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Paella de marisc, seafood paella, is Salou's default rice: short-grain rice cooked flat in fish stock with prawns, mussels, squid and clams, best eaten at a terrace by the port.
Rice sits at the centre of Salou's table: the town's rice days, "Per a gustos, els arrossos", reached a seventh edition in 2026 with 22 restaurants, built on Bayo rice and paired with local wines. Seafood paella is the version most visitors order, at family places by the port such as Terramar, open since 1983, and at newer rice houses such as Roce, opened in 2024 below the cliffs on Carrer de Colón.
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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.
Roce is the Salou outpost of a Cambrils rice house, opened in 2024 on Carrer de Colón below the cliffs, cooking paellas, arròs and fideuà daily.
OrderA paella or the fideuà, the two dishes at the centre of the kitchen.
TipA sister Roce runs on Carrer de Sant Pere in Cambrils; in Salou, book by phone at busy weekend lunches.
La Pasión is a rice and grill restaurant on Via Roma in Salou, cooking paellas, arroces and fideuà alongside meat, fish and a daily set lunch menu.
OrderA paella or fideuà for the table, the kitchen's main business.
TipThe daily menu is the value play at lunch; La Pasión took part in the Salou rice days in spring 2026 with a cod and prawn rice.
Caffe di Mare is an all-day café, restaurant and cocktail bar on Carrer de Colón in Salou, from breakfast through crab rice and paella to drinks at 03:00.
OrderArròs de cranc, the crab rice it served for the 2026 rice days.
TipIn spring 2026 its rice-days menu offered crab rice, seafood paella or arròs negre; on autumn Thursdays it pours a Tasta Salou glass with a plate for €7.
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