D'Herminia is a great find with delicious food, friendly service and an amazing fixed price menu
Isn't it a great feeling when you find a fantastic restaurant where you not only eat well but feel you had incredible value for money? Of course, it's always someone else who finds the place! My parents have just returned from Spain's sunshine coast, the Costa del Sol, which is traditionally pretty glitzy and expensive. They 'discovered' D'Herminia at Estepona, an upscale resort along the coast from jetset Marbella. My dad, Peter Bryant, says: "The restaurant offers an extensive a la carte menu but above all a marvellous value-for-money three-course table d'hote menu at the attractive price of 15 Euros per head." (That's $19 US, $21 Canadian.) He continues: "The half-dozen or so starters included a very tasty spinach pancake and a vegetable tartelette. This was followed by a significant fish selection - sea bream, sea bass, monkfish, prawn skewers, or an excellent entrecote steak, with a good selection of vegetables. For dessert, there was home-made tiramisu, profiteroles, various ice-creams or the un-Spanish bread and butter pudding. There's a long wine list but you need look no further than the house wine at about 7 Euro a bottle.
"But it's the additional dishes that make this place such good value. On arrival, we were greeted with a glass of pink cava (Spanish sparkling wine), olives and crudites, followed by a hot, mini-vegetable risotto, and smoked salmon and cheese canapes. After dessert, chocolate arrived - a white crisp and a dark square. To finish, we were offered a glass of fruit schnapps on ice. All this without any addition to the bill!"
I would challenge anybody to come up with such an impressive range of extras! If you've got a recommendation, email me! D'Herminia lies between Estepona and San Pedro de Alcantara at Centro Comercial Costasol, tel. +34 952 88 76 73. It's closed Sundays.
