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Hi All
Does anybody know what, if any Restaurants are open Christmas day?
ta
Laslo Peady

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Point taken Sharon
It's along slap just for a bottle of plonk, but as we are located in Isla Canela Marina the journey home only takes a couple of minutes even allowing for the wobble back if I have had one to many
Chris

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Funnily enough I am just checking this out at the moment for friends who are thinking about spending their first Christmas in Esuri. I will investigate and try out the house red at some Ayamonte restaurants while I am enquiring (an important factor for research purposes of course!!) and will post back eventually!!

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Can also recommend the house wine - as well as the Sollomillo - a HUGE steak!!

Take a look at the attached photos, you'll have a laugh, they are of the closest resto to CE, Maestre Romulo aka 'Luis's' just across the bridge. If you want directions Ive posted them a couple of times - just search on my name and e.g 'Romulo'

For those that dont know Mon-Sat lunchtime 3 course menu with wine 7:50 - we go a lot as its hardly more expensive than cooking at home and far more choice. He has a slogan that you'll find funny if you dont know it already... on the whiteboard of the 2nd photo

Jon

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So far the only one that I know of in Ayamonte that is open is Jags http://www.jagsbistro.com/. However, if you try further afield Castro Marim Golf Club is an alternative, I couldn't find the link but was about €75 per head for the Christmas lunch.

P.S. House red at Jags was very tasty and there was a good range of wines for the discerning ones amongst you. :drinkwine:

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Hi Jags will be open on Xmas eve only I think and open again on New Years Eve... Im not 100% sure - but I think this is the case.

Also let me correct my post just above this above about Luis resto. He is closed Mondays.

So the lunch deal is Tues-Sat.

Regards
Jon

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Jon, according to their website they are taking bookings for xmas eve, xmas day, new years eve and new years day.

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Golf club at Esuri is open new years eve tickets only,not sue how much but its normally an all in price?.

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Here are the details from an email I received from Esuri abou New Year.

My only connection with them is that I play golf there



New Year’s Eve

Restaurant Golf Dourado

Costa Esuri Club





Entry fee*:

Platinum Member (and accompanist) 75€ /pax

Gold & Bronze member (and accompanist) 85€ /pax

Visitors 95€ / pax







Reservation conditions:

* Limited appraisal minim. 60 pax y máx. 100 pax

· Inscription closing date 20th December

· Diner’s payment in advance

· Reservation order of preference: Platinum Member, Gold Member, Bronze member, Member’s guest and visitors

· Starting time at 9.00 pm

· Information and reservation at Restaurant Golf Dourado

























Menu New Year’s Eve



Cold Buffet



* Big crab

* Prawns

* Vegetable salad and tuna

* Chicken salad with pineapple

* Melon with ham

* Seafood salad

* Cheese salad

* Mussels in vinaigrette

* Tomatoes with grated cheese and nuts

* Variety of cheese and sausages

Soup

Leek cream

Main Course

* Fish dish

Cod with almonds, potatoes and sautéed vegetables

* Meat dish

Chicken Rolls stuffed with bacon and mushrooms, rice with raisins and pine nuts, caramelized pineapple and peach



Desserts

* Pudding

* Almond cake

* Cheesecake

* Apple pie

* Chocolate cake

* Black forest cake

* Variety of fruit

Wine Cellar

* Red Wine

* White Wine

* Cava



Drinks

* Beer

* Soft drinks

* Coffee

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Guesswork, just out of interest is there any entertainment included, as I have friends who might be interested?

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Hi Sharon, there will be entertainment but the girls are still sorting that out. Will post again we we get further news. Regards Bryony.

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Was out this weekend in Esuri .. had Golf course to ourselves on Sunday morning .... On Sat night followed this recommendation and had great meal .. also went for Iberean Pork and Prawns .. great recommendation ..
AlandEve

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Hi Sharon

I double checked it and can confirm these dates: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day: This has only recently changed - as until very recently it was just the 'eve's' sorry for the confusion... thanks for the update
Jon

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Further to my previous posting the entertainment will be the same DJ as last year who was by the way very good. Bryony

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Confirmed by an e-mail received from Jags yesterday. Menus look good.
Andy

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Does anyone know when the clubhouse is open over Christmas, christmas day, boxing day and new year's day in particular. I know they now close at 9pm in the evenings but haven't heard about when they will be closed over christmas.

Also heard that someone is looking at taking the other 'clubhouse' (overlooking the 18th) and possibly opening it to the general public, anyone else heard any rumours?

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Hi you could email them on, [email protected]

Ken.

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Like your Festive Tree Kenx:thumbsup:

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The Artist coming out in me!!.
How you all keeping still working hard?. XX.

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We are all good............cant wait to Christmas..........love to allxx:kiss:

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My message got deleted.

I am excited about this news. We have had so many problems for years that to have GOOD NEWS is a real relief

I thought this info was relevant on more than one thread - but here you can find it.

The information is on this new thread

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=650607

And the post

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...15#post8275415

Thanks
Jon

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Good Luck to Jag & Gavin.

Anyone remembers Joao, The Portuguese cook from The Outback Inn? He has his own place now, called "Bar Guadiana". Heard good stories about the bbq-ed meat ánd his prices, but haven´t been myself. His place is a little bit up the road towards La Villa, just past the San Francisco church. I can recommend the coffee though...

(No comercial ties BTW.)

