Today is Mick’s birthday – and his mum, Sadie’s. What a birthday present! Although Sadie always says she couldn’t have wished for a nicer one. Anyhow, Sadie is with us for a couple of weeks which we planned so that they could spend their birthday’s together which they do every couple of years. It is lovely, they are very close and it is wonderful to watch them enjoying each other’s company. So today Mick took a very rare midweek afternoon off so that we could go out for lunch – our friends Mike and Gill came along too. We have known about Osteria for ages – it is an Italian restaurant on the way up to Mojacar Pueblo and we have heard nothing but good things about it but somehow, we always seem to end up going somewhere else.
So we arrived at 1.30 ish and had drinks at the bar. Immediately, we liked the place – airy, tables not too close to each other and a very bright interior on a sunny day such as today.
Happy Birthday Mum!
The menu was very varied and large but not scarily so. It does need a bit of concentration though so you need to stop the chit chat and give it a bit of time. All restaurants here have a menu del dia for around 10 euros for three courses excluding drinks and Osteria is no exception. There is plenty to choose from and really one could come here a couple of times a week on that basis. The a la carte is extensive – no pizzas on this menu though, but plenty of fantastic pasta dishes, a huge variety of starters, salads, carpaccio, gnocchi, deep fried goats cheese to name a few. Then a couple of dozen main courses, mainly veal, steak, chicken or lamb, pasta of course, and today’s fish was a beautifully presented swordfish. By the time dessert came I was completely full but again, there were plenty of delicious things to choose – profiteroles, tarts, fruit salad – the usual kind of Italian fayre.
Today, although a mild high 60’s we ate inside, but in a month or so we will definitely come again and eat on the pretty terrace outside.
If you dine a la carte, expect to pay 30 euros per head with wine for two courses, but as said, you could easily get away with 20 per head for the menu del dia three course lunch with drinks and coffee.
Absolutely worth a visit.
Osteria telephone number: 950 615 151
Yummy Almeria 
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