Xalet La Coromina

Cooking with the chestnut of Viladrau

Viladrau is the Montseny's chestnut village, and the Xalet La Coromina puts it in almost its whole menu. The house is one of the four Viladrau Chestnut Ambassador restaurants, and its cook, Juan Antonio Cuartero, is the Official Chestnut Chef. The cooking is mountain and seasonal: local produce, fire and traditional dishes with a contemporary eye.

What to order

To start, the onion and chestnut soup with pancetta and thyme, the brandade churros with chestnut chutney or the chestnut bread. For the main course, the wild boar civet with roasted chestnuts, the crumbled chestnut butifarra with mushrooms and polenta, or the pork cheek with pear and chestnut purée. To share there is a 650 g entrecôte and a casserole of noodles with secreto pork and sobrasada, for two at least. For dessert, the chestnut baba. On the menu starters run from about €9 to €14 and main courses from €18 to €24.

The dining room and the garden

The dining room is wooden, with a fire lit in winter and large windows onto the forest. When the weather is good you eat outside, in the garden under the cypresses.

Hours and how to get there

It serves lunch from 13:00 to 15:30 and dinner from 20:30 to 22:45 on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and public holidays; it is closed Wednesday and Thursday. It is at carretera de Vic, 4, in Viladrau, about twenty minutes from Collformic, where the climb to Matagalls starts. It is also a hotel: if you want to stay, see its rooms.