Bar Restaurante Cruz de Toledo — Restaurant in Buenavista del Norte

We were told about this restaurant as a Tuesday alternative by our friends at Burga2 - Toledo is closed on Mondays and Burga2 on Tuesdays.

The place was packed with locals which is always a good sign, so despite arriving a bit earlier than the Spanish 14.00 we had to wait for a bit - beers at the bar weren't problematic.

The food - solomillo de cerdo and secreto ibérico were huge and wonderful, and the house wine was better than many in the area.

The only problem we had was their policy of not accepting card payments so we had to pay cash the only time we went.

We would have liked to have gone back - the paucity of ATMs even remotely close to the restaurant prevented this - another 15-min walk into Buenavista along a road with no pavement and blind corners for drivers to withdraw cash, come back the same way meant it was a nice one-of for us.

Staff were great, locals friendly to us tourists, so the only thing I can say that was bad was the lack of card payment - what if you want another beer? Extra coffee? But I suppose the locals know what they're doing and we were outsiders, despite having been made...

This inconspicuous place was recommended to me by my local host as worth adding a few kilometres on the way to Masca (by the way, it seems s also perfet stop if you go to El Toro). And indeed, inside it appeared to be a bustling place full of feastng locals. Of course not without the reason: the cuisine was really good (and so were prices). This was first tie ever here where I tried sweet (sic!) black pudding 'morcilla dulce'. For the main course I had a grilled squid, which was also very good, tender and aromatic, but... it was contaminated with veeery bitter, apparently burnt oil, which spoilt the whole experience. Otherwise I would be happy to give them 5*. Hope it was just an incident, so I recommend...

M seguir de largo. Trato pésimo. No vimos la sonrisa de ninguno de los camareros en las 2horas y media que estuvimos allí. Sirvieron la comida antes a mesas que llegaron después que nosotros. Croquetas quemadas por fuera y CONGELADAS en medio las cuales se llevaron y volvieron a REFREIR aún más. Supimos que eran las mismas porque nos trajeron refritas las que habíamos partido por la mitad. Nos dijeron que todos los platos venían con papas y ensalada, incluso pedí que me quitaran las papas y ensalada de mi plato y que las cambiaran por papas guisadas, pues el bacalao venía sin papas para nuestra sorpresa. Mi plato vino con papas y ensalada y les dije que no pasaba nada pero me lo quitaron incluso cuando pretendía comer después de más de una hora de espera. Me lo trajeron sin papas (sin las arrugadas solicitada) y encima nos las cobraron al final. También pretendían cobrarnos más bebida de la que habíamos pedido y encima toda la comida quemada, carbonizada. Se ve que no dan a vio y trabajan con el fuego a tope. Tenía la opinión muy positiva de este sitio por varias visitas en el pasado. MUY DECEPCIONANTE. No vimos ningún gesto de buena fe por parte del local. Ni siquiera unas disculpas. NADA...