Casa Paca

What it is

A traditional eatery on Plaza del Peso, a minute from the Plaza Mayor. Since opening, it has set out to revive traditional, regional cooking from all over Spain, with the odd modern touch. Meat is cooked over volcanic-stone embers, there is a wide choice of fresh fish and a tapas bar turning out dishes to order. The acorn-fed Iberian ham and cured meats are local, from the Único range by Blázquez.

What to order

The menu, in its May 2026 version, has a different spoon dish every working day: lentils with chorizo and black pudding on Monday (€14), Asturian fabada on Tuesday, Casa Paca-style cocido on Wednesday (€25), stewed potatoes with kid on Thursday and fabes with clams on Friday. There is also a set menu of the day at €29.

To start, Blázquez cured meats: Gran Reserva acorn-fed Iberian ham and acorn-fed loin (€29 each), chorizo and salchichón, or a mixed Iberian board. Then come Santoña anchovies, asparagus from Navarra, carpaccio of Huelva white prawns or a board of Tierra de Sabor cheeses.

The fish is fresh and Spanish: line-caught hake in green sauce, battered or grilled (€30), hake collar Bilbao style, monkfish, kokotxas, turbot or sole, and shellfish at market price. For meat and roasts, the grill and the oven rule: beef chop from cattle over 48 months old cooked over embers (€36 for one person, €72 for the one-kilo chop for two), Galician blond beef chop by the kilo, roast shoulder of kid and roast suckling pig with potatoes panadera (€32 each), and cabrito cuchifrito. Bread and service are charged separately, at €2.50 per person.

Opening hours and bookings

Book through their website or by phone on 923 21 89 93. They do not publish opening hours, so confirm them, especially for Sunday. For groups and companies there are menus that are best requested in advance, and at Christmas and New Year's Eve they publish special menus.

What to combine

Plaza del Peso is right next to the Plaza Mayor. After lunch, a stroll to the Casa de las Conchas and the cathedrals helps you digest. For something more informal on the same square, try the Mesón Cervantes.