Meson Los Monteros

Visited this restaurant twice. The views from the terrace at the back are breathtaking Staff here are so friendly, speaking Spanish, English and German.....the ones who can't speak much English apologize and really try.....I should be the one apologising for my poor Spanish! The food here is lovely and very reasonable in price, two courses and at least 3 large drinks each....€80 for 4 adults.

Staying in Cortes itself this year meant we could walk to the local restaurants. We did intend to try out La Puerta de Atras, but it was unavoidably closed, so we returned to Meson los Monteros. As we found last year, the menu del dia was remarkable value: a large plate of olives, a beer, 3 courses plus bread all for 8 euros. Even when we had an extra drink plus coffee afterwards, the bill for 2 of us was still only 20 euros. We were so satisfied with both the food and the cost that we ended up eating here 3 times during the week. Service from the young barman waiter was both very helpful and friendly. Over our three visits we sampled quite a wide variety of Spanish food, enjoying it all, but particular mention has to be made of the veal steak my wife had on our final visit: it was so enormous I had to help her to finish it! We also enjoyed the desserts which seemed to be home made. As we found last year, the start time for the menu del dia can be a little variable anywhere between 13.30 and 14.00 but that didn't matter to us: if there was a delay we just had an extra drink and enjoyed the view from the rear terrace.

This is a Fantastic food place. There is a nice staff working there. And it is a lovely place into a charming town

We ate here one day for lunch when we were staying in the valley below Cortes. Two courses plus bread, olives, coffee and a large beer cost us just 8 euros each. The food was tasty and the portions were generous. There was no formal menu: the waiter barman just told us the 3 or 4 choices available for each course. Service was a little laid back, but very friendly. We sat on the shaded patio at the back of bar which overlooks a partial mountain view. We would be quite happy to go there on another occasion, but would leave the timing of our visit a little later as the lunch menu del dia did not seem to start till 14.00.

Right at the bottom end of Cortes is a large tavern/eatery or Mesón. We tried 4 or 5 Tapas and cool cañas to finish off the evening. Remember that in Spain everyone dines out after 10pm which takes getting used to. In all cities, you will see families enjoying a meal or drinks outside in the warm night air. Even young children are part of the occasion. So different and you just don 't see drunkenness or louts. Rarely do you see anyone eating or drinking alone, always social participation.