Venta De Ulzama - Ultzama
Venta De Ulzama
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What a shame of cheese cake. A new deconstruction receipt that had nothing to do with the traditional previous one. Please, no ice cream in such a mix of flavours. Not worth ordering it. The rest great as usual. I love innovation but please, imagine deconstructing cream horns. No point in. Cheese cake the same.
We decided to take the road less travelled between Bilbao and San Sebastion-Donostia in order to stop at this hotel. The room was lovely with a view over the valley. We had 2 starters, 2 mains and split a portion of cheese between us. All were very good as was the wine, but we were almost alone in the lovely dining room. Breakfast the next morning was unexpectedly expensive (as much as a cafe in Bilbao) as everything was a la carte. But all very good also, On the way down to San Sebastian, we stopped for a lovely walk.
Another memory from childhood (the cuajada was a childhood treat that I still look forward to . The drive up to it from Pamplona is an easy one but delivers you to a beautiful spot in the Pyrenees. The restaurant, itself, is family-run (the same as 35 years ago? and offers food in a dining room with panoramic views of the shallow highcountry valley immediately below it. The food is fresh, extremely high quality and, overall, a meal here makes out like an event worth repeating. No mistaking why travellers from all around the area (as well as from the rest of Europe passing through stop here. Deer (reindeer? graze along the fence of the parking lot and will approach you for a rub of their muzzles. My kids were enchanted.
What a place , hidden gem . We stopped here on a road tip trough Spain on the way back to Bilbao. Great choice . The staff where very helpful and accommodating. Rooms spotless. Food was 10 10 you would pay double in the UK for this . Just a nice chilled place with some nice owners staff. We will be back next year on our trip if not before. Very good value for money . Nice little treat .
Its location just half an hour north of Pamplona makes this a tempting destination. Their well deserved fame comes from their extraordinary Cuajada. Their surrounding and grounds are peaceful and relaxing but there the quality stops. The food is average and some items like their stuffed piquillos bad and their pil pil cod was too dry. Other items are unremarkable with their pochas with jamon , a peasant dish, quite the exception, very good. This place used to be a Venta on the road to and from Irun. A good truck stop them, now bypassed by the autovia. Perhaps they have not overcome well catering to that clientele and the prizes are too high for what they offer. A visit for coffee, cuajada and relaxing watching their deer herd makes it a pleasant excursion. For a serious meal stay in Pamplona's better restaurants.