It doesn’t matter if it’s your first or fifth time, the experience of going underground and tasting the delicacies of La Gruta Restaurant and a bottle of Martelo simply cannot be described. Quite frankly, very few restaurants can claim to be located in an old quarry facing the Mediterranean Sea.

The contrast is incredible. After a day of sunshine, laughter and beaching in Almeria, you enter a limestone cave, where you can enjoy meticulously prepared dishes. Strictly selected produce prepared with tender care in ovens and grills burning quality firewood.

That is the secret behind such delicious dishes as their BBQ platter of Almeria vegetables, T-bone beef steaks or pickled partridge. Although the grill is not where all the magic happens. Dishes like avocado salad with seafood or desserts like cream cheese caramel on a strawberry base are just as essential as ordering a bottle of Martelo.

Restaurante Asador La Gruta

N-340a, Km 436

Almeria

950 23 93 35

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Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 1pm to 4.30 pm and 8pm to 11.30 pm and Sundays from 1 pm to 4.30 pm.