Cafetería Aldaia Restaurante — Restaurant in Vitoria-Gasteiz

We are staying at the Holiday Inn Express and as the Hotel is in what seems to be a recently new industrial estate the only option here for local walkable eats was the restaurant/cafe Aldaia, unless you can be bothered driving into town but it took us 10 hours to get here so we were in no hurry to drive any more. The bar is large and very nice however they must have had a busy lunch period because there was lots of bits of rubbish on the floor at our feet, we were on bar stools at the bar, while we were there it was starting to get busy and there was only one woman working in the bar , she spent most of her time on the phone but was quite efficient at serving while on the phone. We ate here and I enjoyed the food, the food I ordered from the English menu was not what I expected, I ordered a number 75 which you will see from the photos is described as similar to Black Pudding , what came was nothing like black pudding it was more like a minute steak, I did enjoy the meal, I think the incorrect description was probably just a translation mistake as they have the menus in English as well as French which was a nice touch, all in all it was a reasonable meal, the bread basket they gave us looked nice but the bread was as hard as a brick, so we refused to pay for it. I gave this place a 3 star as it was a satisfactory establishment nothing special and in the middle of an industrial area.

As we missed breakfast in the Holiday Inn Express the next day we came here for breakfast there were 2 servers this time and breakfast was really nice,...

Vaya por delante que no es la primera vez que hemos comido allí pero, sin ser la vez pasada nada del otro mundo, hoy ha sido decepción total. Hemos pedido el menú ESPECIAL de 35 euros y realmente lo que nos han puesto dejaba mucho que desear, en cuanto a cantidad, preparación y sabor. El menú consistía en un plato de ibéricos (jamón, salchichón y chorizo) con unos trozos de pan de cristal tostado. La ración, ni tan mal, pero el embutido sin sudar lo suficiente para sacarle todo el sabor. Una ensalada que llevaba gulas entre otras cosas. Le he preguntado a la camarera a ver si había posibilidad de que pusieran las gulas aparte (no me gustan, pero a mí marido si) ha dicho que sin problema. La sorpresa viene cuando nos traen una ensalada a cada uno (genial, que detalle!!!) y si, hubiera sido genial si no hubieran sido diferentes. La suya si, con gulas. La mia sin gulas, pero con queso (tengo intolerancia), la suya con espárragos trigueros, la mía no... Y así con varias cosas más. Aún así, agradezco el intento . El siguiente plato, rollo de carrilleras, sin estridencias, pero bien. El plato principal, decepción total. Unos txipirones a la plancha carentes de sabor y una lubina a la plancha que lo único que ha provocado ha sido risa. Creo que con suerte, con mucha suerte, pesaría alrededor de 150 gr. Ya sé que no estoy comiendo en un tres estrellas, ni tan siquiera en una solitaria estrella, pero si yo fuera el encargado/dueño del local, me daría vergüenza sacar semejante lubina. Al ser tan pequeña, un montón de espinas y mira que es fácil hacer un refrito para que coja sabor, pues a ésta se lo han debido olvidar porque sosa, estaba un rato. Llegamos al postre y me ha llamado la atención que no hubiera fruta fresca. Hemos pedido tarta de manzana, que no estaba mala, pero tampoco para repetir. Luego he visto sacar a una mesa una manzana, pero desde luego a nosotros, no nos han ofrecido esa opción. En resumen, se que no he ido al mejor sitio de Vitoria a comer, pero considero que para pagar 35 euros por un menú especial, podrían esmerarse un poco más. Evidentemente, con toda probabilidad, ésta será mi última visita. El servicio, de 10. Lo mismo que se hace alusión a lo menos bueno,...

Let's start with the fact that the food was junk. Each time we were served reheated dishes that had been prepared previously. The prices in the restaurant are not the best, each time we had to wait for more than 30 minutes to place an order. The place has the impression of having its own arteries and focusing only on local people, forgetting about tourists. After a few visits, we had the impression that we were ignored and left to our fate. The way the shift manager commented on our attempts to talk to the restaurant staff was not unacceptable. Overall...