Cafes and Restaurants in Arroyo de la Miel

There are many cafes and restaurants in Arroyo de la Miel. On the main street, or the town center where there are tourists, the cuisines are more international. The restaurants are bigger and they fare better because they do a fair bit of tourist trade.

On the smaller streets, side streets and alleyways, there are numerous smaller cafes and restaurants. Most of these small, local restaurants are tucked away. You have to live in the area to know they existed. They serve mainly the locals living in the area.

Some of them are so small, they have only six to eight tables inside the restaurant. Even that is quite a squeeze. If they are lucky to have a little courtyard, or side-walks, it will give them some flexibility, they will be able to fit in another eight to a dozen tables.

There are also restaurants that are foreign owned. These tend to be located in areas where you find enclaves of foreigners and expats. Their clientele are mostly expats and retirees living in the area.

There are many of these small cafes and restaurants all over Arroyo de la Miel.

This is the Meson la Mezquita – a restaurant we go to on occasions. It is on a side street. They have six to eight tables inside the restaurant, another six to eight tables outside the restaurant. They are lucky to have the alley way and they made full use of that with another six to eight tables, or even more if they should need to.

This is Meson la Espiga, another restaurant we go to with friends. They are on the street. They have about ten tables inside the restaurant. They made use of the sidewalk and could set as many tables as they needed.

These are international restaurants in the squares and plazas. They usually serve a mix of tourists and locals in the area.

Judging by the number of cafes and restaurants around, I guess Spanish people must eat out a lot. Most of the cafes and restaurants do all right – be it on the main street or in an alleyway. Each has their own clientele. There is always someone at a cafe or restaurant at all times of the day. Someone is having a coffee, or a drink or a group of friends enjoying a leisurely meal.

Some of these cafes are what you call Tapas bars or Tapas cafes. Tapas are small portions of food served with a drink. You order a drink and the establishment serves you a tapas to go with the drink. The tapas is usually something from the menu.

I think if I were to dine every day in a different restaurant within walking distance, it would still take me a couple of years to go through them all. So, you can imagine how competitive the restaurant business must be.

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