Llanes, Asturias, Spain

The town of Llanes is full of bars, cafes, pubs and restaurants. All through the year, there are plenty of places to eat and drink until late into the night. Here's a selection of them. Apologies to those missing from the list. If they are worth adding, they will appear eventually on this page. Alternatively, e-mail your suggestions, letting me know why they are worth adding.

Coffee and Vermouth

• El Bar del Muelle - In the centre of town on the main thoroughfare, where you can watch the world go by, whilst you sip a coffee or vermouth. Great and varied selection of tapas. Restaurant upstairs with a unforgettable home cooking style cuisine.
• El Bitacora - is next door to El Bar del Muelle. A large terrace in summer, where you can pass a very pleasant afternoon with hot chocolate and churros or many different types of sandwiches.

• El Madison - Very agreeable place to have your aperitif in the morning. Large television screen makes this bar a popular location for live football. Take advantage of your stay by having a go at the national lottery. If you are feeling peckish try tortitas with cream, fried squid especially prepared by Dorina, hot chocolate with churros, various "pinchos" and hot sandwiches.

• Varadero - Interesting bar where the owner Miguel offers his clientele a wide variety of different coffees. Lovely view over the old port.
• Sablón's - Bar and restaurant above the Sablon beach and in front of the beautiful San Pedro walk.
• San Pedro - In the centre of town where you can have breakfast, snacks, various dishes and special coffees.
• Rocamar - One of the typical places in Llanes for coffee, a snack or wine. After lunch, play a game of dominoes or chat with the ladies. In the evening, the bar becomes a meeting point for friends, or you can leave a message with Manolo (if he doesn't forget!).
• La Laguna - Cafe in the main street Marqués de Canillejas.

• B@r Quince - The only Cybercafé in Llanes.

• Xana - Breakfast, various dishes. In front of the habour.
• Suki's - Cafe and burger bar.Various dishes, burgers and pizzas.

Wine and Sidra

• La Puerta del Sol - Here you can try the delicious sidra alone or amongst friends, accompanied by a tapa of cabrales cheese, liver and onions or any other from the large variety offered to its customers.
• Sidrería El Cuera - tipical Asturian sidra bar with various tapas, sea food and a full menu. Good atmosphere.
• El Campanu - Good quality sidra, ideal to have with octupus "a la gallega", sardines or griddled prawns.
• El Riberu - famous for its anchovies "El Sablín" to acompany a glass of good wine or for the lovers of sidra a "culín".
• El Bodegón - In the square la Magdalena, this bar has a large terrace where you can leave the children to play without danger whilst you sample the sidra with cheese, chorizo or fried squid.
• Matute - In front of the old port.
• El Galeón - in the calle Mayor. Wine, sidra, tapas, sea food and restaurant.
• El Salero - home-made tapas, tasty sidra and a warm welcome from Esperanza and Beatriz.

• Sidrería El Almacén - Local Asturian Produce. Speciality "Tortos Rellenos".

• Helados Revuelta - Artesanal ice creams.
• Sidrería-Restaurante El Retiro - in Pancar. Specialities: meats, wild mushrooms, various Asturiana bean stews, home-made desserts. Great variety of tapas.
• Sidrería-Restaurante Las Torres.
• Sidrería El Cantón - in La Carúa, Pancar. Typical Llaniscan food.
• Bar-Sidrería La Amistad - Griddled seafood, tapas.
• Rumpeolas - Traditional and old-style cider bar.
• Sidrería Macran - open air serving traditional food.

Dinner time

• La Marina - famous for the best griddled sea food the area.
• El Canene - Traditional and home cooking.
• La Cueva - griddled sea food, meats etc.
• El Pescador - Good sea food
• Covadonga - traditional Spanish and Asturian cooking
• Siete Puertas - good quality cooking
• Pizzería La Rivera- Terrace in front of the old port. Excellent pizzas, salads, meats, and a delicious sangria.

• Pizzería Los Molinos - Good food in this large restaurant

• Restaurante Acuario - in Posada. A family business with an excellent kitchen in which you can taste dishes such as cabbage filled with meat, Saint Rupert (meat filled with ham and cheese with sauce and potatoes), noodles with prawns and clams or bass filled with shellfish in squid ink sauce. There is also a great veriety of home made desserts (Creme Caramel with apple, hazlenut tart, marinated sponge with cream and chocolate...)

• Bar-Pensión-Restaurante El Castañu - in Cué. Specialities artesanal cheeses and home-style cooking.
• Restaurante-Merendero La Carúa - in Pancar.
• Casa Pancho, SL - in Vidiago (N-634), speciality in cured meats, cheeses and home-style cooking.
• Restaurante Prau-Riu - Traditional Cooking. Specialities: Iberic ham, marinated peppers, rock fish, ox meat.
• La Caseña de Santa Marina - in Parres, Llanes, Octopus, stuffed peppers.
• La Tasca -
• El Fogón - Speciality: seafood.

Night-time

La Cama, El Taumas, Kefrén, La Proa, Bambú - Great young atmosphere with good music. Open until the early hours of the morning.

El Brezzo, El Cambalache, La Galeria - Excellent atmosphere. The street acts as a huge terrace in summer. El Brezzo celebrates 20 years of existence in 1997.

Cervecería L'Esbardu, El Ñeru. El Marabayu - Always popular.

Nudos - Popular pub where people of all ages mix. Also has a burger "joint" upstairs.

Studio Tres - Disco with good atmosphere. Open until very late.

El Bocatas is a good place to snack at ridiculously cheap prices and the night cannot finish without a "bollu preñau" (chorizo stuffed roll) or a croissant at the bakery. Scenes of excellent night-time fun next to the church.

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