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  1. Authentic Sicilian pottery lines the shelves, which sets the tone before a single plate arrives. This small, contemporary Italian restaurant is a Madrid offshoot of an original in Palermo, and the kitchen leans into that southern Italian lineage, reworking traditional recipes with a modern eye. Both the à la carte and tasting menus come with optional wine pairings, so you can commit to the full Sicilian afternoon whether or not you planned to.

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    Address
    Aviador Zorita 37, Madrid, Community of Madrid 28020, Spain · Madrid
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    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Thursday 1 PM–3:30 PM, 8 PM–10:30 PM

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  2. A bistro in the informal, rustic-chic register where the menu refuses to pick a lane between Spain, Peru, and Mexico, which turns out to be the whole point. The team behind this sharing-plates spot layers those three kitchens into dishes sized so you can graze widely rather than commit. Half-portions are available, which is a rare act of mercy. The executive menu runs Tuesday through Thursday for anyone who prefers a set path through the chaos.

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  3. The dining room sits in the straw loft of an old Catalan farmhouse ringed by rice fields, which tells you most of what you need to know before you've touched the menu. This is a family-run restaurant where rice is the serious business: the kitchen grows its own Carnaloli variety when the drought cooperates, and the rice dishes are the reason regulars make the drive to Pals. An à la carte of traditional Spanish cooking, a tasting menu, and daily specials round out the options.

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  4. Rank 482. Palacio Ico

    Canary Island Spanish

    Palacio Ico sits inside a restored historic property in Teguise, where the old Canarian stonework sets a mood that the kitchen then tries to live up to. It's a tasting menu restaurant, short version or long, both built around ingredients sourced by island and producer: octopus from Lanzarote, prawns from La Santa, the local black pig. The wine cellar leans hard into champagne, which nobody seems to be complaining about.

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  6. Rank 482. Pampín Bar

    Regional Spanish

    A big communal table anchors the bare-concrete dining room tucked behind an unremarkable door in Santiago's old quarter. The chef calls it "cocina de barrio," neighbourhood cooking, and means it: homemade empanadas, escabeches, stews, and whatever came off the boat that morning. The kind of place where the food tastes like someone's grandmother made it, which is exactly the point.

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    Ruela das Fontiñas 4, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia 15703, Spain · Santiago de Compostela
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–3:30 PM, 8:30 PM–10:30 PM

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  7. Rank 482. Paprica

    Modern Spanish

    A vine-covered patio tucked into the center of Lugo sets the scene at this contemporary restaurant, where the sourcing is taken seriously, from small organic growers to farms where the animals are treated well. The menu runs from Galician classics to gyozas, which sounds like it shouldn't work and somehow does. Tapas, a tasting menu, and à la carte options mean you can stay as long as you like, and in this town, you probably will.

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  8. Rank 482. Pascua

    Traditional Spanish

    The chef named the restaurant after himself, which either signals confidence or a grandmother who wouldn't let him call it anything else. This contemporary dining room inside the Eunice Hotel Gastronómico runs on what the kitchen calls purist cuisine, chasing seasonal Castilian produce and respecting cooking times the way a monk respects silence. You order à la carte or choose a tasting menu, and either way the food sits somewhere between tradition and the chef's own instincts.

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    Address
    Bordadores 1, Salamanca, Castille and Leon 37002, Spain · Salamanca
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–3:15 PM, 8:15 PM–10:30 PM

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  9. Rank 482. Pazo de Toubes

    Contemporary Spanish

    A restaurant set inside a working winery in the Ribeiro, where the wine practically pours itself. The kitchen leans contemporary with deep Galician roots, and the tasting menus move through local seafood and the occasional odd-couple pairing, like egg with fried pig's ear, that somehow makes complete sense. Wine pairing is available throughout, which, given the address, would be rude to skip.

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  10. A colorful house on the banks of the Nalón river, a few miles outside Oviedo, where the chef puts Asturias on a plate with the kind of quiet confidence that doesn't need explaining. Two tasting menus anchor the dining room: one rooted in tradition, one that nudges old flavors into modern shapes. Panoramic river views come with it, and a terrace for anyone who wants to eat with a little weather involved.

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  12. Rank 482. Picaflor

    Navarrese

    The name nods to the hummingbird, a bird famously picky about which flowers it visits, so consider yourself warned about the menu's focus. This small Navarrese restaurant near the Ensanche Market is run by a young chef whose family keeps a vegetable garden in Corella, and the cooking reflects it: traditional, unfussy, and built around whatever the garden insists on. Meatballs in grandmother's sauce is the kind of dish that explains the whole place in four words.

