Restaurante Mesón Los Herreros — Restaurant in Burgos

I'm aware of a lovely restaurant upstairs but on this visit we just had tapas downstairs. This is at least one of, if not the, best tapas bars in town. It's a genuine and wonderful place with a superb atmosphere and with competition on all sides nestling in well with this place. The range of exquisite tapas are all artisan, highly decorated and extremely tastey. There is a huge selection of wines available, one of the largest around, all are delicious. I would recommend just asking for a red wine (vino tinto of course pronounced vino tinto as all Vs are Bs) and you'll probably be asked Rioja or Ribera (del Duero), in my opinion choose the Ribera as its local and back in the UK or USA etc. there will be less choice of this excellent region. This is true in all the bars, you'll never have a bad one in a bar or restaurant and if you let them choose the actual bottle you'll always get a great...

So pleased to have found this gem after our hungry arrival in Burgos after 6 days on El Camino. The raciones available downstairs are truly exceptional; great range of choice, delicious and good value. In the restaurant upstairs, we had the Menu del Dia and, whilst not quite reaching the heights of the tapas’ quality, was still good and incredible value for money. To finish, I had the local dessert, cuajada - like a strained yoghurt made with sheep’s milk and flavoured with honey - and loved it. Highly recommend giving it a go. We had two types of red wine, both delicious. On top of that, the service from our waiter, Daniel, was fantastic too. He was attentive, helpful, personable and friendly. This place really is a must if you find yourself in...

This is quite simply my favourite bar in Burgos. I love the tapas and the raciones. I've also done the menu upstairs and that was off the clock. The people of Burgos pride themselves on being a cut above when it comes to food. The lovely people here pride themselves on being a cut above in Burgos. They are wonderful, friendly and I've now visited about 25-30 times over the last 12 years doing the fatal-bananas.blogspot Camino to Santiago de Compostela. When I've reviewed the food this restaurant is always up there with the best on the Camino. Like cafe ligonde in Eirexe, Galicia, the friendly welcome makes the food taste...