The best restaurants Spain

The most modern cooking techniques are used by the chefs of La Masia del Solà to extract and sublimate the classic flavours of Catalan and Mediterranean cuisine. Fresh and hand-picked ingredients, combinations from old know-how and a refined presentation are what this elegant address offers.

This is the bar-restaurant in the village square. Terrace to enjoy a drink or coffee in the summer. A few simple dishes and hearty bocadillos (sandwiches) are also served

At the entrance to the Sant Cristòfol de Castellbell conurbation. Magnificent 19th century masia that stands out at the foot of the Montserrat massif. Stone vaulted rooms, tiled tablecloths and exposed beams make up its rustic décor. The excellent traditional cuisine that decorates the dishes is enhanced by a touch of modernity. Beautiful terrace and exceptional location.

This address is a little off the beaten track from the classic visits to La Laguna, but it is worth the detour. First of all for the beautiful garden she offers her guests, then for the cuisine, delicious Portuguese specialties. Don't miss the bacalao accompanied by rice of course, resting on its tomato sauce, olives and white onions poached over a low heat, the tuna croquettes or the crunchy prawns. This restaurant is for lovers of fish and seafood, but also rice, three different are served.

This is a table that offers a simply magical setting! The view over the valley is breathtaking and lunch on the stone terrace of this period house is the promise of a delicious moment. And as if that wasn't enough, Manolo and Mari's smiling welcome and well thought-out menu meet the promises of the place. We feast on some of the region's rather well cared-for specialities and the duck confit cooked with Patone honey is a real treat. An address not to be missed if you are in the area.

San Ildefonso plays the Spanish card to the fullest, just like its illustrious predecessor, the Mercado San Miguel. The twenty or so stands revisit all the Iberian classics. Croquetas with goat cheese or scampi are served alongside the eternal migas, and the cañas flow freely. In short, it's the afterwork trendy for the thirty-something Madrid resident. As for the decoration, the urban and design look, the metal walkways and the warm colors make a harmonious whole and, not to spoil anything, the two small terraces are very pleasant. A real favorite!

A pleasant family-run restaurant.

To change local cuisine, delicious Italian cuisine with the menu of course many delicious fresh pasta and pizzas, lasagna of meat and vegetables, and also risottos to seafood, fish,… and a long map of Italian wines.

Located next to the bullring, it is one of the most renowned restaurants in Pamplona since it was awarded a Michelin star. Here you can enjoy a modern cuisine that values the products of the land with dishes of varied and original flavours: potato and truffle tortilla with its onion cream; blue lobster lasagne with fennel or ginger; roast hare with its peanut sauce. On the dessert side, some surprises like the whisky tart or the creamy roasted white chocolate and its semi-picky strawberry ice cream. Elegant setting and good value for money.

A great Madrid classic, founded in 1888, and which still continues to attract crowds. Once known for its tertulias (intellectual discussions), this place has not changed and is still home to the culturally eager Madrileños, who want to have a coffee in a friendly atmosphere. Hemingway, Ava Gardner and the great Spanish author Camillo Jose Cellas sat around the tables of this superb coffee. The walls of the restaurant are decorated with illustrated poems by the greatest Spanish artists.

Port Balansat is a large and very noisy restaurant with a huge terrace overlooking the beach of Port Sant Miquel. Possibility to make big tables (20 or more!). Fish, grilled seafood, prawns, clams, oysters, but also the classics of Ibiza, such as the bullit de peix accompanied by its arroz a banda. Also on the menu is a fine range of pizzas, to eat in or take away. A bit of a factory, but the quality of the fish is quite good. Perfect for a family meal.

The Nikolaurenea is a nice little restaurant on the edge of the mill canal, where children usually come to bathe in the summer. The restaurant has a lovely terrace with shady tables overlooking the canal and a typical stone comedor. On the plate side, you will find typical Basque dishes that are simple, but also some generous portions of trout or game with seasonal mushrooms. A frank and rustic cuisine to be accompanied by the very affordable vino de la casa.

This authentic and colourful place around the square is always full. Make your choice and order at the bar. There is everything: tapas a la plancha (we recommend the mero a la plancha, nice portion), cold fried or hot tapas, as well as montaditos (small sandwiches). The sauces are tasty, especially the patatas bravas and albondigas (meatballs in sauce served with chips). Enough to satisfy the big appetites, without disappointing the fine mouths. Also a beautiful terrace on the square.