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  13. Rank 482. Pilar Akaneya

    Sumibiyaki Japanese

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    Address
    Espronceda 33, Madrid, Community of Madrid 28003, Spain · Madrid
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7:30 PM

    Thursday 7:30 PM–11:59 PM

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  14. Rank 482. Piripi

    Spanish

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  15. Rank 482. Playing Solo

    Fusion Japanese

    Eight seats, one seating, everyone starts together: Playing Solo runs like a small theater where the kitchen is the stage. Chef Luis Caballero cooks Japanese-inflected fusion with detours through France and Scandinavia, all built on local ingredients, at a counter inspired by the izakaya format. The seasonal tasting menu is the only real option, and the room fills and empties as one, which somehow makes strangers feel less strange.

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  16. Rank 482. Plëgat

    Regional Spanish

    Five tables and a half-open kitchen near Alicante's Central Market, where the chef works in plain view and the menu follows whatever looked good at the fish market that morning. Plëgat is a small contemporary restaurant that runs both à la carte and a full tasting menu, leaning on regional produce and market fish. Intimate is the word they use; unhurried is probably the better one.

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  17. Rank 482. Polea

    Modern Spanish

    The green azulejos and thick esparto blinds give Polea's facade an arresting look before you're even inside. This contemporary restaurant runs a single tasting menu built around seasonal, locally sourced ingredients, with nods to Scandinavian technique and, occasionally, the kitchen's own garden. Sustainably caught fish only. The partially open kitchen and small bar keep things intimate, and a couple runs the whole operation with the kind of calm focus that takes years abroad to develop.

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    Address
    Almohajar 2, Murcia, Region of Murcia 30002, Spain · Murcia
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    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–3:30 PM

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  18. Rank 482. Poncio WM

    Andalucian Spanish

    A tapas bar and restaurant hybrid steps from the Retiro's Puerta del Niño Jesús, with Andalucian roots running through a contemporary small-plates menu. The tasting menus are called "Lo Que Diga Willy," or What Willy Says, which tells you something about the chef's self-confidence. The gilda, that classic olive-anchovy-pepper tapa, gets its own quiet reinvention here and tends to be the thing people mention on the way out.

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    Pont Vell 24, Besalú, Catalonia 17850, Spain · Besalú
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    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Thursday 1 PM–3 PM, 8 PM–Midnight

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  20. Rank 482. Por Herencia

    Modern Spanish

    A family with deep roots in Murcia's restaurant scene, now with a younger generation quietly rewriting the menu. This intimate modern Spanish restaurant runs both à la carte and a tasting menu, with the kitchen leaning hard into local vegetables and Murcian tradition, then nudging both somewhere more interesting. The room feels warmly old-school; the plates do not.

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  21. Rank 482. Port Petit

    Mediterranean French

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  22. Rank 482. Prada a Tope

    Basque Spanish

    A glass-fronted porch dining room looks out over the Cantabrian countryside, and the other room leans rustic stone and timber, so you pick your mood at the door. This is a family-run restaurant where traditional regional recipes have been quietly modernized by the son of the house, who took over and adjusted things by degrees. The Michelin Guide has it on their list. If you need somewhere to sleep, there are a handful of rooms and apartments on the same property.

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  23. Rank 482. Promesa

    Contemporary Spanish

    The house cocktail has a backstory: in 1967 it took a Spanish championship and a runner-up at the World Cocktail Championship. Order it first. This contemporary Spanish restaurant sits on the ground floor of a hotel wedged between the bullring and Muelle Uno, and the menu riffs on Malaga classics, local seafood among them, without losing the plot. A tapas option keeps things casual if you'd rather graze than commit.

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  24. A couple's restaurant in the truest sense: one half runs the kitchen, the other runs the room, and the whole project feels like proof that having your own place changes how food tastes. It's a casual, share-plates spot near the Municipal Theatre, where the menu shifts with whatever's seasonal and leans into local flavours. The wine list favours small producers and moves just as often as the food does.

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    Address
    Maestro Giner, 2, Onda, Community of Valencia 12200, Spain · Onda
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    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–4 PM

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  25. Rank 482. PUCHE

    Mediterranean

    The open grill in the dining room is the first thing you notice, and it explains a lot about what follows. PUCHE is a relaxed, sharing-plates restaurant in a stone-and-brick building on the square, with an open kitchen and a tiny bar counter for those who want a front-row seat. The cooking leans on Catalan ingredients and tradition, with off-menu market options that change without warning. The Palamós red prawns, dressed with a vinaigrette made from their own heads, are the kind of detail that earns the trip.

