Hotel Rural Arroyo La Plata Restaurant

A dining room among dehesas

The Hotel Rural Arroyo La Plata restaurant is in La Bazana, about 4 km from the centre of Jerez de los Caballeros, in the former Hacienda Arroyo La Plata. The estate lies among dehesas and streams on the banks of the river Ardila, a tributary of the Guadiana, less than five minutes by car from the town. It is the dining room of the four-star rural hotel, but it is also open to those not staying, in a family atmosphere without ceremony.

What to order

The house speaks of local, quality produce at a good price, and of cooking that mixes classic recipes with the occasional international touch. It publishes neither the menu on its website nor specific dishes, so the sensible thing is to ask about the cooking of the day and what is in season. You are in the land of Iberian pork and the dehesa: if you fancy something from the area, ask when booking.

Besides the dining room, the hotel has a bar with a terrace, good for an open-air aperitif, watching a match or a long after-lunch chat in good weather. Guests are served a continental breakfast in the morning, from 9:00 to 11:30.

When to go

According to its website, the restaurant opens Wednesday and Thursday for dinner and Friday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. It publishes no service on Monday and Tuesday. It gives no menu or à la carte prices. For the weekend, and especially for Sunday lunch, book on 924 751 034 or 679 188 275.

The restaurant and the hotel's halls are also used for celebrations, such as weddings, communions or company lunches. If you go on a Saturday in wedding season, ask when calling whether an event is taking over the house.

Getting there and what to combine

You get there by car from Jerez in a few minutes, and the house has free parking. If you want to sleep here after dinner, see the listing for the Hotel Rural Arroyo La Plata, which has fifteen rooms.

The meal fits well after a morning in the old town: the Templar alcazaba and the Bloody Tower, the San Bartolomé church and its ceramic tower or the circuit of the wall by its gates. If it is not open the day you go, in the centre you have the Restaurante Santa María, beside the alcazaba, and at the entrance to the town, Caeriana.