Las Rías bajas — Restaurant in Gijón

We went with a friend for a birthday celebration and we loved it! The starter of ventresco of tuna, roasted peppers and tomato delicious, it was accompanied by calamari which was tender and very tasty. The main dish was a longaniza sausage with boiled potato and red cabbage which was very good too. The sausage was very tasty and perfectly cooked. If I could be critical at all, I would say a spiced red cabbage with red wine and dauphinoise potato would have lifted this dish to stellar heights but that would be nitpicking.

The cheeseboard was outstanding with no less than 9(yes!!!) different cheeses! Cheese from Galicia and Asturias and Finland, Italy and France and they were (almost) all, very tasty. I am not very fond of Cabrales cheese, except when not matured. The specific cheese served was very mature and I did not like it very much(BUT it is personal taste and does not reflect on the quality and generosity of the dish served)

The owner is a wine buff and suggested a wine for each course and we loved both the reds we had with the starters and the mains. A granacha from Spain and if memory serves me right, a wine from the Douro region in Portugal which was exceptional.

We had a dessert wine with the cheese which was a sherry but it was too dry for my liking(again more to do with personal taste) I asked for an alternative and the Pedro Ximenez sherry offered instead, was excellent.

All in all, a great experience which we will definitely repeat!

Thanks to the whole team for a...

Apuntes previos a una reseña (wine lovers, podéis odiarme): Hasnosz, Kumeu River, Chabli premier cru '17, San Cobate, Bairada, Heritage 1831 del 12, Coste Rubin piamontés, Keller '12, Ladredo '14, Burton Sauvignon blanc, Roxanich croata, Soalheiro primeras Viñas, Remelluri blanco 2016, Valtuille de Raúl, Savigny les Baib and (led Lavières) Loureiro Aphros Daphne o un Bastarda Fedellos do Couto. Y ahora vas y lo cascas...Y yo me lo bebo!!!! Hablemos de espíritu y grandeza. ¿Y tú, donde bebes? Mira, yo bebo (y ya de paso, como como Dios y la más hermosa tradición mandan) en el Paraíso. Ahí, en el Paraíso en la tierra manda un tipo grande como un castillo llamado Felipe Ferreiro. Miento, en el Rías mandas tu. Tus ganas de ser un disfrutón, tu pasión por el vino, por el buen, por el gran vino. Tu pasión por alentar la amistad que se crea en torno al bar de tu vida, copa de vino en mano. El Rías es, probablemente, y en esto quizá soy rabiosamente parcial, el mejor lugar de Asturias para sentarte. Y pasar horas y horas, por que esto se acabará y volveremos a hacer noche y amanecer en los lugares que amamos. Miren, la cosa es tal que así. La mejor versión de la historia de la música es la sensible barbaridad que Jeff Buckley (el gran hijo de Tim) hizo del "Hallelujah" del maestro Leonard Cohen. Pocas cosas la igualan. Sentarse en la barra del Rías a beber, comer, charlar, confraternizar... a escuchar la sabia tranquilidad del gran Felipe Ferreiro, la iguala. Y cuando uno se siente sembrado, la supera. Postdata; la tabla de quesos del Rías Baixas...mejor me callo (es un secreto y no debe ser...

Every time we visit Gijón we go to Rias Baixas for great food and wine. It is a unique place where Felipe shares his knowledge of wine and cheese with customers. In this wonderful restaurant you will be able to pair wine with food, as the house has many bottles opened for this purpose. You will listen to stories from Felipe’s experiences about wine and cheese from all over Europe pairing wine and enjoying a delicious meal. It is a different experience and you will not be disappointed. Reserve a table,...