Eating in and around Roda Golf. Some local restaurants.

We're always keen to try something "different" and today we'd like to share a couple of restaurant recommendations with you. Do you agree with us? Have you got any favourites of your own? Click here to see where we like to eat and optionally leave a comment!
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Welcome to our latest feature, a restaurant guide of all our favourite restaurants in Los Alcazares, near to Roda Golf and Beach Resort. You may have a few of your own not mentioned here, if you would like us to add any, please just let us know. We'd like to stress that we are not affiliated with any of these restaurants! We just like to eat in them :)

We are going to start off with the Wok Buffet, which is just outside Roda Golf, opposite the tourist information centre on the main road in to Roda Golf. The Wok Buffet is a great "value for money" restaurant and is ideal for large families, at just 8.95 euros to eat all you like, it is quite a reasonably priced night out - please remember drinks cost extra.

The restaurant is very clean and spacious and the food is superb, with a huge choice of starters and then 9 different flavours of sauce for your main course, which they cook in front of you. There really is something here for everybody, with meat, fish, seafood, salads and a wide choice of fruit and vegetables, also a great selection of desserts, you will not be disappointed.

La Diva in the 525 hotel plaza, (525 hotel) near to Los Alcazares is a great restaurant with a comprehensive menu and a fantastic selection of fine wines. The food here is superb and there is a great atmosphere, ideal for romantic nights for the couples, and perfect for those special celebrations Full a-la-carte menu available.

For a traditional Spanish evening, and great steaks and meat options, El Patio 2 is the place to be. It's opposite the Mercadona near the 525 hotel plaza, just about a 20 minute walk from Roda Golf. This wonderful restaurant has about the biggest in-door barbecue we have ever seen! The service is great and the food, whilst very simple, is of a very high standard and great quality. You must try the ox steak cooked on a hot stone at your table!

Roblemar (link) is a great fish and seafood restaurant located near "the arches" close to the motorway junction. You can select your fresh fish from a huge selection on the display table, and the tapas here are superb. Roblemar is very popular with the local Spanish people because the food is so good, particularly the seafood. The restaurant can get very busy, particularly in summer, it is advisable to book in advance, very little English is spoken here, so get practising your Spanish folks!

For the good old traditional English breakfast, we are happy recommend 3 restaurants in the 525 hotel plaza, "Henry's bar" has just started cooking in the mornings and the breakfast and snacks are great. "Penny Farthing" has a great menu for breakfast and lunch, and the food is of a very high quality. Finally "The Pastie Shack" provides great food and good service, great "take out" food from the Pastie Shack, the pasties, pies and sausage rolls are lovely, with some great traditional fillings.

There is a new restaurant, located near the Penny Farthing, and is owned by the same people who own Penny Farthing. Rosalinds is a very nice restaurant with a great menu, the food is very good, if a little elaborate. This restaurant is a little expensive but is in a stunning location, particularly if you can get a table on the terrace over looking the plaza. Great service with very friendly staff, definitely worth a visit.

Of course we must not forget the new Clubhouse at Roda Golf. This really is a fantastic place to eat, there is a very comprehensive menu. The service, for the most part, is very good and the location on the terrace with views over the golf course and the floodlit driving range is superb. Great food, very friendly staff, and great location, what more could you ask for?

If you are spending the day at the beach, there are a number of small bars and restaurants located right on the beach which offer excellent lunch time menus and snacks including great selections of tapas. The food and the drinks are very cheap at these places, but the quality of the food is generally very good.

Opposite the Roblemar restaurant, there is a fantastic pizza restaurant, La Sombra (the shade) this place has an enormous selection of pizza's and one of our particular favourites is the kebab pizza, sounds awful I know, but it really is an awesome pizza. There are about 25 different choices of pizza all freshly cooked and it makes this place well worth a visit. It is also very reasonably priced.

There are lots of other great eating establishments in the area, too many to mention, but we hope you enjoy trying out the ones listed here, please remember a 10% minimum gratuity will be expected, 15% if the service was very good.

Have a great holiday at the Roda Golf and Beach Resort in Murcia on the Costa Calida.

The Roda Beach Club gets it's OFFICIAL opening date!

