Loreto — Restaurant in Jumilla

This was a review from years ago. "Lovely little spot. The degustación, the tasting menu, is really good value and good quality. The building is great and the staff are friendly. What more could you want. Well worth a visit."

At one point in the past we went quite often but we've not been back for ages. I'm not sure quite where we've been in the meantime, but it was well worth the return visit and it wasn't, in ay way, a let down.

The building and decor hasn't changed. It's one of those turn of the 20th Century rich person's house with high ceilings, big wooden doors, intricate plaster mouldings etc. The surroundings make the eating experience more interesting

The menu has changed substantially. From being a mid priced restaurant, no inexpensive, it is now mid priced. There were a couple of set menus, one at 40€ and the other at 52€ (I think). Either way it's not somewhere you're going to pop into for lunch everyday but it's not at Michelin prices either.

The food though was Michelin. Very good, lots of innovative touches, some of the dishes worked better than others but all of them were good efforts. The food was an overall good experience - all four of us liked it. I liked too that the beer, the bottles of wine and the coffees were at normal sort of prices. I really disapprove of those restaurants that think, because they're posh, it's OK to profiteer and charge 7€ for a bottle of water.

The service was very good, very friendly. It helped that our server spoke excellent English which made it much easier for the non Spanish speakers among us.

We went on a Monday lunchtime. That was because it was a birthday meal and Monday was the day. That's why the atmosphere was a bit duff. We were nearly alone, just another couple, in the patio with us. On the other hand it was great that the place is open on a Monday...

Very nice place and atmosphere. Feels like you are in a castle. The expectations of The food were high but my wife and I were very dissapointed. They have high ambitions on the dishes but not the competence to make it all the way. Really not a pleasant food experience which you expect for the price. Yes you have dishes that sound different and interesting but in the end is not at all exklusive. Over all far too salty(even The lemon mousse dessert). One is a weird combo that do not match together. Two looks not apetizing at all. Overcooked scallop. Some lacks taste and finesse. After 4 out of 8 dishes we felt that we did not want any more. The day before we had another gastronomic menue at another place and there you really want to see what comes next Unfortunately it is not...

La MEJOR experiencia que hemos tenido en muchísimos años Estuvimos comiendo en una de las salas de planta baja, siendo atendidos por una persona encantadora que se portó de una forma muy profesional y educada, cosa que da mucho gusto y le hace a uno volver. En cuanto a la comida, pedimos dos menús origen y fue con creces la mejor opción que pudimos tomar. La cantidad de platos es muy acertada y la cantidad de comida también lo es, quedándose uno saciado de tal forma que el detalle final entra muy muy ajustado, dependiendo de lo goloso que sea cada uno. Les paso a detallar la experiencia gastronómica y a continuación el detalle especial: Los platos fueron apareciendo al poco tardar de estar sentados en la mesa, lo cual se agradece muchísimo si vienes a realizar la visita con niños pequeños. No puedo hacer una valoración exhaustiva de cada plato porque depende de la persona y de los gustos personales, aunque cabe decir que TODOS me encantaron. Incluso aquellos que tenían marisco, cosa que no son santo de mi devoción. Todos tienen un toque especial, un sabor increíble y un aroma que incluso yendo uno medio resfriado, te llega el aroma del plato que te sirven en mesa. La variedad de lo que ofrecen desde el primer en llegar hasta el último está totalmente diseñado y pensado para que tenga un sentido lineal, sin que existan platos fuera de sitio Al llegar al final del servicio, nos trajeron el detalle de la casa que consiste en unos botones, que son dulces, que vienen en una caja de costura. Aquí es donde empezamos a conocer la historia del edificio, sitio histórico que se utilizaba en la guerra civil por parte del sindicato de la aguja, sindicato feminista. Al finalizar, y sin esperarlo, el camarero nos ofreció hacer una visita por el lugar, visitando las distintas partes y contándonos para qué servía cada estancia y al bajar por las escaleras nos encontramos con la chef Irene López. Fue estupendo poder decirle lo bien que habíamos estado y la maravillosa experiencia que habíamos tenido y que volveremos a repetir. En este punto nos dijo que van cambiando el menú y que la próxima vez que vengamos seguro que vamos a probar cosas distintas, obteniendo otra experiencia nueva. Es una pasada poder hacer un viaje y llevarte esta experiencia tan mágica, sorprende e histórica. Volveremos SIN DUDA ALGUNA. Mejor que en sitios con...