Hostel La Pedriza Bar-Restaurant

Eat before or after the mountain

The bar of the Hostel La Pedriza is on Calle Real in Manzanares el Real, in a historic building in the village, near the 724 bus stop. It is open to the climbers, hikers and cyclists staying at the hostel, but also to anyone passing through the village.

It serves simple home cooking from breakfast: dish of the day, sandwiches, burgers, afternoon snacks, tapas, raciones and cakes, all home-made. The offer changes with the season. Almost all suppliers are from the area, and there are always several dishes with no animal products. The kitchen holds a Repsol Guide Solete. The chef is called Mario.

What to order

The menu published on its website, as a PDF, has a different dish of the day each day: oxtail with soupy rice on Mondays (€13.50), cocido on Tuesdays (€15), meatballs with potatoes on Thursdays (€13.50), Extremaduran migas with egg and torreznos on Fridays (€15), tripe with chickpeas on Saturdays (€20) and stroganoff on Sundays (€20).

For nibbles, home-made croquettes, also in a vegan version (€5 half portion, €9 full), nachos with guacamole, chorizo in cider, papas with mojo or a home-made broth. From the garden, fried artichokes with mojo, ratatouille, pumpkin cream or spinach meatballs in curry. For meat, a 400 g entrecôte from the Sierra de Guadarrama, sweetbreads or torreznos with home-made mash (€18 each), and cheeks in apple sauce (€14).

For the mountain, the molletes are the practical choice: of braised cheek or roast ham hock (€7) or mixed (€4). The burgers, of Sierra de Guadarrama beef or vegetable ones of pumpkin and carrot, cost €13. For dessert, cheesecake, leche frita, torrijas, tiramisu or a vegan lemon.

Breakfasts

There is a separate breakfast menu: coffee with a butter and jam mollete or tomato and oil one for €3 (€3.10 on the terrace), mollete with ham, tomato toasts with avocado or ham, omelettes, eggs and pancakes. Plant milk has a small supplement.

These are prices from the menus published on its website; they may change with the season.

When to go

Its website does not publish opening hours: it is a village bar that opens from breakfast, but call 917 04 99 13 if you are going to eat on a Sunday or in a group. From here you drive up to the Canto Cochino car park, the starting point of many routes, and in the same village you can see the Manzanares el Real Castle.