Doña Jimena — Restaurant in Consuegra

I was visiting the castle and windmills with my dog. I am a guiri but have lived in Toledo and Madrid. I am used to getting a Menu del Dia for 10-15 euros or sometimes eating in a nice restaurant for a little more. Just the week before I visited Cuenca and ate at 2 bars for normal prices.

I searched my phone looking for somewhere cheap to eat. Google rated this place as €(cheap). When I saw the laidback decor and posters for migas I thought I’d found just what I needed.

I was the first person there at maybe 2 o’clock. The owner/waiter is a CONMAN. I imagine a lot of the reviews are fake becase locals would not accept the prices and quality of food.

The owner was charming and accomodating, saying that I could bring the dog inside and sitting me next to the heater. Again I thought this was the type of local friendly bar that I was looking for.

Because I live in Castilla La-Mancha I knew the migas couldn’t be very expensive. He has photos of a limited range of the typical dishes, queso manchego, migas, pisto, chuletillas and chuleton.

Again, all simple, low-cost dishes I’m familiar with. I imagined they would be very affordable in such a small town.

The waiter basically chose for me. I know I was naive but he frames the conversation like you can choose pisto/migas for a starter then chuleton/chuletas for a main. As he doesn’t give you a chance to look at the menu and he insisted that the chuletas were only a very small dish before you know it he has ordered the €22 chuleton for you.

Like described in other reviews, it came with frozen cubed potatoes and a squirt of supermarket pisto. The migas were mainly just bread.

No mention of prices until the end. It’s obviously a very well rehearsed scam. The plate of migas was a racion size and the chuleton gigantic. So he has made it very difficult to argue that you are being tricked when the portions are so generous.

But I was alone and migas, chuleton, 2 beers and a coffee came to €38. I can only imagine the families of 4 who don’t speak Spanish and the bills they must get! Anything over €20 is too expensive, even at tourist prices. And over €30 is daylight robbery.

I loved the sights there and this ruined my experience of the town a bit. I imagine this restaurant is very popular due to its location. If I can stop any tourists from going I feel like I have done a service to someone.

As a reference point I’d say migas and chuletas on a Monday afternoon would typically cost €11/12 with drink included. The food was not terrible, but I feel that this is part of the trickery. They give you food that would be reasonable for €10 but you are hoodwinked into paying 3...

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