In this tiny bar, facing the mosque in the north, Mr. Santos is certainly preparing one of Spain's best patatas tortillas. The only reason for your venue, which looks like a real cake, is accompanied by a cool femsa or one of the province's delicious wines. The flow of amateurs has made it an inescapable fact, and everyone emerges with the fork planted in its base to enjoy everything on the wall that runs along the mosque cathedral.

In a warm, traditional setting with old-fashioned charm and hunting trophies at the bar, the unanimous verdict is in on the gastronomy of a Victoria Ocho chef with a love of a job well done, blending old-fashioned recipes with creativity, using fresh produce of the moment. The seasonal menu offers a wide choice of generous dishes and well-chosen Andalusian wines (from Ronda or Huelva): refreshing prawns with garlic and avocado cream, exquisite liver risotto, beef tartar and bull tail, empanadilla of partridge (depending on the season), delicious mille-feuille of duck mi-cuit with eggplant, caramelized with goat's cheese... Depending on what's available, you can also opt for the seafood and fish of the day, always very well prepared... Welcomed in comfortable lounges by a friendly couple and qualified waiters with good advice, in the midst of a loyal clientele, you're sure to have a good time... at an affordable price! Let's face it: one of Triana's best restaurants!

Madrid is not particularly famous for its paellas, but if you want to eat a good and rather hearty one and there are two of you, don't hesitate to choose this restaurant with its traditional decoration and very good press. And for good reason! Whether seafood, vegetables or meat, paellas respect all the traditions of Valencia and delight the locals who have been coming here for decades. Hidden in a small street behind Gran Vía, this is a good way to start a long Madrid evening.

When you want ham in Spain, it is better to trust the specialists! Here, you can ask to taste a lichette before leaving with chorizo, cheese, lomo, ham... There are several Museo del Jamón in the center of Madrid, the opportunity to eat a bocadillo at any time of the day. So, why not do as the locals do and rush to break the crust at low prices? For over 40 years, this museo has been a timeless success. It is also a good place to buy ham by weight to take with you in your suitcases.

Nice view for a beachfront restaurant: a pretty house with yellow ochre walls and stone corners and a large terrace facing the sea. You will enjoy tapas and Dantean salads including house salad, raw vegetables and fruit, well-prepared squid, cheese sandwiches with tomato marmalade. Above all, we recommend you try the moreno en camisa, a delicious chocolate cake. If the sun hits too hard, the interior is a fallback solution, with a nice decoration.

This small restaurant is housed in a beautiful 1893 building. The Canarian cuisine is good and family-style and, above all, the quality-price ratio defies all competition, as the dishes, even the starters, are copious, not to say lavish. Vegetarians can opt for a parillada of green vegetables, accompanied by Canarian cheese. The accompanying mojos are satisfactory, although the fish is frozen, but at least displayed as such.

Open since 2019 and located in the center, this Kombu proposes to offer a fusion between Japanese cuisine and Catalan classics. In a very minimalist decor and with a presentation that evokes the Japanese culinary world, you will be offered, for example: ceviches, Catalan chorizo accompanied by miso pasta or miso soup with fideuà. On the sweet side, fried Catalan cream punctuates the meal in a very pleasant way. It's light, rather innovative and the welcome of Andrés, who was trained on the tables of Roses, is very nice.

There are two ways to enjoy the seafood and rice specialties of the house. You can either sit on the terrace, in front of the boats, or you can opt for the indoor dining room with a panoramic view of the bay of Roses. In any case, the freshness will be there since fish and seafood come from the fish market of Roses. Don't hesitate to try their fideuà, their lobster arròs caldós, or their langoustine matelote fished in Cap de Creus. Great regularity in the quality of the dishes offered.

Spanish and Italian specialities on the ground floor of the Yumbo Shopping Center. Jazzy.

You'll hardly find more royalty in the coffee category! Located just outside the Teatro Real (Opera House) and opposite the Royal Palace, you are truly in the heart of the emblematic monuments of the Spanish monarchy. Moreover, on the Plaza Oriente, statues of Spanish kings make us review the family tree of royalty. At the Cafe de Oriente, you will have lunch on a large terrace or in an interior, early 20th century atmosphere. A little more expensive than elsewhere, though. But the incredible view of the Royal Palace comes at a price

Founded in 1884, this renowned table is run by the fourth generation of the Cámara family. It is located in a beautiful 17th century mansion on the water's edge, from where one can contemplate the comings and goings of the boats. In the large, bright room, you will enjoy a tasty Basque cuisine, based on seafood and served with a smile. Note the amazing natural fish pond in the centre of the comedor, from where the lobsters and crayfish are brought up and served on the plates! An unmistakable Pasaia classic for enjoying seafood cuisine.

