Casa Ramón

Casa Ramón is on plaza de Daoíz y Velarde, the square that opens beside the Fontán and its market, in the old town of Oviedo. The house has made a name with a single dish, fried squid, and around it has a long menu of meat from its own livestock, fish from the auction and shellfish kept alive in a tank.

Line-caught squid beside the Fontán

The squid is fresh, line-caught, chosen at the harbour, marinated with a house recipe, floured and fried; it arrives in strips and rings with half a lemon. The portion costs €24. It works as an aperitif in the square or to open the meal in the middle of the table. The other fried dish the house marks as a speciality is the fried monkfish (pixín), at €28.

Own livestock and live shellfish

The meat comes from its own livestock: they select, rear and feed the animals. On the menu are the Asturian veal chuletón, €28; the veal cachopo, €22; slow-stewed meat, €16, or chopped tapa meat, €16. The suckling pig and the quarter of lamb, €64, are ordered in advance.

Live shellfish goes into the tank: spider crab, spinous spider crab, brown crab and edible crab. Cantabrian lobster is €72 a kilo, goose barnacles €40 for 250 g and spinous spider crabs €10 each. The rice dishes, with carabinero prawns, brown crab or free-range pitu chicken, are ordered for two at least, from €22 to €45 a portion.

For spoon dishes, Asturian fabada, €22, fabas with clams, €23.50, and homemade tripe. Prices include VAT and the house warns that they should be confirmed at the restaurant. The wine list is long, with ciders from €4 and a corner of sherries.

Booking a table, a day ahead

Online booking is done on its website for groups of 1 to 10 people and is not accepted for the same day: you have to ask at least the day before, and it is valid only when the confirmation email arrives. The slots it offers run from 13:30 to 15:45 at midday and from 20:45 to 23:15 in the evening. Terrace tables cannot be booked on the website. For larger groups or to book on the day, call 985 201 415 or write to [email protected].

The website does not publish the closing day: confirm it by phone before going, especially on Sundays. If you prefer to eat at home, the same dishes can be ordered for takeaway or delivery on that phone number.

In the middle of the Fontán walk

It is in the middle of the walk around the old town and the Fontán, five minutes on foot from the cathedral, and the Exe El Magistral, on calle Jovellanos, is a few steps away. The old quarter is pedestrianised: arrive on foot.