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    Plaza dels arbres 10, Palamós, Catalonia 17230, Spain · Palamós
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    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–5:30 PM, 8 PM–12:30 AM

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  26. Rank 482. Puntarena

    Pacific Mexican

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    Alberto Aguilera 20, Madrid, Community of Madrid 28015, Spain · Madrid
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    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Thursday 1 PM–5 PM, 8 PM–11:30 PM

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  27. An open kitchen faces the dining room so you can watch the fire do most of the work, which tells you everything about Nandu Jubany's farm-to-table restaurant near Passeig de Gràcia. The cooking leans on charcoal and salt rather than technique for its own sake, letting the raw ingredients carry the weight. Bar seats fill up with people ordering half portions to cover more ground, which is the move.

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    Passatge de la Concepció 11, Barcelona, Catalonia 08008, Spain · Barcelona
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    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Thursday 1 PM–3:30 PM, 7:30 PM–10:30 PM

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  28. Rank 482. qapaq

    Peruvian

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  29. Rank 482. Qorte

    Valencian Mediterranean

    The lobster section alone takes up half a page, offered grilled, stewed, with chickpeas, or folded into rice, and it requires at least two of you to order it. This Valencian Mediterranean restaurant near El Retiro leans hard into seafood starters, fideuá, and serious grilled dishes, with French notes threading through quietly. The kind of place that makes a long lunch feel like the obvious choice.

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  30. Rank 482. Quadrat

    Mallorcan Mediterranean

    The dining room occupies the old stables of a grand mansion, and the garden patio beyond it is reason enough to book. This Mediterranean restaurant inside the Sant Francesc Hotel Singular leans into Mallorcan ingredients and local cooking traditions, with both an à la carte and a tasting menu most evenings, and rice dishes taking over on Sunday lunch, which feels exactly right.

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  31. A family restaurant that quietly added "3.0" to its old name when the third generation took over, which is a more honest way of handling inherited ambition than most places manage. It sits in Hostalric with Montseny mountain views and serves contemporary Catalan cooking that rotates with the seasons. Several set menus run at different price points, and the à la carte rice dishes cooked in the traditional tin pan have their fans among the regulars.

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    Address
    Avenida del Coronel Estrada 122, Hostalric, Catalonia 17450, Spain · Hostalric
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    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Thursday 1 PM–3:30 PM, 8:30 PM–10 PM

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  32. The Venezuelan chef behind this informal Las Palmas restaurant pulls local Canarian ingredients into a orbit that includes Mexico, Japan, and the Caribbean without ever losing the thread. It's a modern fusion spot with a shareable-plates sensibility, the kind of room where the menu reads like a well-traveled notebook. Dishes like the rabbit escabeche and sea bass aguachile do most of the convincing on their own.

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  34. Peppa Pig hangs on the wall and the bathroom is called the Pocilga, which sets the tone for this small bistro near Plaza de las Salesas. The kitchen opens straight into the narrow dining room, with a chef's bar up front so you can watch things come together. The menu rotates with the seasons and pulls from cuisines across the world, mixing techniques and flavors without committing to any single tradition.

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    Address
    Barquillo 42, Madrid, Community of Madrid 28001, Spain · Madrid
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    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–4 PM, 8 PM–Midnight

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  35. Rank 482. Raff San Pedro

    Modern Spanish

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    San Pedro 58, Cuenca, Castille-La Mancha 16001, Spain · Cuenca
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    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–5 PM, 8:30 PM–11:30 PM

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  36. A dedicated ham carver works a corner of this two-floor traditional Spanish restaurant on Velázquez, which sets the tone nicely. The room leans into bourgeois comfort, all dark wood and vintage details, with a proper wine cellar and a bar for classic cocktails. The kitchen draws on Catalan family recipes, cooked with enough confidence that the menu feels rooted rather than dusty. The rum baba with whipped cream is the move at dessert.

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  38. Rank 482. Regueiro da Cova

    Traditional Spanish

    A Galician restaurant on the wooded banks of the Támega river, where the kitchen leans into the Monterrei region's own pantry, organic veal and seasonal chestnuts among them, and folds traditional technique into something a little more current. The set menus range from a short weekday lunch to longer, memory-driven formats, and the à la carte runs alongside them. Good country-road-drive energy, if you're in the Ourense orbit.

