Chef Rivera — Restaurant in Padrón

We were walking the Portuguese Camino through a specialist company, who booked us in for one night. Their description was 'great restaurant, but closed Sunday and Monday'. We were not staying either of those nights. We arrived late afternoon and as all quiet rang the door bell of the hotel (all very narrow and dark up side road). We were greeted by a lady who opened the front door and without a word, pressed a keypad showing us a code to get in. We then went to the desk at the back of a very narrow entrance hall and told not to put anything on the counter as that was where she took a photo of our passports. We collected our suitcases and took the very old small lift up to our rooms. However be aware that the lift does not go to the floors with bedrooms but stops between, so very difficult to get your case to and from your bedroom, particularly if you have a bad back. ||We checked what time we could eat dinner and could only do so in the bar area. The Chef, but presume also the owner, made very odd comments when chatting to him before dinner. We went down for our meal expecting something special, but only offered Pilgrim Menu 1 as part of our package (€15) or pay more for Menu 2 (€23.10). We decided that it was not worth paying more. Menu consisted of Apertiser of house, Galician veg soup followed by veal chop with potatoes and salad or cod cooked in galician way, then cake of the house. Very boring considering it had a great restaurant, very plain food that you could have had in a cafe. Food was ok but very disappointing. We had had much better at most of the other places we stayed on the Camino on the same type of voucher accommodation from our tour company. ||Reception phoned to ask what time we wanted breakfast and we told her, presuming that we would have a table reserved for us. We came down just before that time and there were no tables left (breakfast was in the bar area). Everyone had just arrived or started eating. We wanted to eat as needed to start walking so the only place to eat was at the bar. However there were not enough stools so some of us had to stand and eat our food. The same man (chef) was in charge and no explanation as to what we were expected to do/what breakfast to expect. Eventually asked if we wanted coffee and brought out some bread, ham, cheese, fruit and croissants cut up. When we asked for more bread, he really did not want to give us any. ||The bedrooms were small but comfortable along very narrow dark corridors. The hotel is situated in a good location. ||We were very disappointed in this hotel/restaurant after the information we had been given on it. ||We would not recommend this hotel and it was at the bottom of our list of hotels (all booked on the same voucher basis) we stayed at...

We were walking the Portuguese Camino through a specialist company, who booked us in for one night. Their description was 'great restaurant, but closed Sunday and Monday'. We were not staying either of those nights. We arrived late afternoon and as all quiet rang the door bell of the hotel (all very narrow and dark up side road). We were greeted by a lady who opened the front door and without a word, pressed a keypad showing us a code to get in. We then went to the desk at the back of a very narrow entrance hall and told not to put anything on the counter as that was where she took a photo of our passports. We collected our suitcases and took the very old small lift up to our rooms. However be aware that the lift does not go to the floors with bedrooms but stops between, so very difficult to get your case to and from your bedroom, particularly if you have a bad back. ||We checked what time we could eat dinner and could only do so in the bar area. The Chef, but presume also the owner, made very odd comments when chatting to him before dinner. We went down for our meal expecting something special, but only offered Pilgrim Menu 1 as part of our package (€15) or pay more for Menu 2 (€23.10). We decided that it was not worth paying more. Menu consisted of Apertiser of house, Galician veg soup followed by veal chop with potatoes and salad or cod cooked in galician way, then cake of the house. Very boring considering it had a great restaurant, very plain food that you could have had in a cafe. Food was ok but very disappointing. We had had much better at most of the other places we stayed on the Camino on the same type of voucher accommodation from our tour company. ||Reception phoned to ask what time we wanted breakfast and we told her, presuming that we would have a table reserved for us. We came down just before that time and there were no tables left (breakfast was in the bar area). Everyone had just arrived or started eating. We wanted to eat as needed to start walking so the only place to eat was at the bar. However there were not enough stools so some of us had to stand and eat our food. The same man (chef) was in charge and no explanation as to what we were expected to do/what breakfast to expect. Eventually asked if we wanted coffee and brought out some bread, ham, cheese, fruit and croissants cut up. When we asked for more bread, he really did not want to give us any. ||The bedrooms were small but comfortable along very narrow dark corridors. The hotel is situated in a good location. ||We were very disappointed in this hotel/restaurant after the information we had been given on it. ||We would not recommend this hotel and it was at the bottom of our list of hotels (all booked on the same voucher basis) we stayed at...

Old tired hotel, very basic rooms, grumpy owner/chef, and staff at the reception that barely understand English.||We booked here because my husband's birthday coincided with our stay in Padron on our Camino walk to Santiago.||The rooms are very basic and look into nothing. The elevator barely fits one person and one suitcase. The worst part was the food experience.||All the hotels on our path included a generous breakfast buffet till we got here. The breakfast was not included and it was awful. We paid 2 euros for a piece of cake to have with our coffee and it was at least two days old. Rock hard and tasteless.|The chef walks around the place and has an attitude instead of being welcoming or asking guests about their experience.||The owners own a coin laundry across the street ( the view from our room). That is the on site laundry they talk about.|In the end not recommending this place at all. Its not worth the money and the grumps don't even appreciate your business so take...