The best seafood restaurants Costa Brava

This small restaurant in the Plaça d'Espanya is one of the most popular tables in the area and has built up a regular clientele. One appreciates its rather copious paellas, with lobster, lobster, marinera... But also its meat specialities such as the cabrito lechal (suckling lamb) or the guaranteed entrecote steak from Girona. And its fish parilladas, for the amateurs. A small detail that hits the spot: the napkins are made of cloth... which is quite rare in Lloret de Mar.

A location of choice overlooking the sea and a market kitchen, makes it an indispensable place to taste fish and seafood from the region. A large variety of salads such as salmon and goat cheese, accompanied by mustard vinegar or tomatoes and brie (a wink to its clientele….) to the soya sprouts in the same way of the marinières or steam molds. In the second dish, you will be offered, for example, sépias to the plancha or paella to fish, but without any ostracism to meat, as they feed in particular beautiful roasted veal fillets. The Catalan cream can come punctuates the pleasures. Everything to enjoy in a large bright space with large windows overlooking the harbour or on the terrace. In the evening, the restaurant also organizes barbecues.

Located near the wall in front of the Tower of Hours, this restaurant run by Pini and Carme offers a cuisine dedicated to seafood products, as well as seafood paellas and fideuas. Enjoy gambas carpaccio, cod croquettes or various rice "cassolettes". You can choose to sit out on the pretty, elegant terrace, or opt for the two equally welcoming interior spaces, with exposed stone walls and paintings by local artists. Either way, you'll be served with the utmost zeal.

Located in the heart of Cadaqués, facing the bay, Es Baluard restaurant is housed in the old wall of the city. Opened in 1967, it offers a menu of fish and seafood fresh and the typical suquet and beautiful paellas. Quality ingredients and homemade desserts.

Located on the harbour, it is one of the first restaurants that opened in Llançà in the 1980 s. At your disposal, two beautiful spaces to take advantage of: a very elegant dining room and a dream terrace to enjoy the spectacle of fishing boats while enjoying the various proposals. Of course fish, such as the bar (llobarro), turbot, holy stone (Sant Pere's gall) and seafood, as gambas, clams (cloïsses) or llagostins (small langoustines) populate the menus. You can also choose specialities such as mushroom gratinat, a thousand-leaf mushrooms, the essential and delicious suquet (local fish soup) or the variety of rice.

Opened in 1971, this venerable marisquería is now in the hands of the second generation of Giménez family. The menu features fish and seafood from Estartit, as well as a fine selection of seafood from Galicia. Not to mention a wide variety of tapas, including the all-important patatas bravas, shrimps and dried prawns, and an excellent seafood paella. All this is to be enjoyed in a modern decor, but retaining the old structure, with stone walls. As it's often busy, remember to make reservations.

Passionate about the gastronomy of its region, this restaurant wants its cuisine to reflect its gustatory intensity, blending products from the Mediterranean with the freshness of fruit and vegetables from the Empordà garden. At the same time, it fuses the tradition of grandma's recipes with innovation, particularly in terms of cooking techniques. You'll be able to savor seafood and rice dishes, as well as dishes with a more exotic touch, such as tacos, baos, ceviches and tatakis. Those with a sweet tooth will also be able to sample desserts inspired by the works of Dalí.