Santiago de Compostela
This incredibly popular marketside eatery offers delicious, mainly seafood-focused dishes concocted daily from the market's offerings. Inside is one 12…
Must-see restaurants in Galicia
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Santiago de Compostela
A Moa produces a great mix of trad Galician and more international fare in its street-level wine bar and stone-walled downstairs restaurant opening onto a…
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Santiago de Compostela
The garden cafe of Hotel Costa Vella is the most delightful spot for breakfast (or a drink later in the day), with its fountain, scattering of statuary…
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Galicia
The rustic-chic restaurant at the lovely country hotel Casal de Armán serves a seasonally changing array of delicious, chiefly Galician fare with some…
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Santiago de Compostela
Santiago's food market is a fascinating, always lively scene, very clean, with masses of fresh produce from the seas and countryside displayed at 300-odd…
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A Coruña
It's on a humble street on the northern headland, but the interior is rustically neat with a conversation-inspiring assortment of Galician bric-a-brac…
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Santiago de Compostela
Take an adventure into Galician-Japanese fusion at Michelin-starred Marcelo, where the thing is to order several small-to-medium-sized sharing dishes –…
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Galicia
Facing the cathedral wall across a narrow street, this local favourite doesn't just do perfect pulpo (octopus) but also other tasty Galician items such as…
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Galicia
Set in a medieval house in the old Judería (Jewish quarter), O Birrán cooks up some very tasty plates from classic Galician ingredients – good choices…
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Santiago de Compostela
With a neat stone-walled dining room upstairs and a narrow food-and-wine bar below, Curro da Parra serves thoughtfully created, market-fresh fare,…
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Santiago de Compostela
For a Galician feast, wander south into the Ensanche to this classic grill house entered along an unpromising passage beside a bakery. The decor is neat…
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Galicia
Edulis presents generous portions of tasty Galician fare with a contemporary touch in a bright, clean-lined dining room – especially fresh fish, succulent…
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Galicia
This gastrobar is worth the half-kilometre walk from the Old Town for its finely prepared dishes. It's good with fish and shellfish but also does steaks,…
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Galicia
A cut above most other harbour-facing eateries, the Mendoza offers both an informal bar area serving raciones and tapas and a stone-walled sit-down…
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Galicia
The crowd regularly spills on to the street from this tiny, old-fashioned place with blue-and-white tiling, small blackboard menu and, for some reason, a…
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Vigo
It's well worth venturing about 400m east of Praza de Compostela to this small, unpretentious restaurant, where quality ingredients form the basis of top…
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Pontevedra
For more than 50 years, simple, spotless Fidel's has been serving up perfectly done pulpo á feira, Galicia's quintessential octopus dish (ask for some…
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A Coruña
Daily fresh local fish and shellfish are the top draw at this bright restaurant with arty wood panelling, but there's good Galician meat and a wide choice…
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Galicia
Sybaris is not just a restaurant with a tastily original twist on Spanish fare, but also a well-stocked wine shop and Galicia-specialist deli (cheeses and…
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Santiago de Compostela
María sells tasty homemade dishes that are perfect to take away and enjoy elsewhere, from lasagne, quiche or apple pie to stuffed aubergines, turkey rolls…
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A Coruña
Artabria marries an artistically bright interior with artistically presented dishes. Happily the tastes live up to the visuals in the inventive…
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Ribadeo
Head to this convivial bar, or its pretty white-tabled dining room, for good wine and original, varied and very tasty dishes including tuna tartare with…
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Galicia
A bright and pleasant cafe run by the same people as the hostel upstairs, Ideas Peregrinas offers quite a contrast to the usual restaurant and bar fare…
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A Coruña
A top option among Calle Estrella's line of popular indoor-outdoor bar-restaurants, the Mundiña taberna (tavern) serves up well-prepared raciones of fresh…
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Pontevedra
With tables out on the lovely little plaza and in the upstairs dining room, this is a fine spot for excellent Galician specialities with a creative touch,…
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Santiago de Compostela
An amiable two-storey restaurant and wine bar on the edge of the old town, the Bodeguilla serves an eclectic range of appetising dishes, from sautéed…
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A Coruña
This fine little restaurant prepares artful 21st-century dishes with traditional Galician market ingredients. Try sardines with guacamole and spicy…
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Pontevedra
For a change from old-town tavern fare, head to this soft-toned dining room where a dedicated team works up excellent original preparations of local…
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Pontevedra
A deliciously creative culinary experience in an intimate stone-walled restaurant, tastefully set with white linen and fresh flowers. The set menús,…
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Santiago de Compostela
La Flor is a buzzy bar for evening drinks (with free tapas), but also a place to enjoy an eclectic range of not-too-heavy dishes from Mexican enchiladas…
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Galicia
The bright, lively atmosphere and contemporary red/black/orange decor here belie the grey streets outside, and the perfectly done pulpo (octopus), best…
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A Coruña
Bringing a global-cafe, blackboard-menu spin to A Coruña's eating scene, Abarrote serves up smoked-salmon focaccia, guacamole, chicken strips with…
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A Coruña
One of a string of always-busy, indoor-outdoor bar-restaurants along narrow Calle Estrella, the Cunqueiro is frequently the busiest and liveliest of them…
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Santiago de Compostela
Chefs at the sides of aisle 5 in the Mercado de Abastos cook up top-class fresh seafood and fish, filloas (Galician crêpes), Mexican tacos and more, and…
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Galicia
Always one of the busiest tapas bars, with a totally mixed crowd enjoying exceptionally good free tapas, including a great terneira al vino tinto (veal in…
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Santiago de Compostela
A very solid central choice for many varieties of seafood, cheese or ham boards, salads, scrambled-egg dishes and a few meaty options. The pulpo á feira…
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Pontevedra
On the fringe of the Old Town and in a basement – but a cheerfully bright one with splashes of colour – Bagos concocts some particularly tasty…
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Galicia
The talented team here creates satisfying original dishes based on locally sourced, organic ingredients of fresh seafood and vegetables, cheeses and…
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Galicia
For a lunch treat make your way to this minimalist dining room in Doade. Galician meat and seafood are prepared with delicious contemporary flair, the…
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Santiago de Compostela
Probably the best place on busy Rúa do Franco for a reliably well-prepared range of Galician and other Spanish favourites – beef sirloin, pulpo á feira…