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  39. Rank 482. Reina XIV

    Contemporary Spanish

    The menu categories at this contemporary Spanish restaurant are named after royal hunts and noble courts, which makes sense once you know the chef built the whole concept around the court of Philip V. Sitting beside the Parador in La Granja, the dining room takes its cues from the Royal Palace next door. The tasting menus require a reservation heads-up, and the à la carte keeps things more flexible for those who just wandered in from the gardens.

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  40. Rank 482. Rekondo

    Basque

    On the road up to Mt Igueldo, this old-school Basque restaurant has the weathered exterior of a countryside inn and a dining room that quietly undercuts your expectations. The kitchen leans on tradition, baked crab and hake in parsley sauce among the anchors, but keeps one foot moving forward with more composed, seasonal plates. The wine list runs deep enough that even seasoned regulars find something to chase down.


  41. Rank 482. Remigio

    Regional Spanish

    A renovated house with enough history that a famous Spanish poet once slept here, now running as a regional restaurant with an à la carte and a handful of set menus. Vegetables lead the way, most of them sourced from the river-hugging market gardens of Tudela's Mejana growing area, which the kitchen has relied on for years. A separate dining room called El Choko de Remigio handles the more seasonal, locally focused end of things.

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  42. A restored farmhouse tucked among the vineyards of the Escoda-Sanahuja winery, one of Catalonia's pioneering natural wine producers. This is a Mediterranean restaurant where the chef, Russian-born and clearly converted, builds an à la carte and tasting menu around organic produce, much of it grown on the farm itself. The kitchen and the cellar are in obvious conversation, and the cheese menu is the kind of detail that makes you glad you asked.

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  43. The kitchen garden by the hotel entrance supplies much of what lands on your plate here, a contemporary tasting-menu restaurant inside an eco-resort just outside Barcelona. Three set menus, each built around certified organic, seasonal produce sourced from local farmers and that garden, trace the surrounding landscape course by course. The whole table commits to one menu, which feels less like a rule and more like the point.

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  44. Rank 482. Rêver

    Mediterranean

    Stone walls thick enough to keep out the Canarian sun anchor the dining room at this casual restaurant in the historic Vegueta district, a few steps from the Casa de Colón. The kitchen casts wide, pulling from Spain, France, Italy, and beyond, and the portions are the kind that make you reconsider the afternoon you had planned. A Michelin Selected pick for the neighborhood.

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    Address
    Armas 7, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canarias 35001, Spain · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–5 PM, 8 PM–11:30 PM

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  45. A modern bistro tucked inside a tennis club in a quiet residential neighborhood, which sets the tone for everything that follows. The name is a tennis pun, the cooking is casual in spirit but serious in execution, and the gap between those two things is where it gets interesting. The tasting menu leans creative and precise, while the room stays genuinely relaxed, the kind of place that has strong opinions about what it's doing without making you feel it.

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  46. Rank 482. Rígolo

    Italian

    A trattoria tucked near Las Palmas's old literary quarter, Rígolo is built around the idea of cooking the way someone's grandmother would, if that grandmother also imported her cheeses and charcuterie from small Italian producers. The chef spent years under Nacho Manzano before channeling that experience into handmade pasta and slow, regional Italian cooking with the odd Canarian twist keeping things honest.

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  47. Rank 482. Rivas

    Traditional Spanish

    A family restaurant in the Salamanca countryside that grows its own vegetables and organises whole-tuna days, with fish hauled up from the port of Barbate and broken down on the premises. The dining rooms mix wood and cement in a way that feels deliberate without being fussy. Traditional stews, roasts, and a serious commitment to Iberian pork fill the menu, alongside fresh fish priced by weight, which is the honest way to do it.

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  48. The cheese trolley and tableside carving set the tone before the food even arrives. This is a quietly serious Asturian restaurant on the edge of town, where the kitchen leans into the region rather than away from it, pulling fish from a trusted local supplier and giving traditional cooking a careful modern nudge. The tasting menu runs long; the à la carte is the more relaxed way in. A couple runs the room, one per side of the kitchen pass.

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  49. The ox chop from El Capricho, a farm in León with a cult following among serious meat people, is the main reason to sit down at this traditional grill in the Salamanca district. A terrace, a wood-fired focus, and a menu that also makes room for grilled fish, seasonal vegetables, and rice dishes keep it from being a one-trick pony. Occasional full-day events built around a single ingredient, oxtail lately, give regulars a reason to come back.

