Welcome to Inizio,
Our home, open to the world. When you cross the threshold, you will not be entering a restaurant: you will be entering the way Irene and I understand life. Gastronomy is not a craft that ends when the fire goes out — it is a way of relating to my land, my history and my people.
I have always felt that in Andalusia, cooking is not simply preparing food. It is a way of life; it is memory, it is heritage, it is a conversation with our mothers, our grandmothers, and with every generation who cooked before us with respect, with intuition and with honesty.
Inizio · Granada
For those who feel at home
We like to think we welcome guests the way one welcomes them into a home — with warmth and with pride for what is being offered. We do not understand fine dining as distance or coldness: we understand it as an embrace, as «sit down, you are at home», because Andalusian hospitality is not a marketing strategy — it is a way of being.
Thank you for being with us from the inizio.
— Rafa & Irene
Manifesto · 01
Everythingbeginslongbefore thefirstplate.
Inourkitchen,civilisations,landscapesandgenerationscoexist—allofthemtransformedtheproduceofthelandintoaculinaryidentity.
Tencourses, ten silences.
INIZIO is not a restaurant. It is an Andalusian rite told in ten chapters — between the mountains and the sea, between the embers and the silence.
The Kitchen · 01
«The produce leads. History inspires.»
Inizio is born from the intention to honour the land that shaped me as a cook and as a person. At Inizio there is a deep reflection on how Andalusian cuisine is the result of centuries of history, cultural blending and adaptation to the environment.
In our kitchen we aim to honour our roots from a contemporary, delicate and emotional perspective. To keep the truth of Andalusian cuisine while imagining a new way of living it.
Opening
Courses
Local producers
% local sourcing
Words of the Chef
«The best cooking honours where it comes from — and understands where it is going.»
02 · The Team
Two people — one shared idea. Cooking Granada with European technique and serving it with the calm of Europe's finest dining rooms.
Executive Chef
Rafael Arroyo
Granada-born chef trained in Andalusia. He cooks from the roots, reinterpreting tradition through a contemporary, precise lens.
«As a contemporary cook, I live in the constant balance between respecting tradition and innovating.»
Maître d'
Irene Peters
«For me, true luxury today is not excessive complexity, but authenticity executed well.»
03 · The Experience
Every visit,
an inizio.
At INIZIO, service does not begin when you sit at the table. It begins the moment you decide to come.
Tasting Menu
10 courses · A childhood
Ten cooking memories from chef Rafael Arroyo. A menu born from the reason he became a cook — the flavours of his childhood that opened the craft to him.
Wine List
160+ references
Pairing
By the glass · Menu wines
Private Room
Up to 12 guests
Chef's Table
8 seats · Kitchen view
Bespoke Events
Celebrations · Corporate
04 · The Space
Seeing is believing.
The Space
The Produce
The Creation
The Ritual
Granada
05 · The Menu
Ten courses,
ten memories.
A single ten-course tasting menu. Ten childhood memories from the chef — the flavours that made him a cook.
Cover
Bread, butter and olive oil service
Gazpacho
Cold from the fridge
Bread with tomato, oil and ham
What do you want for breakfast?
Tuna and tomato empanadilla
No peppers, Mum
Puchero (stew)
Grandma Ana's recipe
Bean stew
Just like Dad's
Clams
Just the broth, to dip the bread
Pinchito skewer
From the fair
Roast chicken
I'll have the breast, with extra jus
Contessa cake
One more slice
Fruit salad
Peeled and without pips
Tasting menu
120 €
Per guest · VAT included
Wine pairing
+65 €
Wines by the glass with every course
Single fixed menu, true to its origin. Courses cannot be adapted for vegetarianism, intolerances or restrictions (kosher, halal).
06 · Press
In the press.
What has been written about INIZIO and the Gran Hotel Claridge — the home that shelters us across from the Cathedral.
For press and editorial requests, please write to [email protected].
Last update · June 202607 · Reservations
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Lunch
13:45 · 14:00 · 14:15
15 min between sittings
Dinner
20:00 · 20:15 · 20:30
15 min between sittings