The Maserof - Torrent

This Restaurant is always exceptional. There is no other place like it in the world, and I do mean the world in my experience which is considerable. There is the museum, very fascinating. The food is a fixed menu usually 5-6 courses some of which are small but quite sufficient. Red wine made by the Maserof is usually included. Water beer white wine is extra. There is often entertainment in the form of a Flamenco band and dancers. Carolina the hostess and owner will likely sing for you and may expect a song in return. Do expect lunch to lats several hours. There is no running water toilets flush with a bucket, or electricity and phone signal is marginal. It is open lunchtimes only on Saturday and Sunday and reservation is essential. Around September there are grape treading evenings lit my candles. These are very good fun evenings. Ladies do not wear floaty dresses to the grape treading. Candles and floaty dresses do not mix! These evenings are usually sold out by July. It is not cheap or expensive but a totally unique experience. American friends have said that if they could bottle it and take it to USA including Carolina they would make a fortune! You will know why they say that once you have visited. Cash is vital, as card machines will not connect in the mountains. Enjoy.

Located in the mountains with fantastic artefacts collected by an antique dealer way back. Great staff, food, organic wine in an exeptional environment. A must for a memory for life

Loved it, it's like being invited to a fun party with strangers that soon become friends. Incredible experience. Glad we found the place. Plus the historical articles, amazing. John Michael Roch

OMG the food here is amazing. I think only open at weekends for lunch, the restaurant is in the old wine bodega, and you will get a guided tour of the museum thrown in. Food was really exceptional five courses including wine, and some lovely dishes including beautifully prepared salads, with fresh flowers. Can't wait to go back.

Part antique warehouse, part museum of the rural life of past centuries, part weekend lunch club with wonderful entertainment. Maserof is completely unique. Carolina is full of high voltage energy and life, although the cluster of buildings that constitute Maserof does not have any electricity. This is history, brought to life with wine, food and Carolina 's cabaret. The food comes to the table on beautiful battalions of mismatched china, wonderfully presented, made from the freshest seasonal produce and delicious. Wine flows, from the bodega 's own vintages. Before lunch you will have a chance to see where the wine has been pressed (and at the right time in the early autumn you may even have a chance to help press it! . The kitchen is historic candle lit and full of antique artefacts, it is much loved, well cleaned and remarkably efficient for such a small, dark space. After lunch, on full stomachs and with well lubricated voices, guests are invited to sing a song from their homeland. As a Russian family announced, before murdering a folk song with great mirth and enjoyment, 'we normally drink a lot of vodka before singing this song! ' This is a 360 degree experience. The setting is amazing, perched on the edge of a very agricultural valley among the harsh mountains, it is a beautiful place to be. The food is delightful, rustic, very well presented and full of flavour. And the atmosphere is vibrant. Carolina has help in the kitchen and with service, which is very well delivered. She also sings she was born of an English father and Spanish mother and she was born to perform, in particular to sing with a rich voice that is both melodic and gravelly, a vocal ambassador for the 'gitana ' culture of the region. If you want The Ritz then go The Ritz but if you want to let your hair down, taste history, be more than a little bit spoilt at the table and be richly entertained then forget The Ritz and go to Carolina 's Bodega Maserof. And please remember, while The Ritz might be sophisticated and take credit cards, Carolina takes cash!