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  50. Rank 482. Rola

    Basque

    The name comes from the Basque word for a log, which tells you something about how seriously this creative tasting-menu restaurant takes its place in the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve. Set inside a farmhouse hotel a few kilometers outside Bermeo, with valley and sea views through the windows, the chef builds each seasonal menu from the surrounding ecosystem, much of it grown on-site. Over thirty txakolis from Bizkaia make the drink list worth your full attention.

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    Artike Auzoa, 45, Bermeo, Basque Country 48370, Spain · Bermeo
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    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Thursday 1 PM–2:30 PM, 7:30 PM–8 PM

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  51. Rank 482. ROM

    Spanish

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  52. Stone walls, heavy wood, and a family running the room with the kind of quiet attentiveness that doesn't come from a training manual. This is a regional restaurant in a small Cantabrian town, built around zero-mile sourcing and three tasting menus named for local caves. The cooking is rooted in tradition with a lighter contemporary hand, and the soups and stews, pinto beans with venison among them, are the sort of thing you think about on the drive home.

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  53. The wood-heavy dining room, dressed like a South American hacienda that took the brief seriously, sets the tone for what follows: a grill-focused restaurant where the fire does most of the talking. Angus and Wagyu cuts arrive in Brazilian, Argentine, and European configurations, and the terrace, shaded by actual trees, is the kind of outdoor room that makes Madrid's long evenings feel well-spent.

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  54. Rank 482. Ruge

    Spanish

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  55. Rank 482. Ruta del Veleta

    Traditional Spanish

    More than 3,000 Granada-style ceramic jugs hang from the ceiling of this traditional Spanish restaurant in the foothills outside the city, which is either charming or mildly alarming depending on your relationship with gravity. The Pedraza family has been running it forever, and the Mudejar-inspired building, the extensive classic à la carte, and a wine cellar worth a detour have made it a proper institution across the province.

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  56. Rank 482. Sa Pedrera d'es Pujol

    Modern Menorcan

    A farmhouse south of Sant Lluís that started life as a picnic spot and has been quietly doing its own thing ever since. The cooking is rooted in Menorcan tradition, with contemporary touches and a dedicated section of rice dishes that regulars tend to navigate toward. The room feels like a house because it is one, with a hostess who runs it like she means it and a wine list that ranges further than you might expect out here.

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  57. Rank 482. Sa Pleta by Marc Fosh

    Contemporary Spanish

    The open kitchen runs on charcoal and open flame, and the dining room looks straight out over the Mallorcan coast. This is the modern Mediterranean restaurant inside the Pleta de Mar hotel, where Marc Fosh lends his name and a young local chef runs the kitchen day to day. The à la carte and tasting menu both lean hard into Balearic ingredients: fish from the market, local meats, vegetables pulled from the season.

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  58. A glass of cava appears in your hand before you've found your seat, which tells you most of what you need to know about Sa Taula. This tiny contemporary restaurant in the Gros district seats ten guests at most, all eating together, with the two chefs simultaneously cooking, serving, and chatting across the room. One surprise menu, drinks included, ingredients from small local producers. Dinner party energy, without the obligation to bring anything.

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  59. Rank 482. Sabores

    Contemporary Spanish

    A contemporary tasting-menu restaurant facing Logroño's co-cathedral, where the two chef-owners work the room as much as the kitchen, which gives the whole thing an easy, personal feel you don't always get at this register. The cooking leans on seasonal Riojan produce and modern technique, though it borrows freely from wherever it feels like, and the cod done in the style of ajoarriero has become something of a calling card.

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  60. Rank 482. Sábrego

    Galician

    Stone-built and tucked inside a vineyard estate in the D.O. Ribeiro wine country, this Galician restaurant takes traditional cooking somewhere a little more considered without losing sight of local meat and fish sourced that morning. You can order from the à la carte or pick one of two tasting menus, both offered with wine pairings, which makes sense given that the cellar and the kitchen are essentially the same project.

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  61. Rank 482. Saiti

    Modern Mediterranean

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    Address
    Reina Doña Germana 4, Valencia, Community of Valencia 46005, Spain · Valencia
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    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–3 PM, 8:30 PM–9:30 PM

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  62. Rank 482. Salitre

    Galician

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  63. The wood-fired oven is the star here, turning out baby lamb and Castilian suckling pig at this classic restaurant-asador in Montiel. The room earns a slow look: a glass-fronted wine cellar lines one wall, and a fresh fish counter up front quietly signals that the sea shows up this far inland too. Cantabrian hake and red tuna tataki sit alongside the roasts on an à la carte that takes traditional Spanish cooking without irony.

