menu: a starter, a main course and a dessert chosen from the menu for €25 per person, with water, bread and service included; drinks are paid separately. The hotel also speaks of recovered dishes from Almería cooking, such as fish gachas, michirones or ajo colorao, which do not appear on the published menu: ask whether they are available that day. The wine list has its own menu.

Opening hours by phone

The hotel is open all year, but the website does not publish the restaurant's opening hours or closing days. Call 950 38 98 38 or 639 30 66 16, or write to [email protected], to confirm service and reserve a table on the terrace. The house has allergen information for the whole menu.

Before or after the meal

The restaurant fits at the end of an afternoon in the valley: the route through the Rodalquilar gold mines ends a few minutes away, and El Playazo, with the castle of San Ramón, is down towards the sea. If you come from San Pedro cove, Las Negras is a short drive away. To sleep without moving, the rooms of the Hotel de Naturaleza Rodalquilar are in the same building.