Parador De Turismo De Merida

El sitio es precioso. La comida variada y muy rica. Pedí la sopa de tomate y un bacalao que estaba de chuparse los dedos. No podía faltar un buen Ribera del Guadiana ...y de postre un helado de AOVE para repetir.

I go to many Paradors and often eat there. I expect the meal to be something special, in Mérida unfortunately it was anything but. As we had paid for an evening meal for the two nights up-front we were also stuck with it! The first night was poor, the second a disaster: Portions were small and nothing special. Given the price the value for money was very poor indeed. The waiters were very friendly, but there was a long wait for the food to arrive at the tables. We chose a pepper salad one night. It came out ice-cold. I almost had brain-freeze. My wife chose a rice dish, but the vegetables were inedible and she had to leave it. On the first day we were offered desserts from the menu and also from a dessert cart. The apple pie I had from said cart was the best item I ate across the two days there. On the second night we were only offered desserts from the menu. The dessert cart was still there with amongst other things an apple pie. Unfortunately we were not permitted to choose from it and were restricted to what was on the menu. On the first day my wife chose fish. It looked appetising, a decent sized portion of firm cod in a nice thick sauce. She said it actually wasn 't too bad. On the second day I thought I would try the same. A scrappy piece of cod was presented to me with something watery in the bottom of the plate. What sauce there was consisted of a small blob precariously perched on top of the piece of fish. On the first day we were given a small, free starter to tide us over until the first course arrived. On the second day we were not offered anything. Given the changes on the second day I complained to one of the waitresses. She said the chef on the second night was different to the chef on the first. The menu on display as we entered was badly translated. The Spanish the menu was titled Local Cuisine , the English one was titled Kitchen Closed , I only wish it had been!!

I went to eat with my partner when we went to visit the city and recommend the restaurant, both for the quality of the menu and for the good attention of the waiters. We ask for the gurumelos and the chochinillo since one of the waitress recommended it, very attentive and very successful wine, very professional thanks to the fact that it was the one who attended us and his companion who recommended the desserts that we will return.

The food was not as good as the evening before in Toledo. This one specialized in local food whereas the Toledo parador was more focused on gourmet items.

Quiet and with excellent views from the balcony of the room, the bed is comfortable as well as the sofas to read. the decoration of the hotel in the common areas is very good. Maybe the least we have was the restaurant area.