Restaurante El Fartuquin

In Their Own Words

Review highlights surfaced by Google — shown in English, with the original beneath

“Mushrooms in garlic, tortos with ham, and octopus with potatoes and caramelised onions.”

“Setas al ajillo, tortos con jamón y pulpo con patatas y cebolla caramelizada.”

“We ordered the fabada, the cachopo with cecina and goat's cheese, and the cider.”

“Pedimos la fabada, el cachopo de cecina y queso de cabra y la sidra.”

“Excellent food, a very varied daily set menu and great service – home-cooked food”

“Muy buena comida un menú del día muy variado y muy buena atención comida casera”

Quick Verdict

Authentic Asturian cooking with FACE and ACEPA certification: the place where celiac diners and everyone else eat the same menu.

About Restaurante El Fartuquin

Proper Asturian cooking, the kind that fills the table and the room, in a space with wood and stone details that make the setting feel unhurried. The cachopo here is a serious undertaking — big enough to share and worth every bite — and the fabada asturiana and tortos, particularly the apple-and-cabrales version, draw people back. Cider is the drink that makes sense alongside all of it. What sets El Fartuquin apart in Oviedo is the gluten-free guarantee: accredited by both FACE and ACEPA, it is one of the few places where coeliacs can order freely, fabada and cachopo included, without a second thought. The menu of the day runs to dishes like rice with ribs and cured pork with chips. Service is fast and the staff are genuinely warm — recent local visitors have singled out that combination as the reason they are already planning a return.

Restaurante El Fartuquin is one of those places where the dessert menu is not an afterthought — a detail regulars tend to mention first.

In the last 90 days, Restaurante El Fartuquin has drawn 7 substantial written reviews (50+ characters of genuine feedback) — a measure of how actively its reviewers have been writing lately.

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