Casa Nova

More than just a restaurant, Casa Nova is a mini-paradise on Earth! This charming old country property that was once a poultry farm is run by a couple with a total commitment to sustainability and no half measures. Upon arrival in the car park, guests are given a close-up tour with explanations that highlight their environmental concerns. Following this, in a delightful atmosphere combining the past and present, chef Andrés Torres offers two contemporary-style menus (Viña and Gran Vendimia) that are based around time-honoured dishes made by his mother as well as local ingredients (the restaurant has a large kitchen garden with chickens, bees, tuna drying sheds and coffee roasters, grows its own shitake mushrooms, and produces its own vinegars, wines etc). There’s also the occasional international influence resulting from the chef’s humanitarian trips abroad (as an example, Casa Nova also bakes bread in a wood-fired oven in the same way as the indigenous communities on the Peruvian altiplano). The wine cellar features an impressive selection of vintage labels that come as a pleasant surprise.