Paloma ★ 4.0
Spanish tapas bar with daily live music on the Mariaplaats. Wood-oven bread, fresh seafood and an all-day programme from noon. Very lively on weekends.
Kasvio is a fine-dining restaurant in Mariaplaats, Utrecht.
Fully plant-based five-course set menu inside a former industrial hall with a cathedral ceiling. Organic sourcing throughout and a low-intervention wine list.
Address: Wittevrouwenstraat 22, 3512 CT Utrecht
Spanish tapas bar with daily live music on the Mariaplaats. Wood-oven bread, fresh seafood and an all-day programme from noon. Very lively on weekends.
Calabrian Italian in a werfkelder on the Oudegracht. Handmade pasta, slow-cooked secondi and southern Italian wines. Open Wednesday to Sunday from 17:30.
Mediterranean and Middle Eastern sharing plates on the Janskerkhof. Menu spans Italy, Greece, Lebanon and Malta; courtyard terrace in summer.
13th-century guild house down a medieval alley. The conservatory overlooks a walled beech garden. French-Dutch cooking seven days for lunch and dinner.
Spanish tapas and Rioja-heavy wine list on a canal lane off the Oudegracht. Monthly pintxos evenings on the fourth Saturday. Open from mid-afternoon.
Spanish tapas bar with daily live music on the Mariaplaats. Wood-oven bread, fresh seafood and an all-day programme from noon. Very lively on weekends.
Afghan family recipes in a werfkelder on the Oudegracht, open since 2017. Qabuli palaw, mantu dumplings and slow-cooked meats under stone canal arches.