Reina XIV — Restaurant in Real Sitio de San Ildefonso

This restaurant is under new ownership, so most previous google reviews at least, are irrelevant. Now a fine dining, degustation style restaurant the new owner / chef is bringing something decidedly different and unique to La Granja. If you are after, basic or cheap local fare, this is not for you, paella or tapas are not sold here. But if you are after a true dining experience, that takes you through the history of the region and its food and provides you with a modern take on the foods eaten by both the peasant farmers and the royalty of the palace, then I highly recommend it. The menu is unique, varied and very creative. The small plates will, after 9 or so courses, leave you glad that you skipped lunch. The staff are highly attentive and delightful. Clearly, they share the owner/chefs passion for providing a dining experience based on history. This is not for everyone, but we loved it . Alow 2 to 2.5 hours and as I said, skip lunch if you are there for dinner. Broaden your mind to allow the chef to surprise you with each course (there are not itemised menu choices to be made) and be surprised and delighted by the creativity of the teams desire to get you thinking a little what the people of this region ate, whether rich or poor. All ingredients are locally sourced and there are two choices of degustation menu, one based more on peasant eating and less on palace royalty and the other reverse. Would highly recommend to adventuresome diners wanting something different, local...

We had an amazing lunch here. The food was by far some of the best I've ever had and it was both thoughtful and creative. There was so much attention to detail that made the experience perfect. Perfect. The decoration, the type of music, the VOLUME of the music, the service, the waiter, the hand soap, and, of course, the food. The experience was a narrated history lesson of the area through food. I've been to La Granja 20 times and run trips there, but I still learned a lot. Everything we ate was locally sourced and made in-house. San Ildefonso was built as the summer home for the king and queen of Spain, so we ate things they ate, as well as the locals, but with an "upgrade." The spoon I ate was an egg yolk where they removed the inside, filled it with cream of onion, and topped it with spices. It got more elaborate from there. It was thoughtfully curated and one of the best meals I've had. They treated us as guests of honor and even gave us free wine and one of our courses. The chef, Borja, sat and had coffee with us after the meal and explained his concept, and the waiter Luis told us that he loves customers like us because we interacted with him and could tell we really enjoyed our meal. I hope more three-hour lunches like this are in my future. Please eat here if you're anywhere near Segovia. It will hopefully soon be a Michelin star restaurant and the...

🏢ESPACIO/AMBIENTE: restaurante con un espacio limitado pero suficiente. Cuenta con una decoración tradicional y castiza que va en sintonía con la vajilla, estilo y gastronomía del lugar.

⚠️ATENCIÓN/SERVICIO: son muy atentos a la par de rápidos. Se nota que es un restaurante tradicional, con años de experiencia y profesionalidad. Nos pusieron un entrante de olivas gratis y también al final unos caramelos, la verdad que es todo un detalle por su parte.

🥙COMIDA: Fuimos a una comida cuatro personas y pedimos para compartir varias cosas: las croquetas, que visualmente no parecían nada del otro mundo peor cuando las probamos, espectaculares, las recomiendo; y las empanadillas de pesto que estaban bien, normales. Luego como platos principales pedimos: la sopa castellana, que estaba bien aunque le faltaba algo de sal; el bacalao, estaba también bueno pero le faltaba algo de sabor, pecaba de soso ; y por último, encargamos un cuarto de cochinillo, que viene acompañado de una pequeña ensalada de lechuga y cebolla, y la verdad que el cochinillo tenía un sabor muy suave, que a veces suele pecar de tener sabor más fuerte, y de textura increíble, lo recomendamos encarecidamente porque estaba muy muy bueno. De postre pedimos el flan de la abuela, postre casero del lugar y la verdad que estaba bueno.

⚖️CALIDAD-PRECIO: En líneas generales la comida estuvo muy buena. De precio normal: dos entrantes, una sopa, los dos principales, el postre, dos cafés, el pan para 4, una cerveza y agua de grifo fueron casi 112 ósea 28€ /pp. Recomendamos las croquetas y el cochinillo.

💯NOTA: le ponemos un 7/10. Es un restaurante que está bien, pero tampoco nos parece espectacular para tener una estrella michelin desde 2019,...