Best Spanish Restaurants Around the World

Farala ★ 4.9

Farala in Granada earned the citys first Michelin star in November 2025 under chef Cristina Jimenez, three menus rooted in Sacromonte heritage.

SignatureSusurros del Sacromonte tasting menu, La magia del Albayzin tasting menu, Alboran tasting menu

TipBook the Albayzin menu for the best-value introduction; flamenco performances at 19:00 are bookable as a separate course.

Disfrutar ★ 4.9

Disfrutar in Barcelona's Eixample is the elBulli successor by Adria's old chefs Castro, Casanas and Xatruch. Voted World's Best Restaurant in 2024.

OrderThe two tasting menus rotate; trust the kitchen and the wine pairing.

TipReservations open 2 months ahead and burn within hours. Their easier sister room is Compartir BCN, walking distance away.

ARCO by Paco Pérez ★ 4.9

ARCO by Paco Pérez in Gdańsk is the city's only Michelin-starred room, on the 33rd floor of Olivia Star. Located in Oliwa. Kitchen leans spanish.

OrderThe Beauty of Nature tasting menu, 22 courses for 750 $.

TipWednesday and Thursday evenings are easier to book than Friday and Saturday. Sunset views start about 19:30 in summer.

Bar FM ★ 4.8

Bar FM in Granada is the Motril-fish counter Francisco Martin has run since 1985, in the 2026 Michelin Guide and praised by Adria and Jose Andres.

SignatureQuisquilla de Motril, Puntillita de calamar de Motril a la plancha, John Dory

TipThere are two rooms; the back dining room takes reservations, the front bar is first-come and the better seat for the auction-fresh raw quisquilla.

Lasarte 3 ★ ★ 4.8

Lasarte in Barcelona's Eixample is the three-star Berasategui-Casagrande Basque-Catalan tasting room inside Hotel Monument on Passeig de Gracia.

Book6 weeks ahead

Bar Trafalgar ★ 4.8

Bar Trafalgar in Chamberi serves the citys reference Madrid tortilla, sliced thick and runny at 13:00 sharp; a second batch comes out at 14:30 daily.

Why locals goPricey carte, no Plaza de Olavide signage, but the kitchen serves the city's reference Madrid tortilla, sliced thick and runny in the centre at 13:00 sharp.

TipClosed Sundays. Tortilla at 13:00; the second batch comes out at 14:30. The slice runs 6 euros at the counter.

Canabota ★ 4.8

Canabota on Calle Orfila in Seville earned its Michelin star in the 2022 guide and runs an open-grill counter where the day's whole fish from Cadiz.

OrderThe tasting menu built around the day's catch from the Cadiz lonja.

TipTwo sittings nightly Tue-Sat, 14:00 and 21:00. Book three weeks ahead by phone or web. La Barra next door is the walk-in option without reservation.

Ricard Camarena Restaurant 2 ★ ★ 4.8

Ricard Camarena Restaurant in the Bombas Gens cultural complex in Valencia holds two Michelin stars and a Michelin Green Star, cooking a vegetable-first menu.

Book6 weeks ahead

Morcilla ★ 4.8

Morcilla in Lawrenceville pours sherry and Spanish tapas in Pittsburgh. Justin Severino's charcuterie-driven room and a James Beard semifinalist.

OrderThe charcuterie board and whichever pintxos the kitchen is running, with a glass off the sherry list.

TipReservations on Resy go fast for weekends. The standing bar holds space for walk-ins early in the evening.

Restaurant Amador 3 ★ ★ 4.8

Juan Amador's three-star room sits in a converted Heuriger building on Grinzinger Strasse in Vienna, cooking a tasting that swings between Spanish technique.

OrderThe full chef tasting; the wine pairing leans on a deep Austrian and Spanish list.

Book4 weeks ahead

TipDinner only, Wednesday to Saturday; the kitchen calls last orders at 20:00 so book the early seating.