Despite its chic, stuffy look, Gloria de Montera is a favorite with Madrid's trendy youth. As soon as it's time for dinner, people flock here to sample the excellent Mediterranean cuisine. Above all, prices are surprisingly reasonable for a rather elaborate menu (we really enjoyed the 4-cheese risotto with asparagus) and a well-stocked wine cellar. The place is always packed, but reservations are impossible, so bear with us. The lunch menu is an excellent value option.

In a very Andalusian decor, traditional cuisine without chichi and not too expensive. Eat at the counter, various tapas served until late overnight. To sit down, you will climb on the mezzanine. Effective service even if there is a world.

At the confluence of Dalt Vila and La Marina, the terrace of the Croissant Show is a great Iberian breakfast classic. It serves excellent French pastries with fresh fruit juice (albeit a little expensive), as well as sandwiches and quiches at lunchtime. We particularly appreciate the terrace overlooking the market. It is here that all the summer fauna of the city mixes, artists, beautiful people, locals, travellers, often giving rise to original meetings.

We come here for seafood and fish caught in the sea and tailored in a thousand ways. The restaurant was very clean, but the room was very clean. 

A Logroño classic. Founded in 1903, this restaurant has been run since its beginnings by the Arechinolaza family. Among its illustrious visitors are Ernest Hemingway, Anthony Quinn and members of the Spanish royal family. In a classic setting, with all the charm of history, the friendly chef Txebiko serves excellent traditional cuisine that highlights local products: grilled artichokes with ham, potatoes with chorizo, pochas (white beans) in season, bacalao ajoarriero (cod with garlic, chillies and tomato). A sure bet!

The restaurant and its two large terraces overlook the harbour and offer different specialties of fresh fish and seafood.

For the sake of catering to food catering, let us know that this vast, modern, colourful and colourful establishment is not isolated but is the spearhead of a small group of restoration of the Bahia de Cádiz, managed by the three Pentecostal brothers. What would be a brodersingers location in France soon became completes in Andalusia! Take on your 31 and direction the avenue along the bay for a wide map of mergers and reinterpretation of the gaditane kitchen, predisposed to satisfy all tastes. Prefer the huge, very lively horseshoe bar or the room with a view over the bay rather than the upper lounge, but not the claustrophobes! Salads and cold tapas, fresh pasta, prepared rice of the day, revueltos (scrambled eggs), fritures, platos platos (simmered dishes to be tasted), grilled meats, cooked fish and homemade desserts, yolk! We have even planned what it takes for vegetarians or allergy allergy! But the kitchen is rich! A little hard to digest frites mer (ortiguillas fritas), we almost want to tell the dynamic server to remove the louche of aioli on tallarines/soup in cuttlefish ink, not bad la (whiting) in Sherry wine… And servings are copious.

Right on the beach, El Senador offers you its seafood specialties with fish, prawns, octopus, squid, paellas (including the one from the sea), salmon carpaccio. And its star dish in this area is the sea bass with salt, lubina a la sal. On the meat side, there will be beautiful pieces from Galicia. But also salads and Canarian dishes such as homemade croquettes of cuttlefish and shrimp, or those with Iberian ham, and a wide range of pastas and pizzas served on a pleasant terrace and moreover with a warm welcome.

There was a time when this place only offered fish and seafood directly from the Agaete fish market. Today this is not always the case, so it is better to explicitly ask for fresh fish of the day, otherwise it will be frozen. Or else we'll opt for mussels. Unlike many Canarian restaurants, it does not serve large portions and the side dishes are a bit frugal. Its real and perhaps only more, its beautiful view of the port and the sea from its terrace which remains pleasant for lunch or dinner.

Just a stone's throw from the Victoria Eugenia Theatre, this almost century-old establishment is an emblematic venue for the Film Festival, with its walls covered with photos of stars. The memory of its prestigious visitors - Ava Gardner, Liz Taylor and Luis Mariano, among others - brings much to the magic of the place. Here you come to enjoy pintxos around the bar or a good menu in the restaurant area. Every day, depending on the market, we will test, for example, Navarrese bean soup, beef simmered in red wine, and sheep's curd for dessert.

