Restaurant Oliveras

A Catalan buffet with more than 30 years behind it

Oliveras is a family restaurant in Besalú that has been serving home-style Catalan cooking with local produce for more than thirty years. It works as an all-you-can-eat buffet: you help yourself among starters, main courses and desserts, of Catalan and Mediterranean market cuisine. It is on carrer Pau Claris, in the new part of the town, a few minutes' walk from the medieval centre, and besides being a restaurant it does catering and organises celebrations and company lunches.

What to order and when to go

There is no menu: the buffet changes with the market, with stews and the classic dishes of Catalan cooking. It opens every day at midday only, from 12:30 to 16:00. On weekdays the meal includes a drink and coffee; on Saturday and Sunday, the aperitif too. It does not serve dinners, so it is an option for lunch between the visit to the bridge and the afternoon at Castellfollit or Banyoles. For the weekend, book by phone on 972 590 392.

Who it is for and how to get there

The Garrotxa tourism association lists it with a terrace, garden, parking, air conditioning and wifi, and it admits pets; there is a bus stop nearby. Because it is outside the historic centre, which reserves parking for residents, getting there by car is easier than to the restaurants on the square.