Damasqueros ★ 4.7

Damasqueros in Granada is chef Lola Marins Realejo room running a weekly produce-led Andalusian tasting menu, listed in the Michelin Guide for years.

SignatureWeekly tasting menu, Granadina produce-led cooking

TipBook at least a fortnight ahead; the room is small and the weekly menu rotates with the Vega de Granada harvest.

Quimet i Quimet ★ 4.7

Quimet i Quimet in Barcelona's Poble-sec is the four-generations standing bar where bottles line the wall and the cook builds montaditos on demand.

OrderThe salmon-yoghurt-truffle-honey montadito and a flight of tinned mussels.

TipOpen Mon-Sat lunch and early dinner only; closed Sunday. Arrive before 19:30 for a hope of a corner.

Sacha ★ 4.7

Sacha in Madrid's Chamartin is the bistro by Sacha Hormaechea, whose lazy-tortilla and lasana de boletus are reference dishes for half the country's modern.

OrderThe tortilla vaga (lazy tortilla, undercooked and topped with caviar) and the lasana de boletus.

TipBook three weeks ahead; tables of two are easier than four. The dining room is intimate, the chef circulates between courses.

Tres por Cuatro ★ 4.7

Tres por Cuatro is a small 24-cover Chamberi taberna behind an unmarked door; tortilla de bacalao and a daily market pizarra anchor the local carte.

Why locals goSmall Chamberi taberna behind an unmarked door, no signage, 24-cover dining room, the tortilla de bacalao and the daily-changing market pizarra anchor the local-only carte.

TipBook five days ahead for weekend lunch. Closed Sundays. The tortilla de bacalao and the daily fish are the headlines.

Palodú 1 ★ ★ 4.7

Palodú won a Michelin star in the 2026 guide, where Cris Cánovas and Diego Aguilar cook a market tasting menu four hands in central Málaga, with no head chef.

Book2 weeks ahead

Malagón Mercado y Tapería ★ 4.7

Malagon Mercado y Taperia in Charleston runs Juan Cassalett's Spanish kitchen out of Cannonborough. Located in Upper King. Booking recommended.

OrderTortilla espanola, Iberico ham flight, anchoas with tomato bread

Why locals goA 33 Spring Street tapas room from Chez Nous's owners that earned a Michelin star in 2025 with a market and bar most visitors walk past.

TipWalk-in seats at the bar and counter, reservations on Resy for tables. The mercato sells Spanish cans and cheese to go.

Bazaar Meat by Jose Andres ★ 4.7

Bazaar Meat by Jose Andres in Las Vegas is the James Beard winner's playful Strip meathouse, relocated from SLS Sahara to the Venetian Resort in late 2025.

OrderThe cotton-candy foie gras and a wood-fire-roasted suckling pig for the table.

TipSit at the live-fire counter, not the dining room; the cooking is the show.

Peninsula ★ 4.7

Jake Howell's 38-seat Iberian room in East Nashville off the Gallatin corridor in Nashville. Michelin Bib Gourmand 2025 and a James Beard win for Howell.

OrderThe braised rabbit in garlic broth with piment d'espelette aioli and the oyster croquetas.

TipOpen Thursday to Saturday only with 38 seats. Reservations recommended; bar walk-ins early are the move.

Llisa Negra ★ 4.6

Llisa Negra on Carrer de Pasqual i Genis in Valencia is Quique Dacosta's product-driven fire-only kitchen, with no gas stoves and every dish cooked over wood.

OrderThe seasonal fish from the Valencia fish market grilled over olive wood, plus the arroz seco.

TipReserve through the website at least 10 days ahead for dinner. The Krug embassy table seats four for the prestige tasting.

Sabor ★ 4.6

Nieves Barragan Mohacho's Mayfair Spanish dining room off Regent Street in London, opened 2017 and Michelin-starred, runs a tapas counter downstairs.

OrderPulpo a la gallega at the counter and the suckling pig upstairs at El Asador.

TipCounter seats downstairs take walk-ins. Upstairs has a six-week booking lead time but a fixed-price suckling pig set menu.