The news we have all been waiting for! We finally have official confirmation of the opening date for the roda beach club. It's July the 10th, well in time to catch up on our tans! STOP PRESS. the phone number for bookings changed to 968 147 350!Click here to read the official notification from D. José Luis Pérez Carrión Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

Here it is! The exciting news, that was pretty easy to predict if you have been following our coverage of the Roda golf Beach Club construction. Earlier this week we published a full report with a gallery of more than thirty pictures, and just two days ago we sent our first Roda Golf video to YouTube showing just how close things were getting, and how busy the builders were. Well now it's official! Please see below the letter that many of you may have received today from Calidona:


Dear Owners,

We would like to inform you that as of the 10th of July until the end of September the Roda Golf Beach Club will reopen its doors with all its facilities.

The Beach club boasts a swimming pool with jacuzzi, changing rooms, a “chill out” area with incredible views over the Mediterranean, food and drink, cocktails, direct access to the beach with water sports nearby.

The swimming pool, beach and changing rooms will be open from 10.30 am to 8.00 pm from Monday to Sunday. The Bar & Restaurant services will also be open every day from 10.30 am to 1.00 am. Reservations are recommended for lunch or dinner on 968 147 350

There will be a bus + ferry service available to make your day out more pleasurable and comfortable. It will depart from the golf car park and will circle the resort, taking you to Santiago de la Ribera where you will take the ferry to Puerto Tomás Maestre, and from there, a bus will transport you to the Beach Club. The total cost (return trip included) is 12 € per person. Please reserve on 968 147 353 or personally at the Club house Pro Shop to use this service.

For additional information, enquiries or reservations, please, contact 968 147 353.

We hope to see you there!!

D. José Luis Pérez Carrión
Subdirector General
Comercial & Marketing

Roda Golf Beach Club - The Video!

Something new and informative for you! We would like to present our first little video, showing just how busy things are getting down at the Roda Golf Beach Club in Murcia which is always set to open THIS MONTH! Let us know what you think.Click here to see the video of the Roda Golf Beach Club! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

We tried something new this month, and whilst we cannot claim to be professional video editors, we think it's been pretty successful! We wanted to convey just how busy things have got down at the Roda golf Beach Club which is due to open THIS MONTH!

Don't forget that we have our Roda golf Beach Club full report and gallery available with more than thirty high resolution images. Remember you can also see them on our Flickr channel

We hope that our little videos will prove useful and entertaining to all you owners and investors here in Roda Golf and Beach Club, Murcia. We'll try to make some more videos for you soon. As always, please just let us know if there's something specific you'd like to see. And as always, please bear in mind we can bring you this service thanks to the support of Calida International Properties

See you soon in the Roda Beach Club!

 

FULL REPORT and gallery - The Roda Beach Club - June 2008

Here we are in June already! The sun is shining, and the builders are really cracking on over at the Roda Golf and Beach Resort Beach Club! We were there three days ago with our photographer! You will not believe the changes! Click here to see just how far the Beach Club has come! See the gallery and optionally leave a comment! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

We are very excited to provide you all with the very latest and up-to-date pictures of the Roda Golf beach club which is set to open in July.

The amount of work that has been undertaken since our last visit is just incredible, we at Roda Golf Info did not believe they would be ready by July, however the place has undergone a complete transformation.

All the beaches are now immaculate, there was even a beach sweeper cleaning the beach as we were there. Most of the gardens are now in place and they were busy planting all the various shrubs and plants during our visit. The swimming pool was looking fantastic and was being filled before our eyes.

The style and quality of the building itself was absolutely phenomenal, the various bars are now ready with beer pumps in place (excellent news!) the open plan kitchens, in a similar style to the kitchen at the Roda Golf clubhouse have also been installed. Most of the terraces and walkways throughout the beach club have now been completed - whilst there is still lots of work to go, the place look just incredible!

The remaining work seems to be mostly just "tidying up", other than that everything seems pretty complete.

They have about fifty sliding glass doors that fold back on to themselves which bring the outside in, or the inside out, not quite sure, but is just an amazing feature. There is so much glass upstairs and downstairs that you get the feeling of being outside even if you are inside, it all looks so light and airy, which of course it is, and the views over the Mediterranean Sea from all parts of the beach club is fantastic.

