Casa Cecilia - Novelda

Booked the last slot of the day at 4pm for a Menu Del Dia. Somewhat off the beaten track but actually easy to find, it is a working bodega and supurb reastaurant. The MDD is exceptionally good and heartily reccommended. A little more expensive than some of the more usuall MDD but worth every cent.

Phoned them on a Wednesday at 10 am , to be informed that they had a tour in “English” coming at 12 o’clock same day . Thanks to our navigator we could see it would take us proximity 1 hour 15 minutes to get there soo we started our tour and found a nice familiar winery , with nice hospitality in lovely surroundings when we got there. They delivered the tour and tasting more than well and we ended our tour by having a nice 3-course lunch in their fine restaurant with more of their nice wines : During the last 3 years this was our 4th winery visit and the best one. The winery’s history was interesting and was delivered in well understandable English . I Can really recommend a visit here.

This restaurant is about a half hour drive from Alicante and set in beautiful surroundings. It is a working vineyard which offers tours, a shop and a restaurant all of which are exclusive of each other if preferred. We were a party of 6 and our visit was to the restaurant which has extremely high ceilings and a glass floor exposing the wine cellar beneath. This was our third over the last 2 years, (as we can only go when on holiday), but it has been consistently good. There is a choice of the menu of the day or A La Carte which both offer a variety of starters and mains to cater for all tastes. We opted for the menu of the day at 18 Euros/person which included unlimited bread and house wine and offered 3 starters for the table all of which arrive without ordering and which for us included generous sizes of a fantastic salad, a meat platter and a cassoulet type bean and meat dish all tasting wonderful. For main course there were 3 choices including paella, fish of the day or a meat dish. Between us we tried all 3 dishes which were all very good. The portions sizes were all spot on after the starters and left room for dessert and coffees. There was a choice of about 5 desserts, all very good and coffee or tea/herbal tea if required. The staff were excellent insofar as they were very attentive and professional without being intrusive at all. We visited on a Friday lunchtime and the restaurant was practically full which isn't unusual so I would recommend booking to avoid disappointment as well as double checking the directions beforehand if you make the effort to go.

Una deliciosa cata de vinos muy interesante experimentada con un grupo de gente agradable. Recomendado para hacer. ¡Servicio!

Buenos arroces y servicio muy amable. Recomiendo catar los vinos y pasar por la tienda al finalizar! Buenas brasas también!