Bon Aire Restaurant

A family rice restaurant in the village

Bon Aire is on calle Caudete, in El Palmar, and is run by a family: Raúl Magraner in the kitchen, with paella prizes behind him; Rosa María Roig as head cook; Elena Marco Roig in the dining room and Borja Marco Roig as paella cook. The cooking is traditional Valencian, mostly rice dishes, with the lake as its reference.

What to order

The rice menu is long and priced per portion, with a minimum of two. The paella valenciana and the Bon Aire paella cost €20 and are made to order only. There are paellas with duck, foie and mushrooms, with black pudding, with carranc blau (the blue crab), with seafood or with lobster; dry rice dishes such as black rice, arroz a banda or arroz del senyoret; and soupy ones, including the arròs allipebrat, with eel all i pebre, at €23. As a starter, the eel all i pebre costs €16 a portion and €8 a half.

The Menú Bon Aire, for the whole table and from two people, includes bread with tomato and all i oli, squid, espencat and titaina to share, paella valenciana or arroz del senyoret and homemade desserts: €30 from Monday to Friday and €35 at weekends and on public holidays, drinks not included. Children over 6 pay for the menu.

Booking and parking

You book online; not by email. Since the rice dishes are made fresh, the restaurant advises ordering when you book: on busy days, the average wait is about 35 minutes. Tables with views are not guaranteed. For parking, the El Palmar hospitality association has a car park: free on Monday and Thursday, and €2 a day from Friday to Sunday. By bus, line 24.