Casa Rondena Winery ★ 4.6

Casa Rondena Winery on Chavez Road in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is the Spanish style estate winery since 1995, open daily for tasting from midday.

Why locals goSpanish style estate winery on a North Valley road few tourists drive, with a courtyard tasting room and Rio Grande Valley vines.

TipVisit during summer concert season for the courtyard music, taste the Cabernet Sauvignon and stay for the sunset over the cottonwoods.

OvenBird ★ 4.6

OvenBird at Pepper Place Birmingham is Chris Hastings's live-fire sibling to Hot and Hot, with Spanish, Portuguese, Uruguayan and Argentine grill traditions.

SignatureAsado plates, Wood-fired vegetables, Sherry pour

Mita's ★ 4.6

Mita's on Race Street downtown is Jose Salazar's Spanish-Latin American room, with paella, jamon, ceviches and an extensive sherry program. Open since 2015.

SignaturePaella, Jamon iberico

Santiago's Bodega ★ 4.6

Santiago's Bodega fills a Bahama Village cottage in Key West with shared Spanish plates, croquettes and sangria poured for tables that linger all evening.

OrderSmoked salmon carpaccio and a round of croquettes

TipTables are small and the room fills fast at dinner, so book ahead or come at 11:00 when the tapas kitchen opens.

Amilinda ★ 4.6

Amilinda on East Wisconsin Avenue, Gregory Leon's Spanish-Portuguese room, serves bacalhau, Iberian pork and tapas downtown since 2015 in a small storefront.

OrderThe salt-cod bacalhau and whichever Iberian pork cut is on the menu that night.

TipMid-week dinners stay quieter; Sunday is closed. Reservations on Resy.

La Azotea Santa Cruz ★ 4.5

La Azotea on Calle Mateos Gago in Seville's Santa Cruz is the modern-Andalusian counter that started in San Lorenzo in 2008 and now runs three city locations.

OrderThe atun rojo de almadraba (red tuna from the Cadiz trap) and the crujiente de morcilla with apple compote.

TipOpen daily 13:30-16:30 and 20:30-24:00. The Santa Cruz location is the loudest; the Conde de Barajas branch is quieter for tasting menus.

Tradevo Centro ★ 4.5

Tradevo Centro on Calle Cuesta del Rosario in Seville is chef Gonzalo Jurado's modern Andalusian counter since 2016, listed in the Michelin Guide.

OrderThe tartar de atun rojo and the carrillera de iberico en salsa de Pedro Ximenez.

TipOpen Tue-Sat 13:00-16:00 and 20:30-24:00. The Plaza de la Pescaderia terrace is the best seat in shoulder season; reserve at thefork.es.

Casa Maruka ★ 4.5

Casa Maruka has cooked market-led Mallorcan food in Palma since 2007, run by María José Calabria and Alberto Serrano and carrying a Repsol Sol.

OrderThe suckling pig, or the oxtail stew if the kitchen is running it that day.

TipMonday is lunch only. Tuesday to Saturday the kitchen also runs an evening service from 20:00 to 23:30.

Paloma ★ 4.5

Spanish-inspired bar and kitchen on the Mariaplaats open to 01:00 weekends. Pintxos, cured meats and natural wines late in a lively neighbourhood setting.

TryPintxos and late-night Spanish bar snacks

Toro ★ 4.5

Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette's Spanish tapas room on Washington Street has run the South End's small-plate template in Boston since 2005.

OrderGrilled corn with aioli, lime and queso fresco.

TipWalk-in only for dinner. Get to the bar at 17:00 to skip the 90-minute wait that builds by 19:00.

Tres Gatos ★ 4.5

Tres Gatos on Centre Street is Jamaica Plain's tapas-bar-and-book-shop in Boston since 2011. Order the the chicken croquetas and a glass of manzanilla sherry.

OrderThe chicken croquetas and a glass of Manzanilla sherry.

TipWeekend brunch on Saturday and Sunday is the best-kept secret. The book shop and record stall open at 17:00.

