Top 50 restaurants in Spain
50 of the best places to eat in Spain, from celebrated dining rooms to much-loved local favourites.
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50 restaurants
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1Fine dining
El Celler de Can Roca
Family-run restaurant of the three Roca brothers, known for creative Catalan tasting menus and a vast cellar.
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2Grill & steakhouse
Asador Etxebarri
Mountain-village grill where everything, from prawns to beef chop, is cooked over bespoke wood fires.
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3Fine dining
Arzak
Pioneering family restaurant that helped launch new Basque cuisine, run by Juan Mari and Elena Arzak.
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4Fine dining
Disfrutar
Playful avant-garde tasting menus from former elBulli chefs, full of surprising textures and techniques.
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5Traditional & regional
Botín
Historic tavern founded in 1725, famed for roast suckling pig and lamb from its centuries-old wood oven.
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6Fine dining
Akelarre
Pedro Subijana's clifftop restaurant overlooking the Bay of Biscay, known for inventive Basque cooking.
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7Fine dining
Martín Berasategui
Flagship of the Basque chef, known for refined, technically precise dishes in a country house setting.
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8Fine dining
Mugaritz
Andoni Luis Aduriz's experimental restaurant in the hills, known for challenging, conceptual menus.
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9Fine dining
DiverXO
Dabiz Muñoz's flamboyant restaurant serving bold, globe-trotting dishes with theatrical presentation.
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10Seafood
Elkano
Seaside grill in a fishing town, celebrated for whole turbot cooked over charcoal on the street outside.
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11Fine dining
Aponiente
Ángel León's restaurant in an old tide mill, devoted to the sea with plankton and little-used fish.
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12Fine dining
Quique Dacosta
Seaside restaurant known for creative Mediterranean menus rooted in local rice, red prawns and landscape.
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13Fine dining
Azurmendi
Eneko Atxa's hillside restaurant with a sustainable building, known for modern Basque tasting menus.
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14Pub, tavern & wine bar
El Rinconcillo
Seville's oldest tavern, dating from 1670, serving spinach with chickpeas and chalked-up tabs on the bar.
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15Traditional & regional
Casa Lucio
Classic tavern in La Latina, famous for its huevos rotos: fried eggs broken over chips.
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16Casual & neighbourhood
Cal Pep
Lively counter bar near the Born where cooks serve fried fish, clams and tortilla straight from the pan.
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17Casual & neighbourhood
La Cuchara de San Telmo
Tiny Old Town bar known for hot pintxos cooked to order, such as braised veal cheek and foie gras.
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18Pub, tavern & wine bar
Bar Nestor
Old Town bar famous for its twice-daily tortilla, grilled beef chop and simple tomato salad.
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19Fine dining
Casa Marcial
Nacho Manzano's family home turned restaurant, reinterpreting Asturian mountain cooking.
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20Fine dining
El Cenador de Amós
Jesús Sánchez's restaurant in an 18th-century Cantabrian manor, known for refined regional cooking.
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21Fine dining
Atrio
Restaurant and hotel in Cáceres old town, known for Extremaduran-inspired cooking and a legendary cellar.
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22Traditional & regional
Lhardy
Elegant 19th-century establishment on Carrera de San Jerónimo, known for cocido madrileño and consommé.
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23Traditional & regional
Casa Carmela
Beachside restaurant near Malvarrosa cooking Valencian paella over orange-wood fires since 1922.
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24Fine dining
Ricard Camarena
Valencian chef's restaurant in Bombas Gens, known for vegetable-led dishes and precise broths.
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25Seafood
El Faro de Cádiz
Long-standing restaurant and tapas bar in La Viña, known for fried fish and Atlantic seafood.
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26Seafood
Casa Bigote
Former fishermen's tavern at Bajo de Guía, famous for langostinos and manzanilla sherry.
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27Traditional & regional
Mesón de Cándido
Historic inn beneath the Roman aqueduct, where suckling pig is carved with the edge of a plate.
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28Traditional & regional
Casa Gerardo
Roadside family restaurant open since 1882, renowned for its Asturian fabada and rice pudding.
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29Fine dining
Culler de Pau
Restaurant overlooking the Arousa estuary, known for modern Galician cooking with garden produce.
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30Fine dining
Pepe Vieira
Xosé Cannas's hilltop restaurant in the Rías Baixas, known for creative, place-driven Galician menus.
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31Traditional & regional
Pulpería Ezequiel
Bustling octopus house on the Camino de Santiago, serving pulpo á feira on wooden boards.
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32Pub, tavern & wine bar
El Xampanyet
Tiled bar near the Picasso Museum, known for house cava, anchovies and cured-meat tapas.
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33Pub, tavern & wine bar
Quimet & Quimet
Standing-room bodega in Poble-sec known for montaditos topped with tinned seafood and conservas.
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34Casual & neighbourhood
La Cova Fumada
Unmarked Barceloneta tavern said to have invented the bomba, a spicy potato and meat croquette.
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35Traditional & regional
Can Culleretes
Barcelona's oldest restaurant, founded in 1786, serving Catalan classics in the Gothic Quarter.
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36Fine dining
Les Cols
Restaurant in a volcanic-region farmhouse, known for Garrotxa produce in a striking modern interior.
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37Pub, tavern & wine bar
Casa Montaña
Cabanyal tavern dating from 1836, known for its wine barrels, tapas and extensive list of wines.
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38Pub, tavern & wine bar
Bodegas Castañeda
Traditional bar near Plaza Nueva, known for free tapas with drinks and its house vermouth.
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39Pub, tavern & wine bar
El Pimpi
Rambling bodega beside the Roman theatre, known for sweet Málaga wine and Andalusian tapas.
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40Pub, tavern & wine bar
Antigua Casa de Guardia
Málaga's oldest bar, founded in 1840, pouring local sweet wines from barrels with chalked tabs.
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41Traditional & regional
Venta de Vargas
Roadside venta tied to flamenco history, known for Andalusian stews, tortillitas and fried fish.
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42Seafood
El Campero
Restaurant in the tuna-fishing town of Barbate, known for dishes using every cut of bluefin tuna.
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43Traditional & regional
Bodegas Campos
Rambling old wine house with courtyards, known for Córdoba classics such as salmorejo and oxtail.
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44Traditional & regional
Echaurren
Family inn in a Rioja mountain village, known for traditional recipes alongside a modern kitchen.
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45Casual & neighbourhood
Bar Gaucho
Old Town bar known for inventive pintxos, including its famous scrambled egg with truffle.
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46Café & bakery
Café Iruña
Grand café opened in 1903 with Mudéjar-style tiles, known for lamb pinchos morunos at the bar.
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47Café & bakery
Can Joan de s'Aigo
Old Palma café known for ensaïmadas, hot chocolate and handmade almond ice cream.
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48Fine dining
El Rincón de Juan Carlos
Restaurant by the Los Gigantes cliffs known for creative cooking with Canary Island ingredients.
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49Café & bakery
Chocolatería San Ginés
Café in a passage off Calle Arenal serving churros and thick hot chocolate since 1894.
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50Market & street food
Mercado de San Miguel
Restored iron-and-glass market hall by Plaza Mayor, with stalls selling tapas, oysters and wine.
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