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  64. Rank 482. San Mamés Jatetxea

    Traditional Basque

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  65. Rank 482. San Remo

    Contemporary Basque

    The façade looks like it has been quietly minding its own business for decades, while inside the chef has been running a contemporary tasting-focused restaurant with serious culinary ambition. He trained at the Basque Culinary Centre before coming home to reinvent the family place, and the menu shifts with the seasons. A Michelin Selected pick in a city that doesn't always make the food conversation.

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    Muralla de Sant Llorenç 32, Mataró, Catalonia 08302, Spain · Mataró
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    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Thursday 1 PM–4 PM, 8:30 PM–11 PM

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  67. A Menorcan country house converted into a small rural hotel, with a terrace shaded by the kind of afternoon light that makes you order more than you planned. The kitchen runs on its own organic garden, olive trees, and beehives, and two set menus lean into that self-sufficiency hard, one built around honey, the other around the house olive oil. The à la carte adds rice dishes, pasta, and a lobster section that requires advance notice, which feels appropriately serious.

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  68. Rank 482. Saó by Vicenç Fajardo

    Catalan Mediterranean

    Ember cookery is the organizing principle here, a small Catalan restaurant tucked into a quiet village in the Baix Empordà where the kitchen treats live fire as a dialect rather than a trick. The menu reads Mediterranean and seasonal, with an à la carte alongside tasting menus. In summer, a terrace wrapped in greenery pulls most of the room outside, which is probably exactly what you'd want in a village this small.

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  69. The terrace at the top of a Málaga hill, with a white village tumbling down the slope in front of you, does a lot of the work before the food arrives. This is a family-run grill house with a focus on young Malaga goat and aged cuts cooked over fire. Two brothers run the place, updating a charming old family home without losing the sense that it's been here forever. Ask what's on the daily specials board.

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    Carretera de Casares km 12,5, Casares, Andalusia 29690, Spain · Casares
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    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–4 PM, 7:30 PM–9:30 PM

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  70. Rank 482. Saroa

    Contemporary Spanish

    A contemporary Spanish restaurant in central Lleida run by a couple who split duties cleanly: one handles savory, the other dessert. The kitchen takes traditional Catalan cooking and nudges it somewhere new, with à la carte options alongside tasting menus. The snails stewed with slow-cooked tomato and onion have their own quiet following. Pay attention to whatever isn't on the menu that day, because that's often where things get interesting.

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  71. Rank 482. Shibari Sushi and Grill

    Contemporary Japanese

    The name nods to the Japanese art of binding, which sets the tone for a place built around robata cooking, where the grill does most of the talking. It's a casual, informal Japanese restaurant on the Manzanares side of Madrid, small enough that the omakase menu makes more sense than the à la carte. The chef's tasting path moves through smoke, char, and a few combinations that sound strange on paper and work completely on the plate.

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    Address
    Mira el Río Baja, 20, Madrid, Community of Madrid 28005, Spain · Madrid
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    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Thursday 1 PM–4 PM, 8 PM–11 PM

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  72. The name means "deep sea," and the kitchen leans into that, running through maki, temaki, sashimi, and tempura alongside Wagyu shipped directly from Japan. This is a sit-down Japanese restaurant that has recently rethought both its room and its cooking, tilting toward something more contemporary without losing the thread. Bar seats put you in front of the chefs if you want the show. A tasting menu is available with at least a day's notice.

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  73. Rank 482. Sierra Alta

    Traditional Spanish

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  74. Rank 482. SiNoFos

    Mediterranean

    The tasting menus here are named after rappers, which tells you something about the room before you've even sat down. This contemporary restaurant in Girona pairs an industrial, black-on-black interior with a Mediterranean-leaning kitchen that sources fish direct from the Blanes market. The name nods to an old-school public bench where the unemployed would gather, a detail that sits pleasantly at odds with how seriously good the cheesecake apparently is.

