David’s Next Country
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Got to Zubiri yesterday around 2pm and was so glad to have booked ahead at the Rio Arga Ibaia. Clean, great host, big kitchen area and perfect location. Definitely recommend staying there to all. We were too tired to think about cooking so we wandered down to the Ogi Berri Café del Camino for some lunch; it was delicious and worth every €. We did not order the Pilgrim Meal, instead we got a pollo paella and an omelette with salad. The two dishes, along with a 1l bottle of water, came to 18€.
Now comes the sad part of this story: later on that night we were feeling hungry again and decided to try the Pilgrim meal. Unfortunately our lunch spot was full, so we wandered next door to the Taberna Baserri. It was empty compared to the Ogi so we sat down and ordered two of the Pilgrim meals, at 10€ each. They were out of the pollo so we ordered the carne guisada as our mains, and a salad each. 10 minutes later we were each served a plate with a greasy pressed hamburger patty and some barely warm fries. No cutlery, I had to find some. No salads, no water or wine. Back home I would have complained about this but we soldiered on and ate. The waitress came by and asked if we'd had our salads already; I told her no, and I asked for our water and wine. Our salads showed up after we had finished our "mains"; they were better than the greasy burger patty, but not by much. Still no wine or water; I went to the counter and asked for the drinks and finally a tiny carafe of wine, enough for two very small glasses, and our water arrived. We were already done eating.
We already had three Pilgrim meals under our belts by this point: SJPP, Orisson and Roncesvalles. They were all wonderful. What we got from Taberna Baserri was , minus the smiley faces.
Fair warning to those who follow.
Now comes the sad part of this story: later on that night we were feeling hungry again and decided to try the Pilgrim meal. Unfortunately our lunch spot was full, so we wandered next door to the Taberna Baserri. It was empty compared to the Ogi so we sat down and ordered two of the Pilgrim meals, at 10€ each. They were out of the pollo so we ordered the carne guisada as our mains, and a salad each. 10 minutes later we were each served a plate with a greasy pressed hamburger patty and some barely warm fries. No cutlery, I had to find some. No salads, no water or wine. Back home I would have complained about this but we soldiered on and ate. The waitress came by and asked if we'd had our salads already; I told her no, and I asked for our water and wine. Our salads showed up after we had finished our "mains"; they were better than the greasy burger patty, but not by much. Still no wine or water; I went to the counter and asked for the drinks and finally a tiny carafe of wine, enough for two very small glasses, and our water arrived. We were already done eating.
We already had three Pilgrim meals under our belts by this point: SJPP, Orisson and Roncesvalles. They were all wonderful. What we got from Taberna Baserri was , minus the smiley faces.
Fair warning to those who follow.