BAR RESTAURANTE ESPIGARES - ROLDAN

Yesterday I went out to lunch with a friend, but the places we were going to go to were shut so we decided to try somewhere new and what a little gem we found.

BAR RESTAURANTE ESPIGARES

Is in Roldan which is the Little market town close to La Torre Golf Resort, we were greeted by the owner Cayetano Espigares Machado and taken through to the dining area.

Cayetano speaks a little English and calls himself Gary to English people. There was no menu, he told us what was available for starters, mains and puddings. In Spanish and in English.
We decided to have a salad and some ham, while we waited for the starters, The wine was brought out in a carafe, and we suspect it was homemade, as was rather nice. The beer was brought out in an iced glass.

Then came the starter, which we had chosen Meatball consome. Cayetano came and added a splash of sherry to it!

Then came our mains, chicken and chips, and beef and chips (you had a choice of all meats to pick from.

Feeling a little bit full now, but who could resist pudding? we chose icecream.

Then came the coffees and a free aperitif on the house (lemon liquer).
We paid our bill, which was as follows:
Salad: 3.00
Ham: 4.00
Wine: 1.50
Pint beer: 2.25
2x consome meatballs: 4.00
1 beef and chips: 6.00
1 chicken and chips: 5.00
bread: 0.50
Pint beer: 2.25
2x icecream: 3.50
2 white coffees: 2.50
TOTAL:           34.50

The above picture is Cayetano and his bird on his shoulder, as you can see there is also a bar area serving tapas.
It is not fancy food just good home cooking. I will be going back over and over again, great service, great food, great price.
They are open everyday and night except Mondays, and during the week they do a menu of the day for 9 euros.

How to get there? If you are coming from La Torre Golf Resort, go out the bottom entrance, turn right and then on the next roundabout turn left into Roldan, at the traffic lights turn left and then turn right just after Cajamurcia, keep going, you will see the sports pavilion coming up on your left and on your right a spare peice of waste ground, park up there, as Espigares is just on the corner. Avenida Torre Pacheco 60, Roldan. 968588001.
Enjoy (I did)

UPDATE: I have now been back various times and each time have had a superb meal and service. We have tried homemade wine from a friend of Cayetano who only makes a few bottles from his vineyard. Every time I go back it is great. What makes this little gem of a place is the Service, which is Phenomenal, the home cooked food and the reasonable prices. You should definatly try it.