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Hi All Esurians
Just visited Jags for a Sunday lunch treat after church parade. This was the first visit for 3 months and the first of the new season Sunday lunch menu.
It was Fabulous! As we have come to expect, my beef stroganoff and Kath’s roast pork with crackling were just perfect!
Now the really good news Jags proposed new restaurant/club at Costa Esuri is on track to open for Easter and there may be more exciting things to come in addition to the Sports Bar, Terrace Breakfast/Snack Bar, Restaurant and swimming pool.
To introduce these to everyone Jag and Gavin are holding a roll up open day next Saturday Feb 6th between 1.0pm and 5.0pm at the club
We think this could just be the first chink of light for Costa Esuri after the debacle of the MF liquidation stopped the hotel and commercial center dead and left no alternative to the Golf Clubhouse for a drink or snack. We are promised that closing time will be later than 9.30pm on weekdays and that football matches will show both halves and extra time before the plug is pulled.
The re-opened shop on Lomas is good and certainly the cheapest beer in Ayamonte with a view to die for from the terrace on a warm day but is a bit bleak at this time of year.
Hope to see all our friends next Saturday and we can find out if this new promise is as good as it seems.
Regards,
John.

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Not sure if this was already posted, Nicole & Sergio from Garcias Bistro (Formerly La Bretagne) joined forces with Phillipe (Former owner of La Bretagne :)) and opened a restaurant at Galeço park in Cacela Nova in Portugal, It´s a nice place with a pool & terrace and if anyone remember´s Phillipe´s "chicken a la chef" it´s worth a visit!

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That must be on the doorstep of the poshest Golf Course on the Algarve?
Monte Rae? We took a look at it and yes it is truly magnificent! decided we would have to go away and practice a bit more before we could venture onto that course!

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Are you sure you can afford it? We have found a new restraunt riight in the centre of Ayamonte and it must be the best value in town for a full 3 course menu of the day and the food is really good and the style very french haute cuisine!

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What is the name of the place and where is it?

Can I ask something about your avatar? What does it mean, can it be that I have seen it somewhere? I think on a plaque at the Torre del Oro in Seville, or does it have something to do with the catholic church?

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Not sure I understand you! afford what?
Don't think our level of golf could justify the price of the golf at Monte Rae! Haven't priced the menu at the clubhouse. Is it just as expensive?
So where is this value 3 course menu del dia?

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Sorry, Not sure about golf courses (I´m a snowboarder/sailor/inlineskater/moviebuff not a golfer), but Caleço park is fairly easy to find, it´s well indicated when you drive through Cacela Nova.

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Look at the cast iron man hole covers in Sevilla and one rogue one in Ayamonte!

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The golf 190 euro for a round that includes a buggy!

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Are you sending me on a quest? Where in Ayamonte? (I feel like Dan Brown´s Robert Langdon now)

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AAAHHHHA! Got it!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NO8DO#Motto

"Carruajes"NO8DO is the official motto and one of the many legends of Seville. The legend has left its very tangible mark throughout the city as NO8DO can be seen on landmarks ranging from the common bike rack, the caps of the municipal sewer and water system, ordinary sidewalks, buses, taxis, monuments, even Christopher Columbus’s tomb. The motto of Seville is a visible presence of which any visitor is sure to take note.

The motto is a rebus, combining the Spanish syllables (NO and DO) and a drawing in between–the figure “8.” The figure represents a skein of yarn, or in Spanish, a “madeja.” When read aloud, “No madeja do” sounds like “No me ha dejado,” which means “It [Seville] has not abandoned me.”

The story as to how NO8DO arrived at being the motto of the city has undoubtedly been embroidered throughout the centuries, but legend has it that after the “Reconquest” of Seville from the Muslims in 1248, King Fernando III, El Santo, King of Castilla and León moved his court to the former Muslim palace, the Alcázar of Seville.

After San Fernando’s death in the Real Alcázar, his son, Alfonso X, “The Wise,” assumed the throne. Alfonso X was a scholar king, hence his title. He was a poet, astronomer, astrologer, musician and linguist. Alfonso’s son, Sancho IV of Castile, tried to usurp the throne from his father, but the people of Seville remained loyal to their scholar king and this is where NO8DO was believed to have originated when, according to legend, Alfonso X rewarded the fidelity of the “Sevillanos” with the words that now appear on the official emblem of the city of Seville."

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Do you know. Are they getting many players? There are better deals advertised for it here in the U.K. but you pay up here. If it is pouring down and the course is open you play or loose your money. This was the case when we visited and four English blokes were going out in torrential rain!!!
However this thread is about restaurants and I am interested in your NEW good find in Ayamonte?

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Yeah, food!!!!

Any word on the new steakhouse yet?

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It has also been interpreted as "She will not let me down" which we saw in Sevilla on the day we signed for our plot and we thought it an appropriate name for our house but we have since heard that it was often used by Franco as a motto for his party so we are not sure that it is any longer a "proper" name for our little abode in Spain!

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Do you mean Jags Bistro at Esuri?

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We have not yet taken our peer review team so do not want to raise false hopes on just 2 visits but I must say it shows great potential.

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A good venue in Ayamonte now that Jag/Gavin have decamped to Esuri and left us with Fish & Chips should do well. More info please ASAP

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I thought it was going to be called Jag And Gavin´s Club.

No, I think that one has had enough free advertising. I´m talking about the Atlantic steakhouse on Isla Canela next to the old Ja´s bar. Not sure if it´s open yet so I was wondering if anyone´s been.