Estado Puro offers top-notch tapas by Paco Roncero, a favourite disciple of Ferrán Adría, who also has a star in his Madrid restaurant La Terraza del Casino. Here the chef reappropriates the great Spanish classics such as the patatas bravas that he lines up like menhirs or his "21st century" tortilla that he dismembers squarely for a result that is always brilliant and fine. This tapas bar, which looks like a Hispanic dinner, is an excellent stopover after visiting the Prado and the capital's major museums.

In a typical bodega setting, it's the ideal restaurant to try all the Canarian dishes, such as Canarian soups. Bodegon Viana is always full, as it's very popular with the locals. Great atmosphere. One menu, but you can also try the house specialties à la carte. You can, for example, try morcilla, a kind of black pudding also eaten on the peninsula, but in the Canaries it's filled with dried fruit and tastes like gingerbread. Good value and hearty portions.

The best value for money in the city. View of the harbour of the small terrace and authentic kitchen in a simple but neat setting. The boss is as charming as the servers are efficient. Food prices are still affordable. The caldera, a feast worthy of the kings, is at 57 €, the parillada of pescado at 32 €. Also good grilled fish.

For those who are really not hungry, perhaps because it is not time, the ride could be accompanied by ice. Enjoy it at Sa Gelateria, a artisan glacier installed on a terrace of the Paseo marítimo. Twenty perfumes (1,40 € the ball).

At Bodegón Sarria, an address that has a rather good reputation in town, there are a few tables and a large bar where you can enjoy pintxos made with ham and cold meats. Treat yourself to a ration of "5 Jotas", a top-quality Iberian ham, accompanied by a glass of Rioja. Popular atmosphere in this large room where silence has definitely not taken over. Be careful, seating is expensive here, so expect, like almost everyone else here, to eat standing up! Perfect for a typical restorative stopover.

Opened in 1942, these "diamonds" on Calle Navas continue to be one of the highlights of the Grenadine tapeo, stormed as soon as it opened, since the tail has already formed before. Logically, it will be difficult to find a place along the main barra and not think about sitting at one of the very few tables. On the program, a lively atmosphere that does not prevent a very efficient service in the management of drinks, free tapas tours and orders. And on the menu, fish and seafood for the most part. Most often accompanied by a caña or a glass of white wine. While many tourists have included it in their tasting diaries, it is still a very popular place, appreciated by the Grenadines.

An excellent address in the heart of the city. On the menu: generous tapas (pickled vegetables, cheese, gambas, salmorejo, ham), many varieties of montaditos (small sandwiches), tortillas, tuna empanadas and vegetable pies. This stylish brasserie-brasserie is attended by a diversified local clientele: office and workers at noon, families and groups of friends in the evening. And all this little world asseoit in the bottom of the room on the stands covered with azulejos. On the floor, a room has several tables, but you need to order there… or the atmosphere on the ground floor is much more pleasant. Don't miss it!

This restaurant is set on a magnificent site, with its terrace overlooking the sea, from which it took its name and one of its first advantages. Le Piscis also specialises in grilled fish and seafood. The menu is quite extensive, but we can recommend the homemade fish soup as well as the sea bass cooked in its salt crust. His paellas are also appreciated. One will notice his good selection of wines. An address to be discovered even if it remains a little expensive.

You don't come to Fado Rock if you're looking for a quiet and intimate atmosphere. It is the largest restaurant in Caleta, with a cafeteria look, specialising in grilled exotic meats, crocodile, kangaroo or ostrich. But there will also be some more traditional stuff like Argentine steak. It is really worth it if you are a meat lover, as they are of excellent quality and accompanied by good sauces. If the decibels seem a bit loud, you can always opt for the pleasant terrace.

A small restaurant in the city centre next to the Plaça del Parc, which is worth your visit if only for the beauty of its patio and gardens. A semi-outdoor location, very quiet in the middle of the crowd, which welcomes a varied clientele, both local and passing through. You will taste a tasty Mediterranean cuisine (the paellas are rather successful), with a wide choice of grilled meats and fish as well as desserts and ice creams. Pleasant service. A good option to start the evening!