Restaurante el Horno — Restaurant in Viñuela

I booked a table but still ended up under the trees to get bitten to death. Drinks and menus came quickly, the only things that did. Order taken after 35 minutes, by which point other people who had arrived long after us also got their orders taken. During that time, every other table had been given attention in some form, except us. Anyway, order arrives. Son had ordered a special, ribeye, which arrived as a huge bone with some meat attached. I’d looked at the menu and saw that the entrecôte was priced at €20,50. As ribeye & entrecôte are very similar (just more fat with entrecôte but same location), I stupidly thought they’d be a similar price. Nope - €55 a kilo, with my son’s 700g lump of bone coming in at €38.50. For my own part, I ordered solomillo & jacket potato but got some sliced up fatty meat with chips instead, which was definitely not solomillo. We also ordered sauces - pepper & Roquefort, neither of which materialised. My husband’s salmon was tiny but acceptable. An extremely poor, overpriced, long and dismal experience that we will never...

Came across this fab place today. The waiter was very attentive, took our orders straight away and gave us menus. The other waiter told us the specials, don’t know how he remembered it all! We decided on the Camembert, which was done to absolute perfection. Hubby had the steak special, it was so tender you could cut with a spoon. I had lamb chops, again perfect. The baked potatoes with alioli were a welcome change from fries. We were so full we couldn’t eat desert so decided on Irish coffees. Probably the nicest we have had in Spain since moving here! Asked for the bill and it was brought quickly, no looking around to try catch attention. Then we were given a lovely complimentary caramel shot. Overall a lovely experience and great value for the quality of the food. Will definitely return with friends...

We have been a number of times as it's near us. Juan the owner is always welcoming which is important as it sets the tone for the meal. The menu is varied and always has daily specials. I'm very fond of the tempura prawns but I got battered prawns a couple of times and when Juan asked us about the meal, I explained about my disappointment. Without missing a beat Juan came back with crispy hot tempura ones. The young chef explained and apologized and explained that the batter needs to be freshly made or it thickens too much. I mention this incident to show how this small family run restaurant values its customers. So important and means "...