Paloma

Paloma is a tiny eating house in Cudillero's old town: twelve seats, according to its official listing, on La Ribera, the lower street that runs towards the port. It is one of the few places in the town where the whole menu is suitable for coeliacs, and that, more than its size, is what sets it apart.

Twelve seats on La Ribera

With so few tables, it is not a dining room for groups or long sittings. It is a step from the quay, in the lower part of the amphitheatre of houses, so you can walk there from anywhere in the old town and from the port car park. If you are staying in the town, at La Casona de Pío, it is a few minutes' walk without taking the car.

Raciones and fish from this coast

The cooking is traditional and the menu long and of raciones, designed for nibbling and sharing. The base is fresh fish from the coast: virrey, sea bream and hake, depending on what there is. Among the specialities it declares are the fish and seafood grills and the rice with lobster. For a meal for two, a grill or the rice and a ración in the middle is the way to try the house.

Its listing does not publish prices or a menu of the day: ask the price of the fish and seafood when you order.

Gluten-free across the whole menu

Turismo Asturias records that the whole menu is suitable for coeliacs. It is the reason to choose it if someone at the table cannot have gluten: they will not have to settle for two odd dishes. Even so, say so when you book and remind them when you order.

Dogs, hours and booking

The official listing says it accepts animals; with twelve seats, say you are coming with a dog when you book. It is open all year and serves until 23:00; the closing day is not published. There is wifi and you can pay by card.

It has no website of its own. Book by phone on 616 533 713 or write to [email protected], and always do so in summer and at weekends: without a booking it is hard to find a place.

Before or after, the plan Sunday in Cudillero brings together Silencio beach, Cape Vidío and the port. And if there is no table here, on the square there is El Remo, the port's cider house.