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…
Must-see restaurants in Rías Altas
Rías Altas
For seafood as it should be done – top ingredients prepared with minimal fuss – head to this popular bar-restaurant and order some berberechos/almejas…
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…
A Coruña
Artabria marries an artistically bright interior with artistically presented dishes. Happily the tastes live up to the visuals in the inventive…
Rías Altas
A top place for plates of local seafood favourites and a few meaty options. The paté de cabracho (scorpionfish pâté), steamed mussels, pulpo á feira and…
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…
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…
A Coruña
This fine little restaurant prepares artful 21st-century dishes with traditional Galician market ingredients. Try sardines with guacamole and spicy…
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…
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…
Rías Altas
Fish and meat grilled over open coals, and caldeiradas (fish or seafood stews) are very good reasons to stop at this friendly little wood-beamed bar, with…
A Coruña
A relatively refined option on the tapas strip, Jaleo has tasty tapas like miniburgers with mustard, or anchovy-and-red-pepper toasts, ranged along the…
Ribadeo
Enjoy original flavour combinations composed from classic Galician ingredients at this relaxed restaurant/bar in an old-town house. Dishes are nicely…
Rías Altas
With a panoramic dining room overlooking Porto de Bares' beach, La Marina does great seafood paellas plus a host of other maritime and terrestrial fare.
A Coruña
This narrow, old-fashioned tapas bar is famed for its cocodrilo (crocodile) tapa, a slice of grilled beef and fried potatoes on a stick (€1.70).
Rías Altas
Adjacent to Hotel Ego, overlooking Playa de Area, the Nito is one of the coast's finest eateries, serving up top-quality fresh fish, shellfish and meat.
A Coruña
Frequently packed, this informal bar-restaurant is one of the very best places to enjoy that quintessential Galician favourite, pulpo á feira (tender…
Rías Altas
You'll find some of the town's best eats in this small, wood-panelled bar, in a narrow street off Rúa Real, cooking up authentic Galician classics such as…
Rías Altas
Andarubel is an excellent lunch spot next door to the park's Centro de Interpretación, with a speciality in native Galician foods like wild mushrooms (in…
A Coruña
Get tasty Galician favourites like octopus, caldo gallego (a soup of potatoes, vegetables and bits of meat/sausage), veal entrecôte or fresh monkfish,…
Rías Altas
This bar-cum-restaurant popular with both locals and visitors, just west of the river, is one of the best places in town for fish and seafood. Savour…
Rías Altas
Restaurante Luis cooks up a full range of Galician home-style hunger-killers from fried squid to a 400g chuletón (giant beef chop), with good prices.
A Coruña
This popular, informal spot delivers successful concoctions such as tacos árabes (spicy chicken in pita bread), croquettes of tangy Cabrales cheese or…
Rías Altas
The Imperial serves up good-value, decently prepared food in a cheerful ambience – the usual Galician restaurant gamut of fish, shellfish, meat, egg…
Rías Altas
One of several inviting taverns on two narrow streets descending from the central plaza, O Pote does a classic tortilla de Betanzos (the town's gooey…
Ribadeo
Just up from the harbour, you can enjoy seafood, grilled meats and egg or rice dishes in the upstairs dining room or downstairs tavern at stone-walled,…
A Coruña
With its long white tablecloths and besuited waiters, Coral is a little more formal than most and a top place for quality Galician classics, like sole or…
Rías Altas
This tiny bar packs ’em in for generous servings of fish, seafood, raxo and zorza (versions of chopped grilled pork), and other uncomplicated Galician…
A Coruña
All types pack into this bright tapas bar for its good, cheap tapas and designer decor. Try a mini-hamburger, a montadito (mini toasted sandwich) or the…
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…
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 Altas
A good spot for a wide variety of shellfish, fish and Galician meat grills, just above the beach at Porto de Bares.
Rías Altas
The neat restaurant of the harbourside O Forno hostal serves good local fish and shellfish.
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…
