La Joya del Valle de Ricote
Gastronomic Route through the Ricote Valley
For lovers of good food, the Ricote Valley offers a magnificent Gastronomic Route through the different flavours of Mediterranean cuisine, with fresh products from the orchards, delicious meats, paella, fish and seafood brought from the nearby coasts that bathe the Region of Murcia.
Taste the exquisite delicacies offered by the restaurants of the Ricote Valley, there is something for all tastes and budgets, and if you don't want to miss them we recommend that you make a reservation in advance.
Taste the exquisite delicacies offered by the restaurants of the Ricote Valley, there is something for all tastes and budgets, and if you don't want to miss them we recommend that you make a reservation in advance.
El Sordo Restaurant
No less than a century of gastronomic tradition, 4 generations of chefs and 1 Sun from the prestigious Repsol Guide endorse this place run by Jesús Ortega. Today it is a place of pilgrimage for lovers of good food. Its game and grilled meats are especially famous, as well as its traditional dishes, from the orchards and the mountains, always unique and with a contemporary touch. The philosophy of El Sordo: "A good meal without good attention, an incomplete experience".
Location: Ricote
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Location: Ricote
Oxox 131 Restaurant
Freddy Salmerón, a venezuelan chef retired from fine-dining restaurants for his quest to reconnect with Mother Nature, runs this "Rural Food" restaurant, as he named it. He is clear about his commitment to local products and especially to those from the Ricote Valley, which he cooks masterfully and which are the strong point of his restaurant located among the lemon orchards of the smallest village in the Region of Murcia. A pleasure for the senses, both its food and its terrace with beautiful views.
Location: Ojos
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Location: Ojos
El Carril Bar&Restaurant
We are talking about one of those typical Murcian taverns, with a large bar area, display cases of fresh products, wine cellar, as well as several dining rooms, all wrapped in an informal and relaxed atmosphere with a decoration where anything goes. It is also known by many people by the name of "El Sorpresas", the nickname of Jose, its owner and manager who, together with his room staff, know the art of serving the diner luxuriously. The speciality is very fresh seafood and fish, of high quality and at a very good price.
Location: Archena
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Location: Archena
Atempo Weekend Bistro Restaurant
A enchantting, casual and small restaurant that, as its name suggests, is only open on weekends. It is a very special place where everyone is family: the dining room is perfectly carried out by the experience of Paco García and the cuisine led by Mónica Bolarín, a great tandem that makes tasting its exquisite and fresh Travel Menu based on a selection of original tapas, a pleasure and a surprise for the senses.
Location: Archena
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Location: Archena
Esmayao Restaurant
The perfect fusion between art and gastronomy by the hand of Freddy Salmerón, in this his second location at the Ricote Valley, with a delicious palette of flavors and colors in his personal, creative and original cuisine that surprises the palate. This restaurant, attached to the foundation of the painter Pedro Cano, occupies a small space of 20 M2 full of life and personality with large murals that decorate its walls made by artists from the Assido collective (Association for people with Down syndrome).
Location: Blanca
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Location: Blanca
Los Jardines de Villanueva Restaurant
A place where both inside and on its large terrace you can enjoy beautiful views of the citrus groves with the mountains of La Serreta in the background. On its menu you will find traditional recipes of Murcian cuisine such as pipirana, zarangollo or michirones that are combined with grilled meat and as a way to end the party its well-known dessert of grilled peach with ice cream.
Location: Villanueva del Río Segura
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Location: Villanueva del Río Segura
La Taberna de Laso
A place in the center of the town with a large outdoor terrace and inside with a bar and table area. Ideal for snacking on tapas, portions and toasts that you will liked for their originality, all in a pleasant atmosphere and with friendly staff.
Location: Archena
Location: Archena
Bar La Carmen
There is nothing sophisticated about this place as it is a simple bar in the middle of the countryside. Basics such as traditional tapas, babecued meat with potatoes or paella cooked on wood to lick your fingers, it offers a menu of 100% homemade food, which must be ordered days in advance (if you want to go on the weekend). An immersion in the real Spain, where time is forgotten.... Ah! and they only accept cash payment.
Location: Campo de Ricote
Location: Campo de Ricote
