30 editor picks across Spain.
30 mediterranean restaurants worth the trip across Spain, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Spain.
DINS Santi Taura is Palma's one-star Mallorcan kitchen inside Hotel El Llorenç, running a single tasting menu drawn from island recipe archives.
OrderThe set Mallorcan tasting menu, which changes with the island growing season.
TipSeatings are fixed at 19:30 and 20:30, and the chef's counter runs later. Book well ahead.
Marc Fosh holds one Michelin star in a 17th-century convent off Carrer de la Missió, cooking contemporary Mediterranean menus from Mallorcan produce.
OrderThe €69 ADN lunch menu, the cheapest way into a starred Palma dining room.
TipLunch is the value play. The ADN menu runs €69 against €159 for the evening Aromas del Mediterráneo.
Zaranda is Fernando P. Arellano's Michelin-starred dining room at Hotel Es Princep in Palma, holding one star and a Repsol Sol for its Balearic tasting menus.
OrderThe Balearic tasting menu, built around island produce and Mediterranean fish.
TipOpening months shift with the season, so confirm the calendar before booking a winter trip.
Abantal on Calle Alcalde Jose de la Bandera in Seville has held a Michelin star continuously since 2009, the longest tenure in the city, with chef Julio.
OrderThe chef's tasting menu rooted in Sevillian and Mediterranean produce.
TipDinner service Thu-Tue from 20:30; closed Wednesday. Book three weeks ahead via the website (no phone bookings); the wine pairing is the strongest in Seville.
Flores Raras in central Valencia is Quique Dacosta's two-Michelin-star room (formerly El Poblet), now led by chef Carolina Alvarez with a Mediterranean.
Botànic is the plant-forward dining room in the garden of Can Bordoy in Palma's La Lonja, where vegetables lead and fish and meat play support.
OrderWhatever the garden menu is built around that month, with fish or meat as a supporting plate.
TipThe walled garden is the point. Ask for a table outside rather than in the indoor room.
Dos Pebrots in Barcelona's Raval is Albert Raurich's Mediterranean-historical bistro: dishes researched from Roman and Phoenician cooking, plated for now.
OrderThe bone marrow starter and the wholegrain wood-fired bread.
TipClosed Mon-Tue. Lunch is the easier seating; the wine list is short and Catalan.
D-Vora is the RH Canfali hotel's terrace restaurant by the church of Sant Jaume in Benidorm's old town, cooking Mediterranean food with Nikkei touches.
OrderArroz a la llanda with monkfish, squid and red prawns, after a bay-fish tiradito.
TipSet menus are served to the whole table and close at 15:00 at lunch and 22:00 at night; breakfast starts at 08:00 on the sea-view terrace.
D-Vora serves creative Mediterranean plates with Nikkei touches on the RH Canfali hotel's sea-view terrace in Benidorm's old town, with tasting menus.
OrderArroz a la llanda with monkfish, squid and red prawns, after a bay-fish tiradito.
TipSet menus are served to the whole table and close at 15:00 at lunch and 22:00 at night; breakfast starts at 08:00 on the sea-view terrace.
Kabuki Wellington at the Wellington hotel in Madrid's Salamanca is Ricardo Sanz's one-Michelin-star room, the canonical Mediterranean-Japanese fusion: nigiri.
OrderThe tasting omakase (€165) or carte highlights: huevo Kabuki, nigiri de pez mantequilla, usuzukuri de toro.
TipClosed Sunday; the counter seats 8 facing chef Sanz and is the room to book. Book three weeks ahead for weekend dinner.
El Mesón de Cervantes is an Argentine-run Málaga kitchen off Plaza Merced, an open dining room plating oxtail, fresh fish and grilled meats.
Shija cooks the food of the Balkans by Poniente beach in Benidorm, serving mezze and clay-pot dishes from a kitchen that keeps neither freezer nor fryer.
OrderA spread of Balkan mezze to share, then one of the clay-pot dishes.
TipThe street is in Benidorm's low-emission zone with restricted access, so arrive on foot from the Poniente promenade.
Shija cooks the food of the Balkans by Poniente beach in Benidorm, serving mezze and clay-pot dishes from a kitchen that keeps neither freezer nor fryer.
OrderA spread of Balkan mezze to share, then one of the clay-pot dishes.
TipThe street is in Benidorm's low-emission zone with restricted access, so arrive on foot from the Poniente promenade.
Aire Gastrobar fills a restored mansion on Málaga's Malagueta, a creative Mediterranean kitchen of seasonal small plates with a careful, wine-led list.
Balausta is the courtyard restaurant of Hotel Palacio Solecio in old-town Málaga, serving contemporary malagueño cooking under an 18th-century arcade.
Habitual on the lower level of Mercado de Colon in Valencia is Ricard Camarena's market food-hall project, a sit-down bistro inside the 1916 modernista.