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    Address
    Plaza de Cataluña 25, Girona, Catalonia 17002, Spain · Girona
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1:15 PM

    Thursday 1:15 PM–3 PM, 8:15 PM–10 PM

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  75. Rank 482. Smoix

    Mediterranean

    Set on a historic Menorcan estate beside the Sant Ignasi hotel, Smoix is a contemporary restaurant where the setting does a lot of the talking before the food arrives. The team keeps things focused: a short menu plus two tasting options, one of them fully vegetable-driven. The cooking is Mediterranean at its roots, updated just enough to feel considered rather than fussy. Dress comfortably; this is the countryside, and it shows.

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  76. Rank 482. Solc

    Catalan Mediterranean

    The kitchen sources much of its produce from the restaurant's own farm in the Maresme region, which is a fairly serious commitment to knowing where your lunch comes from. This is a polished Mediterranean dining room on the first floor of the Majestic Hotel, leaning into Catalan ingredients with an à la carte and a tasting menu built from the same dishes. Sunday brunch draws a crowd, so booking ahead is less a suggestion than a requirement.

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  77. Rank 482. Soluna

    Mediterranean Fusion Japanese

    The name comes from the Spanish translations of the chef's children's names, which tells you something about how personal this place is. At an elongated counter seating six and a handful of tables, the menu rotates roughly every two months between two tasting options, blending Japanese technique with Mediterranean instinct. The cod cheek okonomiyaki has developed a quiet reputation of its own, and it's easy to see why once it arrives.

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    Address
    Casanova 157, Barcelona, Catalonia 08036, Spain · Barcelona
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–3:30 PM, 8:30 PM–11 PM

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  78. Rank 482. Somodó Bá

    Mediterranean Japanese

    Seven seats at a bar, one chef, and everything cooked in front of you: Somodó Bá is a tiny counter restaurant in l'Eixample Esquerra where Toshi Suzuki runs two tasting menus built on Mediterranean market produce with a quiet Japanese sensibility. The kitchen closes the gap between Barcelona and Tokyo without announcing it. Book through the website, arrive on time, and note that the shorter menu only runs weekday lunchtimes.

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  79. Rank 482. Sorondongo

    Canary Island Spanish

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  80. Rank 482. Soy Kitchen

    Contemporary Chinese

    A short walk from the Museo Sorolla, this contemporary Chinese fusion restaurant pulls together flavors from across Asia and Spain in ways that feel neither forced nor predictable. The chef, known as Julio, runs two tasting menus alongside an à la carte, and the dim sum has quietly become the stuff of neighborhood legend. The room is modern and calm, the kind of place where the food does the talking.

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    Address
    Zurbano 59, Madrid, Community of Madrid 28010, Spain · Madrid
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–5:30 PM, 8:30 PM–1 AM

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  81. Rank 482. Steki

    Mediterranean

    Steki means "meeting place" in Greek, and the name does most of the explaining. This small, casual restaurant on a pedestrian lane in Alicante's old quarter is run by a Mexican-Greek couple who cook the Mediterranean with the inflections you'd expect from that biography. The format is sharing plates, with a minimum of five dishes between two, which turns out to be a perfectly reasonable way to work through a menu that moves between continents without making a fuss about it.

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  82. Rank 482. Sua

    Asador Spanish

    The open grill does the heavy lifting at this modern asador in Las Letras, housed in a greenhouse-style winter garden that makes the whole thing feel like eating outdoors without the weather. The Triciclo group bills it as a "temple of fire," which is a lot, but the fish pulled straight from the auction and the Galician T-bone make a reasonable case. Grilled Tudela vegetables hold their own against the meat, which is saying something.

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    Address
    Moratín 22, Madrid, Community of Madrid 28014, Spain · Madrid
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–5 PM, 8 PM–12:30 AM

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  83. Rank 482. Sua.Muka

    Basque Spanish

    Grilled vegetables take center stage at this relaxed restaurant inside the Kursaal congress center, where the kitchen carries the stamp of celebrated chef Andoni Luis Aduriz. The Nordic-inflected dining room opens onto a terrace with views over the mouth of the Urumea river, and the menu moves between à la carte, daily specials, and a tasting menu. Sitting at the bar counter means watching everything come together right in front of you.

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  84. Rank 482. Suite 22

    Contemporary Spanish

    The dining room sits inside the former stables of a marquis's palace, barrel-vaulted ceilings doing most of the decorating. It's a contemporary restaurant where the chef runs seasonal set menus and à la carte, with a self-taught sensibility that pulls Iberian pork through French and Asian influences without making a big fuss about it. The room is the kind of surprise that rewards wandering down an unfamiliar street in Valladolid.

