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Terramar is a family-run seafood bar on the harbour breakwater in Salou, frying squid and steaming mussels since 1983, with tables looking over the port.
OrderCalamares a la romana and steamed mussels, the two plates the Repsol guide recommends.
TipTerramar takes no reservations, so arrive early; the Repsol guide flags the queues that build at peak times.
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La Goleta has cooked fish and shellfish beside Capellans beach in Salou since 1986, its wide windows framing one of the town's best-known coves.
OrderFish and shellfish from the local coast, the thing the kitchen has stood on since 1986.
TipSunday is lunch only; La Goleta also runs a beach chiringuito, listed on its website, for a more casual drink by the sand.
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Restaurant Club Nàutic Salou cooks rice dishes and fish from the auction on the first floor of the sailing club building on the port breakwater in Salou.
OrderArroz del senyoret with red prawns from the fish auction, at €35 a portion.
TipRice dishes are sold by the portion with a minimum of two; arròs negre with sepionets is the gentlest price at €22 a head.
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Can Bosch has cooked Cambrils fish and seafood near the harbour since 1969, now led by chef Arnau Bosch with a Michelin star, along the coast from Salou.
OrderA rice dish made with Carnaroli from Molí de Rafelet in the Ebro Delta, the house speciality.
TipTwo set menus, Tradición and Degustación, are always on; the langoustine and lobster menus need booking ahead, and the restaurant asks you to confirm by phone.
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Rincón de Diego is Diego Campos and his son Rubén's Michelin-starred seafood house by the port in Cambrils, along the coast from Salou, with a modern carta.
OrderThe Mediterranean red lobster rice, which the Michelin inspectors name in their review.
TipThree set menus run beside the carta: Gastronómico, Súmmum and a cava-paired menu; Sunday is lunch only.
€€€€SeafoodCentre
Terramar is a family-run seafood bar on the harbour breakwater in Salou, frying squid and steaming mussels since 1983, with tables looking over the port.
OrderCalamares a la romana and steamed mussels, the two plates the Repsol guide recommends.
TipTerramar takes no reservations, so arrive early; the Repsol guide flags the queues that build at peak times.
€€€€SeafoodCentre
Restaurant Club Nàutic Salou cooks rice dishes and fish from the auction on the first floor of the sailing club building on the port breakwater in Salou.
OrderArroz del senyoret with red prawns from the fish auction, at €35 a portion.
TipRice dishes are sold by the portion with a minimum of two; arròs negre with sepionets is the gentlest price at €22 a head.
€€€€SeafoodCambrils
Can Bosch has cooked Cambrils fish and seafood near the harbour since 1969, now led by chef Arnau Bosch with a Michelin star, along the coast from Salou.
OrderA rice dish made with Carnaroli from Molí de Rafelet in the Ebro Delta, the house speciality.
TipTwo set menus, Tradición and Degustación, are always on; the langoustine and lobster menus need booking ahead, and the restaurant asks you to confirm by phone.
€€€€SeafoodCambrils
Rincón de Diego is Diego Campos and his son Rubén's Michelin-starred seafood house by the port in Cambrils, along the coast from Salou, with a modern carta.
OrderThe Mediterranean red lobster rice, which the Michelin inspectors name in their review.
TipThree set menus run beside the carta: Gastronómico, Súmmum and a cava-paired menu; Sunday is lunch only.
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Miramar is a third-generation family seafood restaurant beside the 17th-century Torre del Port in Cambrils, listed in the Michelin Guide, west of Salou.
OrderBaby squid from local waters sautéed with Maresme teardrop peas.
TipBesides the carta there are three set menus, including a homage to the Cambrils fishermen; the dining room looks over the fishing harbour.