OrderThe arroz of the day plus a glass of natural wine; the bocadillo de calamares for a lighter lunch.
TipWalk down the stairs at Mercado Colon to find it. Open daily, longer hours than the upstairs market itself.
La Greta on Carrer de Pere III el Gran in Valencia's Russafa is a neighbourhood modern-Mediterranean bistro with a long arroces carte and a strong wine list.
OrderThe croquetas of jamon and the arroz of the day.
TipRussafa locals favourite; reserve weekend lunch a few days ahead.
Malaspina, the Mercure hotel's restaurant near Poniente beach in Benidorm, cooks Alicante rice, salt-cured fish and grilled aged meat; a Repsol Solete holder.
OrderA rice dish of the day, then aged beef from the grill if you have room.
TipIt took second prize at the 2026 Benidorm tapas contest; the Corner Bar on the same floor serves cocktails and casual plates.
Casa Mazal cooks the Sefarad and Al-Andalus traditions inside a fourteenth-century Judería house in Córdoba, with no pork anywhere on the carta.
OrderWhatever the kitchen is running from the Sephardic side of the carta.
TipIt closes on Wednesdays, and bookings run through a dedicated reservations line rather than the main house phone.
Ruta del Azafran in Granada works a Mediterranean and Arab-Andalusian menu on the Paseo de los Tristes, with a terrace directly under the Alhambra.
OrderArab chicken pie with carrot salad, Sea bass with courgette and coconut sauce, Saffron paella
TipHalal and vegan options on the same carte; the riverside terrace fills fast on warm evenings.
El Coso in the Plaza de Toros bullring of Granada took over the Ermita space and pairs avant-garde Mediterranean technique with the historic bullring setting.
OrderGrilled meats over charcoal, Iberian secreto, Cheese and jamon boards
TipClosed Mondays; the bullring portico tables are quieter than the indoor room and book up fastest in spring.
Bufacaldos is a rice house facing the sea on Passeig de Miramar in Salou, with seafood stews, shellfish and a fair weekday lunch menu behind a Repsol Solete.
OrderOne of the rice dishes for the table, the reason the Repsol guide sends people here.
TipDinner runs only on Friday and Saturday; other days the kitchen closes at 17:00, so treat it as a long seaside lunch.
La Terrassa del Nàutic is the ground-floor terrace restaurant of the Club Nàutic on Salou's port, given a Repsol Solete in March 2026 for its rice and fish.
OrderOne of the rice dishes, the Repsol guide's pick, with a starter to share first.
TipThe club's bar and café side opens from 09:00, Tuesday to Sunday; lunch is the main service, with dinner on Saturday only.
La Terrassa del Nàutic is the ground-floor terrace restaurant of the Club Nàutic on Salou's port, given a Repsol Solete in March 2026 for its rice and fish.
OrderOne of the rice dishes, the Repsol guide's pick, with a starter to share first.
TipThe club's bar and café side opens from 09:00, Tuesday to Sunday; lunch is the main service, with dinner on Saturday only.
Ducado has cooked traditional Mediterranean food in Benidorm since 1980: sea bream, sea bass and other fish, lobster rice, milk-fed lamb and Iberian ham.
OrderArroz con bogavante, or whichever whole fish is on the day's list.
TipRoast suckling pig is cooked to order, so call ahead; Monday is lunch only and the restaurant closes all day Tuesday.
Malaspina, the Mercure hotel's restaurant near Poniente beach in Benidorm, cooks Alicante rice, salt-cured fish and grilled aged meat; a Repsol Solete holder.
OrderA rice dish of the day, then aged beef from the grill if you have room.
TipIt took second prize at the 2026 Benidorm tapas contest; the Corner Bar on the same floor serves cocktails and casual plates.
Amaltea has cooked on Córdoba's Ronda de Isasa since 2000, a Mediterranean kitchen built on garden vegetables and Andalusian extra virgin olive oil.
OrderAsk what the vegetable dish of the day is; that is where the kitchen puts its effort.
TipIt runs separate vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free cartas alongside the main one, so say what you need when you sit.
El Astronauta cooks mezze and a full plant-based section in central Córdoba, a vegan moussaka and vegan burger alongside the standard carta.
OrderThe vegan moussaka, or the mezze spread if there are several of you.
TipThe operator publishes no hours, though the Córdoba directories agree it shuts on Sunday, so phone ahead before building a plan.
Óleo pairs Mediterranean cooking with a sushi bar in Málaga's Soho, where Sergio del Río's seafood plates meet Rui Junior's nigiri, ceviche and tartares.
La Malvasia is a red-fronted room on Plaça del Mercat in Palma pouring Ca'n Pico Malvasia alongside Mediterranean plates and a long celiac menu.
OrderA glass of the house Malvasia with whatever fish is on the board that day.
TipOne of the few central Palma kitchens with a properly worked-out gluten-free menu.
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