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Menu del Dia
The other day (and I've heard it before as well) I was told by a Spanish person that restaurants are obliged by law to provide a "menu del dia". I rather doubt that it's true.
Anybody know? And if it is true, what exactly is a "menu del dia"? |
Re: Menu del Dia
Originally Posted by jimenato
(Post 9685431)
The other day (and I've heard it before as well) I was told by a Spanish person that restaurants are obliged by law to provide a "menu del dia". I rather doubt that it's true.
Anybody know? And if it is true, what exactly is a "menu del dia"? It has to be a 'set' menu of (normally) 3 or more courses and reasonably priced. |
Re: Menu del Dia
Originally Posted by jimenato
(Post 9685431)
The other day (and I've heard it before as well) I was told by a Spanish person that restaurants are obliged by law to provide a "menu del dia". I rather doubt that it's true.
Anybody know? And if it is true, what exactly is a "menu del dia"? |
Re: Menu del Dia
Originally Posted by jimenato
(Post 9685431)
And if it is true, what exactly is a "menu del dia"?
Some are good others terrible My local Chinese does one at €4.90 Choice of 3 starters, 3 types of rice, 3 mains and a choice of sweets along with a drink. I also get offered a free drink after the meal, but I think that is not offered to all. |
Re: Menu del Dia
Originally Posted by snikpoh
(Post 9685444)
Absolutely true.
It has to be a 'set' menu of (normally) 3 or more courses and reasonably priced. Menú del dÃa, ¿los restaurantes tienen la obligación de ofrecer este servicio? No, los restaurantes no tienen obligación de ofrecer este servicio, que forma parte de su libertad de empresa. Para quienes no lo sepan, es absolutamente obligatorio para cualquier restaurante en España ofrecer a sus clientes un menu del dÃa completo . |
Re: Menu del Dia
Originally Posted by Fredbargate
(Post 9685469)
My local Chinese does one at €4.90 Choice of 3 starters, 3 types of rice, 3 mains and a choice of sweets along with a drink. |
Re: Menu del Dia
Menu del dia was introduced by Francos government in the sixties, it was intended to be a substantial and economical workers meal.
Some sources say that it was introduced to stop workers returning home and then having a siesta (ie too much down time). Other sources say that it was introduced soley so that workers could eat cheaply. There is no longer a legal requirement to provide it. |
Re: Menu del Dia
Corte Ingles offer what they call Menu of the Season.
My local at €10.95 and generally a good choice and value. The one in Jose Banus is dearer and crap. In Madrid on the Gran Via it's €12 in the week and €17 on a Sunday. If you can get a table on the balcony the view alone is worth that price. |
Re: Menu del Dia
They're still knocking them out at 5 euros a shot here.
No longer called menu del dia though,....now called menu del crisis. |
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I don't see them a lot around here but have sampled a few in other places usually priced around 8/9 euros 3 courses normally with 3/4 choices each time and 99% of time been really good.
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Re: Menu del Dia
You can get a really good one round my way for 7 euro.
3 courses with good choice plus a bottle of wine or water, though the ones I mention at 5 also have 3 courses plus a bottle, but no choice,also there's three course takeaways at 5 with choice, but no bottle, can't be bad. |
Re: Menu del Dia
It seem that that the obligation to provide MDD is up to the individual regions.
and not as I generalised in my earlier post. Madrid has to provide it during the week and luxury reataurants are excluded Balearic islands don't have to offer it Catalunya doesn't have to either but where it does it must also be in catalan So I guess it depend where you live. |
Re: Menu del Dia
Originally Posted by snikpoh
(Post 9685444)
Absolutely true.
Originally Posted by stuboy
(Post 9685525)
There is no longer a legal requirement to provide it.
Of the 15 or so restaurants (as opposed to bars doing food which would bring the total to 25) in our village, only two offer MDD.
Originally Posted by Fredbargate
(Post 9685469)
Just go into some local restaurants and sample them.
Originally Posted by snikpoh
(Post 9685444)
It has to be a 'set' menu of (normally) 3 or more courses and reasonably priced.
Our menu is 'set' - it's always the same barring daily specials, we offer three courses and you could have a three course meal for 12.50 - does that qualify as reasonable? Would our service qualify as MDD? Is it acedemic anyway as it appears not to be compulsory?:confused: Also a poster said in another thread that he knew of MDD's at 40 Euros plus. Does that count as reasonable? It seems to me to be much more of a marketing exercise than a legal requirement. |
Re: Menu del Dia
Originally Posted by jimenato
(Post 9685868)
Only one of those answers can be true.
Of the 15 or so restaurants (as opposed to bars doing food which would bring the total to 25) in our village, only two offer MDD. I've had loads of them. I was really after a definition rather than a description. That's the nearest I can see to what I would call a definition. Now all we have to do is define 'set', 'course' and 'reasonable'. Our menu is 'set' - it's always the same barring daily specials, we offer three courses and you could have a three course meal for 12.50 - does that qualify as reasonable? Would our service qualify as MDD? Is it acedemic anyway as it appears not to be compulsory?:confused: Also a poster said in another thread that he knew of MDD's at 40 Euros plus. Does that count as reasonable? It seems to me to be much more of a marketing exercise than a legal requirement. |
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