Xuntos ★ 4.5

Xuntos fills a 1926 Art Deco building in downtown Santa Monica with Sandra Cordero's Galician tapas, razor clams, percebes and vermouth over two floors.

OrderRazor clams, jamon iberico and a porron of Basque cider

TipThe menu runs from jamon iberico to Galician empanadas; ask for the mezzanine seats above the bar.

Columbia Restaurant ★ 4.5

Columbia in Ybor City has plated 1905 Salad, paella and Spanish-Cuban classics since 1905, Florida's oldest restaurant under five Gonzmart family generations.

Book1 week ahead

Uno Mas ★ 4.5

Uno Mas on Aungier Street in Dublin, an all-Spanish Bib Gourmand wine and small-plates room from the Etto team, the south side's most precise tapas.

OrderA round of creamy croquetas and one carabinero per person, with a glass of dry Manzanilla.

TipThe counter seats turn fastest; if the website shows no tables, ask if the bar is open. Closed Sunday and Monday.

La Bandera ★ 4.5

Family-run Canarian-Spanish restaurant on Ridgefield off Deansgate, in central Spinningfields. Tapas counter, seven-course tasting at the chef's table.

OrderIberico pluma; papas arrugadas with red and green mojo.

TipBook the kitchen table for the seven-course tasting; bar walk-ins fine for tapas.

Paloma Bar de Tapas ★ 4.4

Paloma Bar de Tapas runs a tenth-floor rooftop bar on the Westin Chattanooga, Spanish drinks and tapas floating above the downtown Pine Street grid.

DrinkGin tonicas, Spanish-style

FoodTapas and conservas

TipClosed Sunday; happy hour runs 16:00 to 19:00 on weekdays and the terrace rail tables go first in fair weather.

LOLA Spanisches Tapas Restaurant ★ 4.4

LOLA on Gonzagagasse is Vienna's Bib Gourmand-listed Spanish tapas room, the bodega-style space tiled in Spanish ceramics and vintage Rioja posters.

OrderPulpo a la gallega, the gambas al pil-pil, and a plate of aged Manchego with the house red Rioja.

TipClosed weekends; groups over six can't be seated due to the small room.

The Iberian Pig ★ 4.4

The Iberian Pig in downtown Decatur, Atlanta runs Spanish tapas and Iberico-leaning plates since 2009. At 121 Sycamore St. Booking recommended.

OrderThe pork belly cubano, bacon-wrapped Medjool dates and patatas bravas.

TipReservations on Resy. Buckhead and Glenwood Park sister locations stay open later than Decatur.

Alma ★ 4.4

Alma cooks Spanish small plates over fire on the Gore and Tyler corner in Britomart, Auckland. Andalusian tiles, Spanish wines, a deep sherry list.

SignatureFire-cooked pulpo, Andalusian-style prawns, Suckling pig

Mallorca ★ 4.4

Mallorca on West 9th Street in the Warehouse District, the Spanish-Portuguese dining room a 2026 James Beard semifinalist, has poured the flaming Spanish.

OrderPaella Mallorquina for two plus the tableside flaming Spanish coffee.

TipReserve on OpenTable a week ahead. The flaming coffee is $30 for two and worth the show.

El Envero ★ 4.4

El Envero cooks contemporary seasonal food out on Calle Teruel with a wine list renewed as often as the menu, a locals' room away from the Judería.

OrderThe daily suggestions; the carta itself changes twice a year with the seasons.

TipIt sits in a residential quarter north of the centre, so pair it with an evening walk along the Vial Norte rather than the monument circuit.

Mareva 1939 ★ 4.4

Mareva 1939 at the National Hotel is the Art Deco Collins Avenue dining room serving contemporary Spanish cuisine and tapas family-style on South Beach.

OrderThe black paella with scallops and shrimp, paired with a few sharing tapas off the Iberico section.

TipPlan two to three plates per person; the poolside garden seating is the quieter alternative to the main dining room.

