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Casa
Toni
Restaurante,
Zumalacarregui, 27, 26338, San Vincente de
La Sonsierra (La Rioja Alta)
Traditional & Experimental Regional
Cuisine.
Inexpensive to moderate - 
Executive Chef: Asier Santamaria
Located in a cluster of small villages in
the center of La Rioja , this popular
restaurant offers both a contemporary
feast as well as a few experimental
regional dishes worth a second visit.
Enjoy an excellent meal for two, including
their outstanding house wine, for under 50
Euros.
Reservations are required during the
summer season. Closed Sunday nights,
Mondays, the last two weeks of June and
December.
Tel: 941 334 001
MC, VISA.
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Los
Calaos de Briones
Restaurante,
C/San Juan, 13, Briones (Rioja Alta)
Nuevo Regional Basque Cuisine.
Moderate -
This destination restaurant in the Rioja
Alta region offers an outstanding
selection of nuevo regional Basque Riojan
dishes. Excellent selection of Rioja
wines. Recommended by Bodegas Miguel Merio
(http://www.miguelmerino.com/)
Reservations required.
Tel: 941 322 131
MC, VISA, Amex.
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Restaurante
Asador Ariño, Labastida (Rioja
Alava)
Traditional Regional Basque Cuisine.
Inexpensive to Moderate - 
This popular family owned and operated
neighborhood restaurant offers a hearty
meal in the traditional Basque style. Two
can dine on a mixed salad, alubias roja
(red beans stew), chuletón de buey
(a very large veal chop) an excellent
house rioja and homemade desert, all for
under 50 Euros
Reservations are not required, but seating
is limited.
Tel: 945 331 024
MC, VISA & Cash.
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Asador-Restaurante
El
Portalon,
Portales, 7, Logroño (Rioja
Alta)
Traditional Regional Cuisine.
Inexpensive to Moderate -
Executive Chef: Rosana Espiga Moreno
An excellent family restaurant in the
heart of Logroño, across from the
Concatedral de La Redonda.
Reservations required.
Tel: 941 241 334
MC, VISA, Amex
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Héctor
Oribe,
Gasteiz, 8, in the village of Paganos, 2
km to the east of Laguardia (Rioja
Alavesa)
Nuevo Regional Basque Cuisine.
Inexpensive to moderate - 
Chef/Owner: Hector Oribe
This small and cozy eponymous restaurant
of noted San Sebastian chef, trained by
Arzak and Arguinaño, offers very
attractively priced dishes that are sure
to please. Selected as a Bib Gourmand for
value in the 2006 red Michelin guide. It's
another favorite of area winemakers.
Closed Sunday night and Monday.
Reservations required.
Tel: 945 600 715
MC, VISA, Amex
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Las
Duelas,
Hotel Los Agustinos, Haro (Rioja Alta)
Nuevo Regional Riojan Cuisine.
Moderate -
Chef: Juan Nales Rückauer
Chef Juan Nales (trained under Luis
Irízar and Pedro Subijana) produces
a creative market driven menu with
specialties such as mushroom risotto with
Parmesan foam, loan of roast venison with
hazelnut croquette and fresh cheese ice
cream and red wine sorbet.
Reservations required.
Tel: 941 311 308 /941 304 463
MC, VISA, Amex
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Restaurante
Asador
Alameda,
Plaza Felix Azpilicueta, 1, Fuenmayor
(Rioja Alta)
Traditional Regional Riojan Cuisine.
Moderate -
Chef: Esther y Tomas
Esther & Tomas have been serving
outstanding traditional Riojan cuisine for
17 years, offering fresh vegetables grown
along the Ribera del Ebro, the best
grilled Galician beef and fish fresh from
the waters of the Cantabrian sea.
Reservations required. Closed Sunday
nights and Mondays
Tel: 941 450 044
MC, VISA, Amex
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Restaurante
Amelibia,
Barbacana, 14, Laguardia (Rioja
Alavesa)
Nuevo Regional Basque Cuisine.
Moderate -
Chef: Patxi Amelibia
Opened in 2005, Amelibia has gained a
reputation and following among locals as
well as visitors to the Rioja. A favorite
of chef Héctor Oribe.
Reservations required. Open for lunch from
1:00 to 3:30, dinner from 9:00 to 10:30.
Closed Tuesdays and for dinner on Saturday
and Sunday.
Tel: 945 621 207
MC, VISA, Amex
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El
Portal del
Echaurren,
C/ Padre José García, 19,
Ezcaray (Rioja Alta)
(Avant-garde) Traditional Regional
Cuisine.
Moderate to Expensive -
Chef: Francis Paniego
Sitting in the small mountain village of
Ezcaray, this is a prime destination for
true gourmets. Opened in 2001, the Portal
of Echaurren became the first restaurant
in La Rioja to receive a Michelin star.
There is also a 21-room hotel should you
want to spend the night, and a second
restaurant, Echaurren, where Marisa
Sanchez offers a more traditional cuisine
than her son Francis.
Reservations required.
Tel: 941 354 047
MC, VISA, Amex
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Kabanova,
Benemerito, Cuerpo de la Guardia Civil, 9
bajo, Logroño (Rioja Alta)
Nuevo Regional Riojan Cuisine.
Inexpensive to Moderate -
Chef: Emmanuel Barbie
Located just outside of the old city, this
stylish restaurant offers a reasonably
priced gastronomic menu.
Reservations required. Opens for lunch at
1:30, dinner at 9:00. Closed Sunday and
Monday night.
Tel: 941 212 995
MC, VISA, Amex
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La
Venta de
Moncalvillo,
Ctra. Medrano, 6, Daroca de Rioja
(Rioja Alta)
Nuevo Regional Riojan Cuisine.
Moderate to Expensive -
Chef: Ignacio Echapresto
Located in the small village of Daroca. 12
minutes south of Logroño, the
restaurant opened in 1997 as a modest
casa de comidas, but has since
evolved into a major dining destination,
becoming one of the regions premier
restaurants. The main dining room seats
40. There is a private dining room for up
to 10 and a table for 14 in the bodega.
There is a separate salon to sit back,
relax and enjoy an after dinner drink and
cigar.
Reservations required. Opens for lunch at
1:30, dinner at 9:00. Closed at Christmas,
two weeks in August and Sunday, except for
public holidays.
Tel: 941 444 832
MC, VISA, Amex
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Restaurante
Asador La Vieja
Bodega,
Avenída de La Rioja, 17,
Casalarreina (Rioja Alta)
Regional Cuisine.
Moderate -
Chef:
Once a wine cellar, this is one of the
most famous restaurants in the Rioja Alta.
Opened in 1994 by Ángel
Pérez Aguila, and rebuilt after a
fire in 2001, it offers a 50-wine menu and
specialties from La Rioja,
Castile-León and the Basque
Country. Dishes prepared with great care,
including roast lamb, fish like hake and
cod and meat like pig's trotters and
suckling pig confit. It's handicap
assessable and has a menu in Braille.
Reservations recommended, especially on
weekends.
Tel: 941 324 254
MC, VISA, Amex
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Casa
Toni
| Los
Calaos de
Briones
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Asador
Ariño
| el
Portalon
| Héctor
Oribe
| Las
Duelas
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Asador
Alameda
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Amelibia
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El
Portal del
Echaurren
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Kabanova
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Venta
de
Moncalvillo
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La
Vieja
Bodega
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