Must-see restaurants in Santiago de Compostela

  • Abastos 2.0

    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…

  • A Moa

    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…

  • Café-Jardin Costa Vella

    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…

  • Mercado de Abastos

    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…

  • Casa Marcelo

    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 –…

  • O Curro da Parra

    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,…

  • Asador Gonzaba

    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…

  • Cocina María

    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…

  • La Bodeguilla de San Roque

    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…

  • La Flor

    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…

  • Nave 5 Abastos

    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…

  • María Castaña

    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…

  • Restaurante dos Reis

    Santiago de Compostela

    In the high-vaulted former stables of the Hostal dos Reis Católicos, the parador's main restaurant prepares some of Santiago's best food – principally…

  • Mesón O 42

    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…

  • A Noiesa

    Santiago de Compostela

    Popular with locals and visitors alike, bright A Noiesa rises above the Rúa Franco competition with excellent seafood, steaks and rice dishes, and helpful…

  • Restaurante O Dezaseis

    Santiago de Compostela

    This cellar eatery with a vine-covered ceiling, just outside the Old Town, has an invitingly rustic air and it's a hearty rather than gourmet experience –…

  • Milonga's

    Santiago de Compostela

    It's hard not to notice Milonga's as you wander round the Old Town. It's big, bright, busy and has two entrances on different streets. It's well worth…

  • O Piorno

    Santiago de Compostela

    Generous servings of uncomplicated Galician and Spanish fare at good prices are Piorno's straightforward recipe for considerable success. Options range…

  • A Taberna do Bispo

    Santiago de Compostela

    Tempting tapas are arrayed along the bar's length, Basque-style, and you can order all sorts of other goodies, like hotplate (plancha)-grilled scallops…

  • Mariscomanía

    Santiago de Compostela

    Buy your own seafood or meat (but not fish or octopus) in the market and bring it to this unique eatery and they'll cook it for you for €5 per person. It…

  • Bierzo Enxebre

    Santiago de Compostela

    This reliable spot focuses on hearty portions of good grilled and cured meats, fish, and revueltos (scrambled-egg dishes). There are salads, parrilladas…

  • O Filandón

    Santiago de Compostela

    Squeeze past the cheese-shop counter into the thin, cellar-like bar area behind, where you'll receive exceedingly generous free pinchos (snacks) with…

  • O Gato Negro

    Santiago de Compostela

    Marked by a green door and a black-cat sign, this often packed Old Town haunt serves platefuls (no tapas) of ham, cheese, peppers, empanada and all manner…

  • Café de Altamira

    Santiago de Compostela

    Very close to the bustling Mercado de Abastos, this popular place serves a short but well-executed selection of mainly Galician dishes, some with…

  • Bar La Tita

    Santiago de Compostela

    Famed for the large slices of tortilla de patata (potato omelette) that it serves free with drinks, unassuming La Tita is also good for plates of salad,…

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