Amelibia restaurant

Amelibia is a family restaurant on the Barbacana road, right next to one of the gates of Laguardia's walled old town. It is small, opens only at lunchtime and from some tables you can see the vineyards, the lagoon and, to the north, the Sierra de Cantabria. Traditional cooking with local, seasonal produce: classic recipes, with a touch of the house.

A menu of stews, pil-pil and oven dishes

Some dishes change with the market. Prices from the menu published in November 2026:

• Starters: cured beef with Idiazabal cheese, pine nuts and Rioja Alavesa oil (€20), assorted croquettes (€16), pickled partridge salad with roast peppers (€22), foie gras and pickled hare terrine (€24), lobster salpicón (€40).
• First courses: vegetable menestra or seasonal soup, with fish and shellfish in winter (€18); seasonal stew, according to the market.
• Fish: hake kokotxas in pil-pil (€30), squid in its ink (€26) and fish of the day.
• Meat: pig's trotters with fresh foie gras and Pedro Ximénez (€25), oxtail in Rioja Alavesa red wine (€25), confit boneless suckling pig on tart apple (€30), roast milk-fed kid (€32), chargrilled Galician beef sirloin (€26.50) and seasonal game, such as hare civet or wood pigeon.

The restaurant itself estimates between €35 and €45 per person without drinks.

The eight courses of the tasting menu

There is a tasting menu of eight courses, four starters, two mains and two desserts, for €60 including VAT and without drinks. It is served only with a prior reservation and to the whole table.

Lunchtime only, five days a week

It opens Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from 13:00 to 15:30. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday. It does not serve dinner. It is a small dining room: for weekends and during the harvest, book by phone, on 945 621 207, or by email. It accepts family celebrations of up to 15 people; weddings and stag or hen parties, no.

With children, coeliacs and dogs

There is no children's menu, but they serve half portions from the menu. According to the restaurant, around 80% of the menu is suitable for coeliacs; there is no vegan or specific allergy menu, and the staff will guide you when you order. Pets are not allowed.

Park below and go up in the lift

Amelibia has no parking of its own. There are a few spaces on the Barbacana road itself, but the convenient thing is to leave the car on Avenida de la Diputación, in the lower part, and go up in the public lift, which leaves you a few dozen metres away. The El Fabulista winery, in Plaza de San Juan, is a short walk: with the 11:30 or 13:00 session you reach your table without moving the car.