Casa Doña Jerónima — Restaurant in Estepona

Summary: Average food at above average prices.

We had paella - 18 euros each and the rice was overcooked, which for me is the cardinal sin of cooking paella. There wasn't much seafood in it either really. And there was no crust where the rice had caught a bit on the pan. Overall, not particularly well cooked in all honesty. I can do it better on a rainy afternoon in England.

Kids had decent food - there is a kids menu which is great and they offered smaller pasta dishes which was thoughtful.

A negative for me is that they gave us bread and then charged us 8 euros for it. I obviously don't mind paying for my food, but in a country where bread is often provided free with drinks, I think you need to be clear if you're going to charge 8 euros for 1 euro worth of bread - just my personal opinion. I dont like feeling tricked over dinner (I can afford 8 euros, dont start sending me cheques in the mail, dear readers).

We asked for water and another glass of wine which never arrived. Lucky really when the bill came - I think it was 7.50 for a glass of wine which when you consider you can get a lovely bottle for 7 euros in most shops is a bit... well ... you know. Above average in price.

Nice colourful...

Such a magical peaceful little corner of the Plaza with the heady aroma of flowers in the evening mixing in with your meal. I really really wanted the oxtail but Mark wanted paella so sadly we ordered that instead. I am super picky about my paella. I prefer a Valenciana saffron based or a squid ink based. This one was more like a tomato marinara risotto although which I don't love but Mark loved it! I must say the fish and the seafood in it was fresh and tender, cooked perfectly so no issues there. Unlike a lot of the restaurants in Estepona, they automatically come out with the bread service with different kinds of rolls, they pour the olive oil without us having to request oil. They even brought out an amuse bouche of a sort of mini empanada that reminded me of a fried wonton. Not sure how Spanish it us but it was delicious. The house white and red wine was good. Just a lovely dinner and you really cannot beat...

Nice restaurant with linen tables clothes in the flower square.

They brought us bread (which was nice) that we didn't order and charged us 3euro for it. I don't like it when restaurants do this on tourists.

We ordered entrecote rare and fillet med to well. Entrecote was blue, fillet med/rare. The steaks were tough but edible. The potatoes were flavourless, lumpy and dry ( chef-try adding some cream and butter). The carrot almost raw. The sauce was good. The plates were cold, so after a few minutes the meal was cold. Hot food on hot plates please.

When we ordered the bill a beer had been added, this may have been a genuine mistake but I am well travelled and have seen this done on purpose before to tourists.

All in all, not impressed.

This place gets very positive reviews so maybe we just got a bad night. Try it yourself and see...