Bellota Concha on Tominokoji

Bellota Concha is a Spanish style restaurant specialising in seafood fresh from the market. Mewby and I ate there once last year and enjoyed it, so I thought it would be a nice spot to celebrate our anniversary.

They have two floors, so if you are upstairs you get one of these funky bells to call for service. We started our meal with a white asparagus and anchovy salad…

Then a bowl of steamed mussels in white wine. The bread here is also very good: soft, white and chewy.

Now for paella. Most people would probably just order one medium sized paella and be satisfied, but I’m greedy so I ordered two small ones. One had oysters and spring onions:

And the other was a seafood assortment:

We finished off with crema catalana and Torta de Santiago (a kind of almond pie).

Everything was splendid and tasted great! I spent just under 10,000 yen that night, but I did order a lot of food, so I imagine you could get away with a 7,000 yen bill and have plenty to eat and drink. Anyway, Bellota has good food, good service and a nice atmosphere. If you have a special occasion coming up then I recommend it.

Bellota Concha is just south of Shijo on the west side of Tominokoji. There is a map at the bottom of this page: http://www.bellota.jp/tominokoji/ There are also other Bellota branches throughout Kyoto, which you can find on their website.