Yet again Calidona have exceeded all of our expectations, yes we have to wait a little longer for this fantastic facility, but the great news, it is here now and WOW! are you going to enjoy it.

We hope you enjoy these latest pictures and this update, if there is anything we can do for you, or you world like to see on this web site, please just let us know.

New sales office opens at Roda golf and Beach Resort

Exciting news at Roda Golf and Beach Resort, Roda Golf are pleased to announce the opening of their new sales office at the old pro shop where the temporary clubhouse was located. Click here to read the full article Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

Exciting news at Roda Golf and Beach Resort! Roda Golf are pleased to announce the opening of their new sales office at the old pro-shop where the temporary clubhouse was located.

You can now view an excellent range of resale properties, as well as have access to the brand new "key ready" and "off-plan" properties direct from Roda Golf. The new sales office will be open seven days a week, so please pop in and visit the very friendly and professional staff any time, even if it is just for a chat.

If you wish to sell your property at Roda Golf and Beach Resort, please feel free to call the office between 10am and 6pm any day and receive the very best help and advice from the staff there.

Your property will be marketed and promoted to everybody that walks past the old clubhouse, there will be slide show presentations as well as regular updated pictures in the windows 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

To call the new Roda Golf sales office for information on available properties, or to enquire about selling your property, please call 00 34 968 144 148 and ask for either Chris or Michael, or send an e-mail to us here at info@rodagolfinfo.com

Stop Press! Roda Beach Club gets an official opening date!

That's right folks, you heard it HERE first...the official openeing date for the Roda Golf Beach Club! Click here to read the good news about the Roda Beach Club! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

Work under way at the Beach Club last April! - Click to enlarge
Work under way at the Beach Club last April! - Click to enlarge

Great news "straight from the top" today! We can now inform everyone that the Roda Golf Beach Club will be opening in "mid July". The last time we were at the Roda Golf Beach Club was at the end of April, and we could see then how the work was cracking on. Well, not it's very nearly time to enjoy all that work...from the side of the pool with a cold beer!

We'll get back over to the club as soon as we can to update the pictures we can offer. And you can be sure we'll be there the day it opens to take some pictures for you, just like we did the day the Roda Clubhouse opened! No rest for us, but then Calida International Properties are sponsoring us to bring you the latest information. Perhaps they'll buy us that beer too? :)

See you all soon in the Roda Beach Club!

Roda Golf Ryder Cup June 7th and 8th!

Roda Golf has staged it's very own Ryder cup over the weekend of June 7th and 8th! Don't get carried away... whilst it was a European team vs a British team, we did not see Severiano Ballesteros or Jose Maria Olazabal out there! There was however some fantastic golf played and even though the weather wasn't the best, it was a tremendous spectacle for all who turned out to enjoy the event.Click here to read the full article and optionally leave a comment! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

Roda Golf has staged it's very own Ryder cup over the weekend of June 7th and 8th!

Don't get carried away... whilst it was a European team vs a British team, we did not see Severiano Ballesteros or Jose Maria Olazabal out there! There was however some fantastic golf played and even though the weather wasn't the best, it was a tremendous spectacle for all who turned out to enjoy the event.

The Roda Golf course came in for yet more plaudits with everybody loving the golf course and the facilities. One of the golf professionals from a nearby course commented that whilst Roda is not the most difficult course in the region (it was never meant to be) it was certainly the nicest looking and the best kept, wow! praise indeed for a golf course less than two years old!

You can view the brand new 360 degree virtual feature at www.rodagolf.com and click on the golf course, English is available at this site, just click on the flag. This is a fantastic feature and well done to Calidona for providing it, if you have not visited the site and seen this feature, you in for a treat.

The clubhouse at Roda Golf and the restaurant was the real winner. The food was fantastic, and even the service was "spot on". There has been some small level of criticism levelled at the staff concerning the service, however some new, and might I say excellent, staff have now joined the team and everything at Roda is now as you would expect from a 5 star resort.

Roda Golf are now offering night time practice facilities with the driving range now being floodlit, the range is open until 11.00pm. I bet the wives (or golfing widows) will be delighted to hear of this!

