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Posted: 10:01@08.03.07 (Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note. This restaurant is now Il Osteria, a very good italian restaurant.) Los Gurullos, Mojacar Los Gurullos is a small restaurant, on your right as you descend the hill towards Mojacar playa, in front of the rug shop and just before the petrol station. Gurullos is a typical dish here in Mojacar, made with small pasta balls in a stew, Continue reading Los Gurullos
Posted: 12:50@11.02.07 (Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note. No idea what it’s like now.) Bollywood Indian Restaurant, Mojacar It was a mild yet blustery February evening when I met up with my brother and his girlfriend for a meal. Deciding that I´d had far too much red meat this week (two visits to Loma Blanca in a week!) we went for an Indian. We were already on Continue reading Bollywood Indian
Posted: 08:40@16.12.06 (Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note.) Meson Verfran, Los Gallardos I grew up in Los Gallardos, in a small old house round the back of the bakery, among other places. So, as we gutter snipes played in the potholes and abandoned cortijos, our elders sat out in the dingy bars, sipping coffee and brandy and bemoaning the lack of a decent restaurant in Los Gallardos. Continue reading Meson Verfran
Posted: 07:46@06.12.06 Bar Restaurant Sopalmo Sopalmo, Mojacar Many, many years ago, during the Arabian ownership of Al Andalus, Mojacar was known as ´Muxacar´, and, indeed, was located on the hill in front of where it currently is. Indeed, during the ´Reconquista´ of Al Andalus by the Catholic Kings, the capture and holding of Vera and Muxacar was considered to be an important victory for the army of Maestre Felipe de Aragon, the victorious son of Continue reading Restaurant Sopalmo
Posted: 09:44@05.12.06 (Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note.) Candela Bar & Restaurant Carboneras First of all, a small disclaimer. There could be some conflict of interest here, as I very nearly brought this restaurant for the current owner. I didn´t, mainly due to already being over committed on the work front (hey, this blog doesn´t write itself you know!), but I do enjoy popping in occasionally to Continue reading Candela
Posted: 11:13@03.11.06 (Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note. But it’s still a bloody good restaurant!) (NOTE: 04.12.08> No longer a restaurant. Read about it here.) Restaurante Loma Blanca Turre Quality watch! Updated: 1st Aug, 07 The original review was posted in September 2006. Well, since then I´m please to say that it continues to delight. Just last night we had the “Lechazo al horno” (Milk lamb oven Continue reading Loma Blanca
Posted: 14:10@29.09.06 (Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note. The restaurant has just changed hands – March 2008) Los Limoneros Jardines de Agua, Cortijo Grande, Turre Terrible confession to make here – I´d been promising myself that I´d pop in here ever since I´d heard that it had reopened at the beginning of the summer. Yet, despite the fact that it´s just up the road from my house, Continue reading Los Limoneros
Posted: 08:39@17.07.06 I always had great hopes of this one when it opened. Nice decor, comfortable settings, and initially good food. I went there, and I used to be happy. Not ecstatic, but fairly satisfied as I burped my way home. It was always a bugger that they didn´t do takeaways. Eventually, they started doing them, but with what some people might call a ´bad attitude´. They only did them between 7 and 8 p.m. Continue reading Taj Indian, Turre
Posted: 14:35@16.07.06 (Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note.) This used to be a mediocre restaurant and bar, until a couple of years ago it was taken over by some Russians, who opened Turres first Russian / Lithuanian / Peruvian bar. I was there late last year, for a Larios and tonic (why do they never have Gordons? I hate Larios!), and they had 3 TVs on, in Continue reading Rodriguez Restaurant, Turre
Posted: 09:18@10.07.06 Originally posted in July 2006. (Note: This review is now depreciated, and is only available as a historical note. Comments below were from the old version of my blog which I copied over. This review was originally posted in July 2006. I am assured that this restaurant has been revamped since then. This review is maintained here for historical purposes only. For full information on this restaurant please visit: www.elmarlamar.com. I recently had Continue reading El Mar, La Mar