Luna Red ★ 4.4

Luna Red sets seafood paella, lamb lollipops and shared plates beside Mission San Luis Obispo, with a plaza patio that fills fast on Thursday market nights.

OrderThe seafood paella, built for the table and priced accordingly.

TipBook the patio for Thursday evenings; the farmers' market runs one block away on Higuera Street.

La Bodeguilla ★ 4.3

La Bodeguilla on Carrer de Sant Jaume in Palma keeps one of the city's deepest Spanish lists, poured beside regional plates from 13:00 to 23:00.

PourA Binissalem red by the glass

WineSpanish regional wines with Mallorcan DO bottles

FoodSpanish regional plates and tapas

TipIt is a restaurant that drinks like a wine bar. Sit at the bar if you only want bottles.

Goya Gallery Restaurant ★ 4.3

Goya Gallery on Carrer de Borrull in Valencia's Eixample is a modern Spanish dining room with a strong tapas-and-arroz carte, a gallery-art interior.

OrderThe croquetas of jamon iberico, then the arroz meloso or the steak tartar with a glass of Mistela.

TipReserve in advance for weekend dinners; the room fills with locals from L'Eixample. Lunch menu is good value.

The Spanish Butcher ★ 4.3

The Spanish Butcher on Miller Street, Glasgow brings Galician beef, Iberico ham and Scottish seafood to a dark, buzzy Merchant City dining room open late.

OrderAged Galician rump steak and a plate of hand-carved Jamon Iberico to start.

Book1 week ahead

TipThe bar seats take walk-ins and pour an excellent sherry list; good for a solo steak without a reservation.

Somni 1 ★ ★ 4.3

Aitor Zabala's Somni in West Hollywood, Los Angeles serves a 22-course Catalan-influenced tasting at a 10-seat counter built around playful technique.

Book6 weeks ahead

Asador Ovidio ★ 4.2

Asador Ovidio grills Galician dry-aged beef and market fish over coals on Plaza Uncibay in central Málaga, a carnivore's stop in the old town.

ZuZu ★ 4.2

ZuZu is the Spanish tapas room at Main Street's riverfront end, serving small plates, paella and a gin programme seven days a week to locals and visitors.

OrderPaella and the seasonal tapas specials.

TipThe latenight menu after 22:00 is one of the few genuinely late options in Napa.

Centro Asturiano de Tampa ★ 4.2

Centro Asturiano de Tampa on N Nebraska Ave is the 1888 Spanish mutual-aid club building in Ybor that opens to public on club nights for sangria, tapas.

Why locals goHistoric 1888 Spanish mutual-aid club building in Ybor that opens to the public on club nights for sangria, tapas and Spanish dance.

TipCheck the club calendar for open-public nights; sangria de Centro is the order.

Restaurante Salete ★ 4.2

Restaurante Salete has served empadas and shrimp risotto on Rua Afonso Pena in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, since 1957, in a kitchen with Spanish influence.

OrderEmpadas with chicken, palm heart or shrimp, then the shrimp risotto, sized for two or three.

TipWeekend and holiday service ends at 20:00, and the room is shut on Mondays; the risotto portion feeds two or three.

Brasería Aurrera ★ 4.1

Brasería Aurrera grills aged beef, seafood and fish over charcoal on Calle Santo Domingo in Benidorm's old town, a 50-seat room opened in 2004.

OrderA charcoal-grilled cut of aged beef, or a mixed seafood parrillada for two.

TipThe daily set menus are built around rice; it sits among the pintxo bars of Santo Domingo, the street Basque visitors made their own.

Tapasbar Vintage ★ 4.1

Tapasbar Vintage on the Drieharingstraat serves classic Spanish tapas and a Rioja-and-Cava wine list. Monthly pintxos evenings pack the canal-side room.

OrderMonthly pintxos evening on the fourth Saturday

Kortxo ★ 4.1

Kortxo is a lively central Málaga restaurant just off Calle Larios, plating updated Spanish classics and generous shared dishes in a buzzy room.

