Cason De La Marquesa — Restaurant in Arenas de Iguña

This was our second stop on a summer tour of four locations in Cantabria. We chose to stay here for a few nights as the hotel has some nice facilities, such as the lovely outdoor pool and restaurant, and we wanted to stay in and relax. We were not disappointed.||||The hotel is based on a restored country house which houses 8 of the bedrooms as well as a nice lounge area. They have developed the hotel with a tasteful extension built in a similar style which is attached to the main house and houses a bar, restaurant and another 15 rooms or so. All the furnishings are to a high standard and the old house and the old house itself is exquisitely decorated. It has the feel of an English countryside hotel, very nice.||||On arrival we received a friendly greeting and were escorted to our door which is rarely the case I find. The manager of the hotel popped up everywhere during our stay and was always enquiring as to whether we were ok. The pool area was lovely; spent a whole day lounging by pool and having a swim. It is removed from building which is nice; feels quiet and secluded. ||||The restaurant is superb. The menu is charged at €19,80. You order a starter each and share, then another and another (as many as you want until done). Then same with the main course - eat as many dishes as you want! Wine and water included too. So excellent value. Normally standard is not so high when ordering 'eat all you want' meals but this was a-la-carte standard. The croquetas, rabas and langostinos were particularly good. I had tacos de buey for my main which was cooked to perfection and the meat melted in my mouth.||||I see some other people had problems with service and room, we certainly did not and would recommend this hotel for a quiet break and also good for families with small children due to the lovely pool and friendly service. ||||We hope to...

This was our second stop on a summer tour of four locations in Cantabria. We chose to stay here for a few nights as the hotel has some nice facilities, such as the lovely outdoor pool and restaurant, and we wanted to stay in and relax. We were not disappointed.||||The hotel is based on a restored country house which houses 8 of the bedrooms as well as a nice lounge area. They have developed the hotel with a tasteful extension built in a similar style which is attached to the main house and houses a bar, restaurant and another 15 rooms or so. All the furnishings are to a high standard and the old house and the old house itself is exquisitely decorated. It has the feel of an English countryside hotel, very nice.||||On arrival we received a friendly greeting and were escorted to our door which is rarely the case I find. The manager of the hotel popped up everywhere during our stay and was always enquiring as to whether we were ok. The pool area was lovely; spent a whole day lounging by pool and having a swim. It is removed from building which is nice; feels quiet and secluded. ||||The restaurant is superb. The menu is charged at €19,80. You order a starter each and share, then another and another (as many as you want until done). Then same with the main course - eat as many dishes as you want! Wine and water included too. So excellent value. Normally standard is not so high when ordering 'eat all you want' meals but this was a-la-carte standard. The croquetas, rabas and langostinos were particularly good. I had tacos de buey for my main which was cooked to perfection and the meat melted in my mouth.||||I see some other people had problems with service and room, we certainly did not and would recommend this hotel for a quiet break and also good for families with small children due to the lovely pool and friendly service. ||||We hope to...

I have to say, although this place looked exquisite on the site, that was about as far as it goes I'm afraid!||The only saving grace was the 'Room', just as long as a member of staff doesn't barge in trying to give the room to someone else that is.... Yes, that's right we were in the room relaxing, and luckily that's ALL we were doing when the door opens and a member of staff with other guests barge in, and then try and say WE are in the wrong room! Don't think so!||Come dinner time we thought we would have something to eat - "Sorry, kitchen is closed as we had a wedding yesterday" - SO??? Eventually we had to drive into Torrelavega to get something to eat... Not impressed.||Oh, and it took us a good 30 minutes to get 'Checked-In', even though we had booked online a good month previously!||||Look, maybe this was a one-off thing, but that was the only chance I'm going to give them - not the lovely Hotel itself with lovely gardens and room are enough to make up for the atrocious service!||||And just to let you know my wife speaks perfect Spanish as she herself is Portuguese.... So language wasn't the...