Cantina La Estación

Cantina La Estación is a creative-cuisine restaurant on Calle Cuesta Rodadera, 1, next to Úbeda's Mercado de Abastos (food market) and a short stroll from the historic centre. It celebrated twenty years in 2025. The cook and owner is Montserrat de la Torre Nieto, whom the newspaper Ideal has honoured twice, most recently as a creative woman for her cooking. The house is divided into three areas and has a dining room that is a train carriage.

Bar, cellar and carriage

The bar is for tapas; the cellar is the corner where the house keeps its wines and where you can have a bite without a reservation; and the restaurant carriage is the more intimate dining room, for adults and children over ten only. In summer a terrace opens at night. The sommelier advises on the wine list, and the house organises tastings, such as one introducing white wines this November.

From andrajos to the long menu

The cooking is seasonal and local, with Jaén oils. The menu has Úbeda dishes, such as the traditional andrajos, alongside chef-led ones: soupy rice with scarlet prawns, cod confit in extra virgin olive oil or meats such as aged beef sirloin.

In the carriage the tasting menu is served in two formats: the short one, of nine courses, and the long one, of fifteen, which takes you through the whole of the house's cooking. They are available every day with advance notice, and can be accompanied by a wine pairing, which you ask for when booking or on arrival. According to the figures the house published, they cost €45 and €65; confirm the price when you book. For groups of six or more there are menus for 2026-2027 by reservation.

Booking

The website does not publish opening hours. Book on 655 43 33 84 or 687 77 72 30, especially if you want the carriage or a tasting menu. For a bite without a reservation, try the cellar area.

Úbeda before or after

From the Mercado de Abastos you can walk up to the historic centre. A meal here fits in after the guided tour of Úbeda or the Water Synagogue. The house also rents apartments, and if you are looking for a hotel in a palace, the Hotel Palacio de Úbeda is in the old town.