Marcella ★ 4.1

Marcella is a Spanish and Portuguese grill on the pier at Yas Bay, Abu Dhabi, the second restaurant from Mika's chef-owner Mario Loi, cooking over a parrilla.

OrderThe whole-roasted Pyrenees lamb shoulder or the seafood paella with king crab bisque, both from the parrilla.

TipThe 30-seat zinc-topped bar serves affordable tapas-style small plates, with a Spanish, Portuguese and Argentinian wine list.

José by Pizarro ★ 4.1

José by Pizarro is a Michelin Selected Spanish tapas restaurant at the Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers, a 46-cover room built around small sharing plates.

OrderThe anchovies, the meatballs in spicy tomato sauce and the chocolate pot, all praised by the Michelin Guide.

TipOnline reservations are taken for parties of 1 to 20 guests, up to three months in advance, and dietary requests can be added when booking.

Mountain 1 ★ ★ 4.1

Tomos Parry's Soho London second restaurant on Beak Street, opened 2023 above a wood-fired open kitchen, runs Welsh-Spanish cooking and has held one Michelin.

OrderSmoked sardine flatbread, the wood-roast lamb shoulder and whatever pudding is on the chalkboard.

Book6 weeks ahead

TipCounter seats around the pass take walk-ins from 17:30. Bookings open six weeks ahead through Resy.

Loquita ★ 4.1

Spanish tapas, wood-fired meats, seasonal paella on lower State Street. Spanish vermouths, gin and tonics, Santa Barbara County wines. Michelin Guide listed.

SignatureSeasonal paella, Wood-fired seafood, Spanish tapas

Iberica ★ 4.1

Iberica on the Grande Ile brings refined Spanish cooking to Strasbourg, with tapas, Iberian charcuterie boards and a Spanish wine list near the cathedral.

SignatureTapas, Charcuterie iberique

Celler Sa Premsa ★ 4.0

Celler Sa Premsa has poured from wine barrels near Palma's Mercat de l'Olivar since 1958, serving arròs brut, sopes mallorquines and gató almond cake.

OrderArròs brut, then gató almond cake with almond ice cream.

TipIt is the most tourist-facing of Palma's cellers, but the Mallorcan menu is the real thing.

Casa Senra ★ 4.0

Casa Senra on Calle San Francisco in Gros runs a Zurriola-surf-crowd menu del dia under 16 euros that visitors miss, closed Sundays in San Sebastian.

Why locals goGros backstreet menu del dia room the visitors miss, where the Zurriola surf crowd lunch with locals.

TipMenu del dia under 16 euros. Closed Sundays.

El Mesón ★ 3.9

El Mesón has run a restaurant and cervecería on Calle Gerona in Benidorm for over 40 years, cooking meat, fish and shellfish over holm-oak embers.

OrderA cut of beef from the holm-oak grill, with a plate of tuna belly and tomato to start.

TipThe cervecería side serves all day from 09:00; the restaurant took part in the city's 2026 spoon-dish, tuna and tapas weeks.

Bar Marianos ★ 3.9

Bar Marianos has fed Calle Gerona around the clock for more than 40 years, a 24-hour Benidorm bar whose spit-roast chicken turns all day and all night.

OrderThe spit-roast chicken, at any hour of the day or night.

TipMariano Sanz of Bar Marianos is the 2026 godfather of Benidorm Gastronómico, the town's calendar of food weeks.

Supermercado ★ 3.9

A Spanish fine-dining restaurant near the Westersingel with a tasting menu rooted in Basque technique and Dutch coastal seafood. Located in Centrum.

Bookwalk-in welcome ahead

Tapas Bar ★ 3.8

Tapas Bar on Stary Rynek 60 in Poznań is a long-running Spanish room with wrought-iron interiors, gambas al ajillo as the house dish and a small jamón.

OrderGambas al ajillo with a glass of fino.

TipThe room is touristy; come early at 18:00 for the better seats and less competition for the kitchen's attention.