Casa Cortina Cider House, in Amandi

A few metres from the Ferrería cider mill

Casa Cortina is the cider house of Sidra Cortina, a few metres from its cider mill, the Ferrería, in Amandi, on the edge of Villaviciosa. The cider you drink is the house's natural cider, and the staff pour it. The restaurant has two covered terraces, ample parking, gardens and a children's area: with children, it is more comfortable than a cider house in the centre of the town.

The welcome menu and the à la carte

For a first taste of Asturian cooking there is the welcome menu, at €29 per person inside or on the terrace, with cider, wine or water and coffee: for starters, corn torto with picadillo and Cabrales or seafood soup; for mains, Asturian fabada or escalopines with Cabrales; for dessert, rice pudding or filled fayueles. It is not shared between two.

On the menu there are cold starters, such as scorpion-fish pâté or the board of Asturian cheeses, and hot ones, such as tortos with picadillo and Cabrales sauce, home-made Iberian ham croquettes, Amandi-style baby squid or grilled scallops. Then, seafood soup and fabada; seafood rice or with free-range chicken, for a minimum of two and with a 25-minute wait; fish such as fried pixín, hake in cider or stuffed with langoustines; and Asturian veal IGP cachopo, designed for two. The grill list is long: criollo and red chorizo, Duroc pork rib, lamb chops, chuletón, entrecôte, Asturian veal sirloin, Iberian secreto and a mixed meat grill. For dessert, walnut tart, frixuelos, cheesecake, home-made flan or Cabrales cheese.

Gluten-free and takeaway

There is an entire menu of gluten-free dishes, and the whole grill can be served gluten-free; if you are coeliac, tell the waiter. Tuesday to Friday there is an inexpensive set menu, which they publish each morning on social media, and any dish on the menu can be ordered to take away.

Holidays, hours and kitchen

It is closed now for holidays: in 2026 it closes from 3 to 23 November, both included, as it closed from 17 February to 2 March. In winter, from 22 September to 23 June, it opens Tuesday to Thursday and on Sundays from 12:00 to 18:00, and Friday and Saturday from 12:00 to midnight. In summer, Tuesday to Saturday from 12:00 to midnight and on Sundays until 18:00. On Mondays it is closed, except on 5 January and, at lunchtime only, 12 October and 7 December.

The kitchen serves from 13:00 to 16:15, and on Fridays and Saturdays also from 20:30 to 23:30: on weekdays there is no dinner even if the premises stay open. Bookings on 985 891 015.

A cider afternoon in Amandi

The visit to the Sidra Cortina cider mill ends a few steps from the table, and Casa Cortina is the lunch of the day in Villaviciosa with El Gaitero, Valdediós and Tazones. If you want to sleep in the same village, La Casona de Amandi is in San Juan de Amandi.