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Calle José Aparicio, 1 · Ronda

The restaurant

A round table beside the bare brick wall and a tall window

Bardal is much more than a dining destination. It is cuisine interpreted every day, every minute, by Benito Gómez and his team; free from rigid concepts or preconceived narratives.

The cooking

Creative, personal, without showmanship

The MICHELIN Guide describes Bardal’s cooking as creative and personal: it starts from recognisable flavours of Andalusian tradition and carries them into contrasts of texture, without gimmicks or labels. The chef himself avoids any category.

Among the dishes the guide singles out is monkfish in Andalusian adobo, still on the menu: today, with yeast butter.

Two tasting menus, each with a wine pairing or a grand wine pairing.

A hand finishing a fish dish with a yellow sauce
A piece of meat served on river stones
Two bites on the table, before the velvet curtain
A dessert crowned with thin shards

The produce

Sometimes local, sometimes from the far corners of the continent

Bardal works with more than a hundred specialist suppliers. The test is quality, not distance: local when it is the best, and the best when it is not local.

Hot water poured over fresh leaves

On this season’s menus

shiitake trout smoked cream chicken skin white shrimp tuna squid almonds oysters quisquillas chard partridge asparagus kumquat onion monkfish yeast venison milk skin lettuce pineapple ginger anise mushrooms coffee pine nuts

The house

Brick, linen and a vault

A laid table under a raking beam of light

Upstairs

Bare brick, high ceilings and steel piping: a room with an almost industrial character, dressed in white linen.

Hands folding linen napkins

Downstairs

More intimate: a vaulted ceiling and glass walls looking onto the kitchen.

Gilt cutlery on the tablecloth
A sommelier presenting a bottle

Service and wine

Two ways to pour

Each menu can be accompanied by a wine pairing or a grand wine pairing. The cellar also looks to the surrounding sierra: the wine list includes Ronda producers such as F. Schatz.

A glass of amontillado beside its bottle, against the brick
A bottle of white wine before the velvet curtain

Ronda

By the Tajo, in the heart of town

Bardal is on Calle José Aparicio, a short walk from the bridge over the Tajo gorge, and the MICHELIN Guide counts it among Ronda’s flagship restaurants. For guests who want to stay the night, the restaurant recommends accommodation in town.

Before you come

All conditions
An infusion poured into a ceramic bowl

Reserve your table

Wednesday to Saturday
Lunch 13.15 – 17.30
Dinner 20.00 – 24.00
Last seating
Lunch 14.00
Dinner 20.30

Online booking is handled through CoverManager. A card is requested as a guarantee, and is only charged for cancellations made less than 24 hours ahead. Booking conditions.

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