Must-see restaurants in Galicia

  • Gamboa Vinte

    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.

  • Restaurante Ferrador

    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.

  • O Tarabelo

    A Coruña

    A slightly cave-like tapas haunt, with assorted seafood, meat and cheese options – try the minchas (small sea snails) if you dare.

  • Restaurante Portonadelas

    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.

  • O Novo Cabalo Furado

    Galicia

    A couple of doors from the cathedral, this popular restaurant is great for fish, shellfish and heaping plates of lamb chops.

  • O Centro

    Rías Altas

    A good spot for a wide variety of shellfish, fish and Galician meat grills, just above the beach at Porto de Bares.

  • O Con de Aldán

    Rías Baixas

    This appealing waterside restaurant beside the little harbour at Aldán serves market-fresh fish daily.

  • O Forno

    Rías Altas

    The neat restaurant of the harbourside O Forno hostal serves good local fish and shellfish.

  • Restaurante Plaza

    Galicia

    Hostal Plaza's restaurant serves uncomplicated seafood and meat in generous quantities.

  • Tasca Típica

    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…

  • Tapería O Enxebre

    Galicia

    A relatively calm Old Town option where you can sit down for small or medium-sized servings of many offerings ranging from pulpo á feira or solomillo …

  • Tapería Dunis

    Galicia

    This cafe-restaurant, next door to the Centro do Viño da Ribeira Sacra, does a reasonable-value set lunch plus raciones of Galician classics like pulpo á…

  • Mesón do Pulpo

    A Coruña

    This octopus specialist serves up good raciones of seafood, grilled meats and fish, though the clientele is more tourist than local and the atmosphere can…

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