Ciria Restaurant

In October in Benasque, being low season, there aren’t many places you can choose to have lunch or dinner. Having said this, it may seem that you couldn’t eat like you would like because when we entered to have dinner, the place was empty. But the El Fogaril Restaurant, in the Ciria Hotel is an exception.

With nothing to hide: the place very normal (verging on classic), normal service and a set menu for €23 (tax not included) is perfect to please you.

For the first course you can choose from rice “a la marinera”, soup, a salad with tartar of salmon (that was my choice and truthfully it was a triumph) and another dish that I can’t remember. For the second course: local lamb (quite good), “civet” of venison, hake… my recommendation for dessert is the sorbet.

Normally I’m not a fan of restaurants which are inside hotels (they seem to me not very attractive), however, this one that I’m speaking about today has won not one but several battles based on good food, good service, continuous kitchen hours during the afternoon (this may seem silly) but when you finish one of the routes that the valley offers at 17 or 18, very hungry, the last thing you want to hear is “the kitchen is closed” or “only cold sandwiches” (which with luck is the best you can get).

Here we can eat a good meal (I recommend the sausage or lamb chops, great) for a good price and at any time. Great.