Hostal de Pagès — Restaurant in Olot

When it comes to food, I don't like planning. I'm the type of person who goes to the supermarket at 8pm to eat at 9 with no idea of what I'm gonna buy. 🤷‍♂️ I don't like booking a restaurant in advance either. Who knows if I'm gonna want to eat sushi or pizza? But it seems that improvising isn't always the best idea... 😅 A few months ago, after a short week-end at La Garrotxa, a volcanic area not too far from BCN, we had to head back to the city and, when we woke up, we decided to have brunch before leaving. We just forgot that we were not in a big city and that not everything was open on Sundays there... and what was open was also packed. 😔 We went to several places where they couldn't accept us and, after a few tries, it was already time for lunch. Change of plan: where can we go for lunch? We tried a few places and the last one we tried before giving up and heading back home on an empty stomach, Hostel de Pagès, was not opened yet. But they still welcome us. Hooray! Not only did they accept us but they immediately served us a small plate of white beans and sausage... that we loved so much that we ordered a big one! We also had a charcuterie board, croquetes and we tried the "potatoes from Olot" (the restaurant is in Olot) which are fritters mainly made of potato and sausage... That was already a lot of food for the 3 of us but we still found room for desserts, one of which was a xuxo. It's a specialty from Girona, a few km away from Olot. Yet this xuxo was better than all the ones I've had in Girona so far. We really enjoyed everything: the food, the service (super nice, attentive, proactive) and even the price: we paid €20 each (no wine). No wonder why so many people were queuing when we left! See, improvising IS the best!

Quality & taste: 10/10 Quantities: 10/10 Atmosphere: 7/10 Originality: 7/10 Ratio price / quality: 10/10 Service: 10/10 How I felt...

Una experiencia increíble. Ha sido todo un acierto reservar en este restaurante. Hemos comido un menú de fin de semana por 28€, calidad-precio-cantidad espectacular. Vale muchísimo la pena, pues la comida es casera y de producto de proximidad. De primero hemos probado los canelones de “rostit”, una especialidad de la casa y con razón, y los típicos “fesols” con butifarra de perol. Estaban súper ricos y ponen cantidad generosa. De segundo hemos probado el “platillo” de la casa que tenía pollo, conejo, albóndigas, setas y salsa. Pero lo que recomendamos sobre todo es la carrillera con albóndigas y setas, se deshacía y mi pareja casi me deja sin. El pan que lo acompañaba estaba delicioso, y para mojar en la salsa ha sido un puntazo. De postre hemos probado el yogur casero con salsa de arándanos y la tarta de Santiago. Ambos estaban buenísimos. David, el encargado del establecimiento, nos ha venido a saludar muy amable preguntándonos sobre nuestra experiencia en el restaurante. Ha sido todo un placer conocerle y conocer el restaurante. Nos lo apuntamos para volver, sin duda que querremos repetir. Enhorabuena al restaurante y al...

Buscabamos un restaurante que admitiera mascotas, tenemos una perrita border collie, al llamar para reservar nos han dicho que ningún problema. La reserva era para las 15:15, hemos llegado 5 minutos antes y nos han atendido al instante, y muy amablemente, preludio de lo que vendria posteriormente. Un vermut Izaguirre ha sido la entrada a una sopa de cebolla i un surtido de embutidos y jamón de la garrotxa. Seguidamente el platillo de "Festa Major" i los pies de cerdo a la brasa nos han hecho seguir disfrutando de la comida y como colofón a estos manjares, el "mel i mató" y unos chuchos con el azúcar quemado, junto a unos cortados, han cerrado este festín gastronómico. En la parte del servicio agradecemos a David i a Maria su atención, amabilidad i espiritu servicial y agradable en todo momento. Sin ninguna duda vamos a repetir....