Zuhayra Restaurant

Restaurante Zuhayra is the kitchen of the country hotel of the same name, at Calle Mirador, 10, at the top of Zuheros, a few steps from the castle. Zuheros is a white village of about 600 inhabitants in the Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park, beside the Vía Verde del Aceite. It is run by the family group Zerca Hoteles, which is celebrating twenty-five years and also has the Huerta de las Palomas in Priego.

Zuheros cheese and oxtail

The house describes its menu as simple and of good quality: traditional local cooking with light modern touches, in which the produce of the land leads (olive oil, Zuheros cheeses, meat and vegetables from the market garden). The village's cheeses are its trademark, and oxtail is the dish customers mention most on the group's own website. The website does not publish the full menu or prices.

Patio in summer, fireplace in winter

In the warmer months you eat on the summer patio-terrace. In winter, as well as the dining room, the hotel's lounge-café has a fireplace and a more informal service of meals, portions and pizzas.

Booking

The website does not publish the restaurant's opening hours: call 957 694 693 or write to [email protected] to book and confirm service.

Before and after eating

The streets of Zuheros are narrow and steep: park at the entrance to the village and walk up. A meal fits after the Cueva de los Murciélagos, which is booked at the Ecomuseum and is about four kilometres away along the mountain road, or after the trail from Zuheros to the cave. It is the midday stop on the Sunday in Priego and Zuheros. If you want to stay, the Hotel Rural Zuhayra is in the same building.