Madrid
This basic bar is hugely popular for its bocadillos de calamares (filled rolls stuffed with deep-fried calamari) – Madrid fast food at its greasy, filling…
Must-see restaurants in Spain
Costa da Morte
The restaurant at Hotel Puerto Arnela serves up excellent shellfish, grilled fish and meat dishes – nothing too fancy, just good ingredients prepared…
Logroño
The speciality of this cramped little locals' bar is foie fresco a la plancha (fresh liver cooked on the plancha). It also has a good wine selection.
Castilla y León
Pass through this hotel's workaday bar and into the light-filled restaurant, where staff serve up hearty meat dishes and a generous lunchtime menú del día.
A Coruña
Crowds spill out of this tiny corner bar, an ever-popular classic for its super-cheap but good tapas: think squid, tortilla, croquettes and chorizo. Cheap…
El Hierro
A friendly, low-key, contemporary cafe for pastries, cakes, good coffees and teas and tasty bocadillos (filled rolls) of El Hierro cheese with grilled veg.
Ribera del Duero
One of a rare breed of restaurants in this town that opens during the week. Expect sound rather than sensational meals, with an emphasis on grilled meats…
Malasaña & Conde Duque
Home Burger Bar is terrific, with an interesting mix of vegetarian, gourmet and classic hamburgers served by friendly waiters in an American-diner-style…
Puerto de la Cruz
La Parrilla is one of several excellent restaurants at Puerto's top hotel and specialises in upmarket Spanish cuisine. Reservations arr recommended at…
Granada
This well-placed cafe does a roaring trade serving footsore tourists with drinks and international comfort food, including full English and American…
Rías Baixas
The restaurant at Hotel Samar has direct access from the north end of Praia A Lanzada and serves a selection of typical Galician fish, seafood and meat…
Andalucía
Simple menu, quick service, tasty food – La Taberna is an oasis of solid reliability in a town where food can sometimes be a little on the expensive side.
Vigo
Gamboa Vinte is a dependable, moderately priced option convenient to the Casco Vello for well-prepared fish and seafood – grilled, casseroled or in rice.
Logroño
Serves delicious seafood pintxos in an Andalucian-flavoured bar, with an impressive wine list. It's one of several lively spots along this street.
Tenerife
Right on the beach in San Andrés, Cofradía de Pescadores is owned by the local fisherfolk, so your seafood really will be as fresh as that day’s catch.
Picos de Europa
You'll find good home cooking and enormous Cabrales cheese bocadillos (filled rolls) at sweet, simple Bar Bulnes, in the lower half of Bulnes.
Chiringuito Lobos Antoñito El Farero
Fuerteventura
They're doing a pretty decent trade here considering it's the sole restaurant on the island. Settle in for paella, seafood and tapas with a sea view.
La Rioja
A good bet for steaks, fish, and classic Spanish dishes, La Pista is a favorite with locals and Spanish tourists passing through wine country.
Bar-Restaurante La Pradera de Ordesa
Aragón
This handy place at Pradera de Ordesa does typical Spanish meals for hungry hikers and sells bocadillos and snack foods to take away.
Rías Baixas
For a proper meal head to the neat, stone-walled dining room of Restaurante Ferrador, which specialises in well-prepared, fresh local seafood.
A Coruña
A slightly cave-like tapas haunt, with assorted seafood, meat and cheese options – try the minchas (small sea snails) if you dare.
Rías Baixas
The neatly set little dining area at Restaurante Portonadelas, facing the harbour, is one of the best in town for seafood and rice dishes.
Grazalema
Join the local chatter at this bubbly, flowery-walled haven of homemade cakes, pastries, tostadas, coffee and cooked breakfasts.
Navarra
With outdoor seating on the main square, this restaurant is popular with Galicia-bound pilgrims. The menu focuses on steaks and seafood.
Galicia
A couple of doors from the cathedral, this popular restaurant is great for fish, shellfish and heaping plates of lamb chops.
Andalucía
A pleasant spot under the arches of the town-hall plaza in the upper town, specialising in grilled and baked meats and fish.
Fuerteventura
Facing the black-sand beach, Los Pescadores is a friendly place, serving seafood, paella and a standard line of tapas.
Rías Altas
A good spot for a wide variety of shellfish, fish and Galician meat grills, just above the beach at Porto de Bares.
Fuerteventura
The local mercado is tiny but a good place to sample (and buy) some of the island's famed goat's cheese.
Extremadura
A popular local restaurant serving classic extremeño fare at decent prices, just off the Plaza Mayor.
Fuerteventura
This good choice has local atmosphere, friendly service and an excellent-value menú del día.
Rías Baixas
This appealing waterside restaurant beside the little harbour at Aldán serves market-fresh fish daily.
Rías Altas
The neat restaurant of the harbourside O Forno hostal serves good local fish and shellfish.
Morro Jable
This decent but busy seafood choice is located on the corner of the boardwalk with excellent views.
Galicia
Hostal Plaza's restaurant serves uncomplicated seafood and meat in generous quantities.
Andalucía
A popular restaurant serving paella, seafood, venison (the house special) and more.
Andalucía
Here you can dine in the courtyard of a 16th-century palace, though it's part of a local citizens' association and nothing fancy – the chairs and tables…
Gran Canaria
At this place next to the port with an outdoor terrace you can dine on the catch of the day along with the fishermen – and there’s no better…
Rías Baixas
Just north of the Igrexa de San Martiño, Tasca Típica is a dark, stone-walled tavern in the stables of the 14th-century Pazo Dacosta. It’s good for a…