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    Address
    Fray Luis de León 22, Valladolid, Castille and Leon 47002, Spain · Valladolid
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Thursday 1 PM–5:30 PM, 9 PM–12:30 AM

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  85. Rank 482. Sukaldean Aitor Santamaria

    Contemporary Basque

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  86. Rank 482. Sumac

    Mediterranean

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    Address
    Cap Norfeu 22, Roses, Catalonia 17480, Spain · Roses
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Thursday 1 PM–2:30 PM, 8 PM–9:30 PM

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  87. Rank 482. Sumaq

    Peruvian

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    Address
    Cotoner 44, Palma, Balearic Islands 07013, Spain · Palma
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–5 PM, 7 PM–11 PM

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  88. A terrace looking out over Ávila's medieval walls sets the scene at this casual restaurant from chef Carlos Casillas, whose more formal spot Barro sits in the same building. The menu runs through traditional regional dishes with a contemporary lean, tapas at the bar, half-portions available in the dining room, and a flan with butter ice cream that the source material practically begs you to order. Exposed wooden beams, no dress code implied.

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  89. Rank 482. Surtopía

    Andalusian

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  90. A narrow street beside the Rosewood Villa Magna hides this Japanese restaurant, where the counter seats put you close enough to watch the chef work through everything from delicate sashimi to charcoal-grilled dishes. Two tasting menus, a Kaiseki and an Omakase, require a day's notice to book, which is either charming or a test of how organised you are.

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  91. Rank 482. Sutan

    Basque

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  92. Rank 482. TA-KUMI

    Japanese

    A sushi bar anchors the ground floor, with two dining rooms stacked above it and a private room tucked away for groups, all done in a clean contemporary style that feels very Salamanca. This is a polished Japanese restaurant, part of a small group with outposts on the Costa del Sol, and the à la carte runs long. The nigiri, hot and cold, arrive outside the set menu, which is either a bonus or a mild puzzle depending on how you like to order.

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  93. Rank 482. TA-KUMI

    Japanese

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  94. Rank 482. TA-KUMI

    Japanese

    A sushi bar in the shadow of the Alcazaba, Ta-Kumi sits in a slim, quietly composed room with counter seats downstairs and a second dining room above. The name fuses the Japanese words for artisan and maestro, which tells you what the kitchen thinks of itself, and the nigiri suggest they're not wrong. À la carte or a tasting menu, with an optional Wagyu course for those who like to commit.

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  96. A short walk from Salamanca's university and its famous carved frog, this full-service restaurant sits in the historic quarter with a room that splits the difference between classic and contemporary. The kitchen runs on seasonal produce from around the province, but the chef's time in Japan, Mexico, Indonesia, and beyond pulls the menu well outside Spain's borders. A daily set menu keeps things accessible for the lunch crowd working through the old city.

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  97. A few tables, an open kitchen behind the bar, and everyone seated at once, so don't be late. This small Poble Sec taberna runs a single, ever-changing surprise menu that pulls from both Galician and Catalan traditions, the chef's way of mapping where he's from onto where he landed. Fish and seafood lean creamy and carefully paired. The room is rustic without trying too hard, and the fixed start time gives the whole thing a dinner-party feel.

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  98. Rank 482. Taberna Pedraza

    Traditional Spanish

    A counter above the bar tracks how many Tortilla de Betanzos have left the kitchen since 2014, which tells you most of what you need to know about this traditional taberna near the national library. The cocido arrives in three stages, the grill handles serious fish and meat, and the daily stew changes but always has heft. It's the kind of old-school Madrid dining room where the cooking has no interest in keeping up with trends, and the room is fine with that.

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    Address
    Recoletos 4, Madrid, Community of Madrid 28001, Spain · Madrid
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1 PM

    Thursday 1 PM–4:30 PM, 8 PM–11:30 PM

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  99. Rank 482. Tacande

    Canary Island Spanish

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  100. Rank 482. TAMPU

    Peruvian

    The name nods to the rest houses built along the Inca Trail, which sets the tone for a room dressed in slate, wood, and wicker that feels considered rather than themed. This is a Peruvian restaurant serving classic dishes alongside fusion riffs calibrated for a Spanish crowd, with portions generous enough that no one leaves calculating whether they ordered enough. The ceviche variations are where the kitchen seems happiest.

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    Address
    Prim 13, Madrid, Community of Madrid 28004, Spain · Madrid
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 1:30 PM

    Thursday 1:30 PM–4 PM, 8:30 PM–10 PM

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