Restaurante Taberna López — Restaurant in Segovia

Cosy hole in the wall restaurant serving pretty authentic (at least to me!) local dishes. The food was really good, we started with the grilled Prawns, which we were mopping up every bit of sauce with bread. The baked beans which were cooked in pork was tasty but extremely heavy. So do share with 3 or more if you do order the adult sized portion. We then closed with the sizzling steak which came, as you can guess, on a sizzling hot stone. It was good quality meat, albeit rather grassy tasting as it was a fresh cut of steak. I'm a more dry aged meat kinda guy so this didn't really work for me, but certainly nothing wrong with the dish.

The owner is also the server and he has no English. He does try very hard and is very friendly but communications are challenging. He does have an English menu (only names of dishes and no descriptions) so that helps, but I suggest you plan your dishes ahead by checking out these reviews. The wines are reasonably priced as well.

Full meal for 2- EUR60. Which is reasonable.

Came by on a Sunday night at 9pm and we were the only ones in the restaurant. However by 10pm, 2 other tables joined. So do expect a quiet albeit rather cold dining experience.

Overall definitely a local experience worth seeking out, but shy of 1 star only because of the difficulty...

We came on a Thursday at 8pm and were the first guests, The owner handles everything himself and was a great host - despite not talking any English he knew how to communicate and help with the selection. We had a wine of recommendation - very good price value (15.80), the traditional bean dish - a bit bland for my taste (I like the Mexican version better) and the suckling pig for two - perfect on point and could have served three. Shared the only available dessert and had a coffee - both perfect - to finish. He served us a homemade Honey liqueur on the house and we were in a happy food coma. Local atmosphere, great food and a personal service experience - 10/10 would visit again.

PS: He offers free taxi to his place, so maybe call him for that

Improvement point: The breadbasket was a bit...

Algo sencillo se convierte en un manjar, alta calidad en un lugar con mucho encanto. Cada piedra, cada decoración, cada detalle fueron elegidos minuciosamente hace más de 30 años por el dueño convirtiendo la taberna en un lugar elegante a la vez de acogedor. Todo plato, desde un pequeño canapé hasta una gran dorada, está elaborado con profesionalidad. Especialistas en platos típicos como el cochinillo. Los postres son caseros, a cual mejor; probé el ponche segoviano, el milhojas de nata y la tarta de queso. El servicio se pelea con la calidad de la comida por ser lo mejor del restaurante, destacando su profesionalidad, amabilidad y simpatía. El precio es asequible e incluso económico si analizamos la cantidad, calidad y servicio. Hay un menú degustación de 30€ y otro de festivos de 20€. Nosotras pedimos a la carta, cosa que sí que hubiera subido bastante la cuenta, pero hicimos la reserva a través del tenedor por el cual obtuvimos un 40% de todo lo que pedimos de la carta excluyendo menús y bebidas, así que comimos muchísimo y de calidad a muy buen precio. Igualmente, con o sin descuento, es un sitio que merece la pena perderse para probar la verdadera comida segoviana. No está en la zona centro, por lo que si coges coche no tendrás problemas para aparcar. También puedes ir andando como hicimos nosotras, desde el centro se tarda 20 minutos, nada pesado ya que las calles de Segovia son dignas de...