Pepe Vieira

It is a miracle to find a restaurant of this standard in the middle of the countryside, but Pepe Vieira bucks this trend! In this spectacular restaurant surrounded by woods, gardens and pleasant terraces, chef Xosé T. Cannas takes a bold approach to everything, exploring new recipes and ingredients from elsewhere which he combines with superb local ingredients (particularly from the sea) on tasting menus (Romasanta, O Señor de Andrade and A Santa Elección) that take guests on a journey back to the roots of Galician cuisine which is described here as the “la última cociña do mundo”! Sustainability is the backbone of the experience, which begins with aperitifs in the garden before exploring the building’s different spaces and then moving to the dining room, which opens out onto nature via huge picture windows. The splendid wine list is based around the theme of the Camino de Santiago. Guests have the additional option of 14 individual cube-style bedrooms with an unexpected cutting-edge design that enables guests to experience their natural surroundings to the full.

What makes it distinctive

• A high-end restaurant in the woods, with terraces and gardens setting the pace of the meal
• Menus that frame Galicia as narrative, mythology and memory, delivered as a tasting sequence
• A small on-site lodging option, cube-style rooms that extend the countryside immersion

Signature Ingredients

• Galician seafood and fish as the backbone of the menus
• Vegetables from the restaurant’s gardens, including a biodynamic plot
• Organic waste composted back into the gardens