If you drink in Asturias, do not drive (they will do it for you)
L The entrepreneurial mindset of some hoteliers has solved the problem : with this list of restaurants (adapted to all pockets) there will be no more owing favors to anyone, nor discussing who will drive the car this weekend. With the reservation and dinner menu, these restaurants offer free transfer service (by car!) . Who hasn't wanted to feel like a gentleman, even if it's just for one night.
** LA VEGUCA (Llanes) **
He is one of the pioneers in this idea. For seven years he has transport service for your clients from Llanes , although it has not been until three years ago when it has become fashionable. “Initially, people were very reluctant. . Being something completely new in town, they didn't want us to bother going to look for two or three people," he explains. Jose Luis Darrosa (Asturian, so read with the corresponding accent), one of the four sons who currently run the family restaurant. Today, La Veguca, located three kilometers from Llanes , He had to expand your number of cars to offer their service, especially in the summer months, when there is more tourism. “A lot of people come from outside, they have also become very popular bachelor parties . Our vans are labeled, so the whole town knows us,” he adds.
From one car, the Veguca has gone on to have three, all of them with a capacity for eight people and, depending on the number of clients who request it, sometimes they go to pick them up at home or at the town bus station. Yes indeed, only operate in Llanes and surroundings . the service is totally free both for him menu of the day for 10 euros, as with the menu , whose average price is between 15 and 20 euros. The atmosphere is youthful at night, as it has become quite popular thanks to its karaoke and goodbyes ; families rule by day , thanks to its playground. A good option in eastern Asturias.
Carnaza, cider, and home!
** SLOW FIRE (Avilés) **
Halfway between Avilés and Salinas, going up the San Cristóbal highway, we come across A Fuego Slow, a restaurant with country look that could go unnoticed as another house of the surroundings if it were not for the number of people that usually crowd your square to have a wine. It is the only one known in Avilés that offers this service . Above all, that it reaches Gijon and Oviedo , a distance that by taxi (for us) would cost about 40 euros and that this restaurant offers free to its clients only with the reservation and the letter.
They currently have a car since, in this case, It is not a highly demanded service. . “Although we have been offering our customers the possibility of picking them up or taking them back to their homes for several years, the truth is that the number of consumers who use it is quite low. only 10 percent call for us to pick them up”, says Kike Magadan, room manager. “In the event that several clients coincide and we are overwhelmed, we have no problem sending a taxi paid by us to pick them up. However, it does not usually happen ”, he comments looking at the taxi rank located right in front.
The average price of A slow cooker on the menu is about 20 euros per person and in it you will find traditional dishes of Asturian gastronomy What the fabada, the cachopo or the scorpionfish cake.
The rustic and Asturian interior of A slow fire.
** THE RULA (Weights) **
as good seafood specialists , the La Rula restaurant is in the heart of Lastres port . Due to its location, right off the bat we may doubt the need to offer a private transport service when you can get there on foot. And it is that, as its owner, José Manuel Priesca, points out, this service was established a year ago because the City Council took away its car park: “Customers couldn't get here, they didn't have anywhere to leave their car, so we usually go to pick them up wherever they park so they don't have to walk downstairs. We also offer to pick them up at their home.
Currently they only have one van, although they do not rule out increasing their number this year due to the boom that your service is having . Its radius of action reaches 5-6 kilometers around: Colunga, Luces, etc. The average price of your letter is about 25-30 euros per person.
La Rula, overlooking the sea.
To these three restaurants should be added those that, although they do not offer private transport, have also looked out for the good of the drivers and offer bus service to reach their establishments . Some of them are Tierra Astur in Colloto or La Campana restaurant in Pruvia. Lastly would be those of "No, baby, we don't offer that service, although once we had to take someone home from the one I was carrying" . The danger of cider.
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