The mood and general atmosphere over the weekend at Roda Golf was awesome, residents and visitors alike all mingled together with the golfers and everybody had a great time.
With plenty more facilities still to come and lots more competitions due this year, the future promises to be very exciting at Roda Golf and Beach Resort.

The Roda Golf Pro-Shop

This week we are taking a look at the fully stocked Roda Golf and Beach Resort Pro-Shop. Located in the Roda Clubhouse, the shop has everything you could need...Click here to see the gallery from the Roda Golf Pro Shop! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

We're gearing up ready for our June visit to Roda Golf and Beach Resort, but in the mean time here's a small gallery of pictures showing the great Roda Golf Pro-Shop. You will find the pro-shop on the ground floor of the Roda Clubhouse. It really is a fully stocked shop. Why not consider travelling light to Spain for your next game and buying your gear here! :) Thanks to the staff in the shop who let our photographer take these pictures.

See the changes on Phase 4!

Two pictures, one from March and the other from May, taken from the same angle, show exactly how much progress is being made on Roda Golf's phase 4 villa properties.Click here to see the big pictures showing the changes on Roda Phase 4! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

When we did our first full photo report back in March (Roda Golf full report - March) we took a picture "over the fence" showing the Phase 4 villa properties, which were in a very early state of development. It was nice to see when we returned for our latest full report (Roda Golf full report - May) that things had progressed considerably! You can easily see all the latest changes to the properties in the two images below.

We'll be back in Roda later this month with our photographer, providing you with another full update. Where would you like to see covered in detail next time?

Roda Golf and Beach Resort - Phase 4 (After)
Roda Golf and Beach Resort - Phase 4 (Before)

FULL REPORT & gallery from our latest visit on 23rd May ‘08!

Here we go again! Sorry we are a little late with the update this month, but the good news is we have more photos than ever of Roda Golf and Beach Resort for you to enjoy. We have EIGHTY high resolution, stunning pictures, showing all the phases, and all the latest developments at Roda Golf. Click here to read the full article, see the incredible gallery and optionally leave a comment! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

Here we go again! Sorry we are a little late with the update this month, but the good news is we have more photos than ever of Roda Golf and Beach Resort for you to enjoy. We have EIGHTY high resolution, stunning pictures, showing all the phases, and all the latest developments at Roda Golf.

We start the tour in Phase 1, where our photographer couldn't help but focus on the flourishing plants and flowers. Phase one really is "coming alive"! It was a stunning day at the end of May, and with the scent of rosemary in the air and the sun above, it really is an idyllic setting. The water features are blending in nicely now, and help give Phase 1 a totally different atmosphere from the other phases. Phase one is a little more "crowded" than the others perhaps, but it also has a really pleasant atmosphere. We're sure it will prove shady and cool during the hot Summer months. On exiting the housing area we crossed over the road a took few pictures of the commercial area construction site. Trucks were driving in and out. It looks like all the foundations are dug. We are anxious to see them start to build. The De Vere hotel and accompanying buildings are sure to enhance the whole site.

Moving on to Phase 2 we noticed quite a few people around the place. Again, you can't help but feel that the whole of Roda Golf is "coming to life". People were in the pools, and sunbathing. Some were resting on their terraces, or enjoying an early beer. The course itself was full, but today we were concentrating our photography inside the housing areas.

We came around the upper edge of the development and into Phase 4, an area we know that a lot of our readers take a keen interest. Work was going on and we could see significant changes since our last visit. One photo was from almost the exact same angle as a shot we took three months ago. Our photographer is preparing an "overlay" which we'd like to feature in a few days, showing EXACTLY what has changed on the villas of phase 4! We took multiple pictures of all the building work. And don't forget these pictures are available on our Flickr page as VERY HIGH resolution shots. When viewed at "actual size" one can zoom right into the individual villas. Can you see yours?

We continued round to Phase 3, where the "B" properties were also being completed. Work was going on as we watched.
We also noted many more cars than we've noticed before. Another sign that people are "moving in" in greater and greater numbers.

After all that work we had earned a spot of lunch down at the beach, and we include some photos! It was a superb day, and the beach was full. Beautiful May weather!

We hope you enjoyed the tour, and are taking heart from the construction photos that prove that Roda Golf and Beach Resort is getting there! It's along haul, but it is going to be worth it :)