Menu of the day
€24.90
Monday to Friday, except public holidays. Desserts from the trolley: €7.90.
Opening hours
Monday to Thursday: 13:00 – 16:00 and 20:00 – 23:00
Friday and Saturday: 13:00 – 16:00 and 20:00 – 23:30
Sunday: 13:00 – 16:00
The restaurant
Traditional restaurant in Santander city centre
Where La Taberna del Herrero began in Santander: a cosy dining room, a street-level terrace and a menu led by sharing plates, free-range eggs from happy hens and local cheeses.
El Rubio is right in the centre of Santander, a stone’s throw from the City Hall and the Mercado de la Esperanza market, where we shop every day. It was our first restaurant in the city and it is still the go-to tavern for anyone looking for home cooking in central Santander.
We feed lifelong Santander locals and visitors discovering the city. Menu of the day on weekdays (€24.90), a special weekend menu (€29.90) and a full menu of sharing plates, salads, meat, fish and cheeses. Book by phone or drop in: make yourself at home.
The menu
2026 menu
Bread service: €1.90 per person · Prices on the terrace are 10% higher · Prices include VAT
Cold sharing plates
-
Anchovies in vinegar (boquerones)
€17.50 -
Scorpionfish terrine (pastel de cabracho)
€17.90 -
Roasted red peppers with anchovies
€17.90 -
Santoña anchovies (double octavillo tin)
€17.90 -
Cured beef (cecina) from El Bierzo with olive oil
€21.90 -
Iberian ham with breadsticks (picos)
€24.90 -
Platter of Iberian ham, cured beef (cecina), chorizo, salchichón (Spanish cured sausage), cured pork loin and cheese
€29.90
Hot sharing plates
-
Castilian garlic soup (sopa castellana)
€11.90In season.
-
Soria crispy pork belly bites (torreznillos)
€12.90 -
Fried Burgos black pudding (morcilla) with confit onion and chips
€15.50 -
Mussels, cooked to your liking
€15.90 -
Sautéed vegetables with soy sauce
€15.90 -
Chicken goujons with chips
€17.90 -
Fried calamari (rabas)
€17.90 -
Handmade ham croquettes
€17.90 -
Creamy seafood rice
€18.90 -
Rice with carrilleras (cheek meat)
€18.90 -
Cod bites in tempura with aioli
€18.90
Salads
-
Blacksmith’s salad
€17.90Lettuce, tomato, onion, egg, olives, asparagus, roasted pepper and bonito tuna.
-
Salad with pickled chicken or bonito tuna (escabeche)
€19.90Depending on the season.
-
Iberian ham salad with goat’s cheese
€21.90 -
Crushed avocado, tomato and king prawn salad
€22.90 -
Cured beef (cecina) and burrata salad with nut vinaigrette
€23.50
Cheeses
-
La Jarradilla cow’s milk cheese
€17.90Half portion 100 g; full portion 200 g.
-
Cured Castilian cheese, 100% sheep’s milk
€17.90Half portion 100 g; full portion 200 g.
-
Tresviso cheese
€17.90 -
Melted Divirín cheese with tomato jam
€18.50 -
Cheese platter (400 g)
€32.50
Fried free-range eggs from happy hens with potatoes and…
-
Paprika
€11.90 -
Ham
€13.90 -
Chistorra sausage
€13.90 -
Crispy pork belly (torreznos)
€13.90
Meat dishes
-
Beef burger with Divirín cheese, onion, bacon, lettuce, tomato and chips
€17.90 -
Home-made beef tripe stew (callos)
€17.90 -
Chicken drumsticks with chips and honey mustard sauce
€18.90 -
Beef cheeks in red wine
€21.90 -
Braised oxtail meatballs
€22.90 -
Slow-roasted Iberian pork ribs
€22.90 -
Wok-fried Iberian pork secreto (a marbled cut) with vegetables
€23.90 -
Iberian pork fillet with Pedro Ximénez sauce and nuts
€24.90 -
Heifer sirloin with potatoes and peppers (entrecôte)
€24.90 -
Local beef fillet with potatoes
€29.90
Fish dishes
-
Cod-stuffed peppers
€17.90 -
Hake meatballs in salsa marinera
€18.90 -
Squid with caramelised onions
€19.50 -
Cod with home-made tomato sauce
€23.90 -
Hake loin, cooked to your liking
€26.90Battered, grilled or in green sauce.
-
Butterflied sea bass with garlic and olive oil (refrito)
€28.90
The group