15 editor picks in Salou.
15 upscale places in Salou, editor-picked. occasion restaurants in Salou: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Salou food.
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.
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.
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.
Cook and Travel runs a globetrotting kitchen on Carrer de Llevant in Salou, with full-table tasting menus from smoked eel sushi to Tarragona red prawn rice.
OrderArroz seco de gamba roja de Tarragona, the red prawn rice on the €50 menu.
TipTasting menus go to the whole table and exclude drinks: Wonderland is €65 a head, a shorter rice menu €50, and the chef's table is booked separately.
Cook and Travel runs a globetrotting kitchen on Carrer de Llevant in Salou, with full-table tasting menus from smoked eel sushi to Tarragona red prawn rice.
OrderArroz seco de gamba roja de Tarragona, the red prawn rice on the €50 menu.
TipTasting menus go to the whole table and exclude drinks: Wonderland is €65 a head, a shorter rice menu €50, and the chef's table is booked separately.
Carbònic grills aged beef, fresh fish and seasonal vegetables over holm-oak charcoal on Carrer Major in Salou, backed by a cellar of more than 400 wines.
OrderThe Uruguayan Angus lomo alto, the cut the kitchen says it sells most, straight off the coals.
TipArtichokes with romesco are the seasonal favourite; the lounge bar keeps pouring after the kitchen closes, until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Carbònic grills aged beef, fresh fish and seasonal vegetables over holm-oak charcoal on Carrer Major in Salou, backed by a cellar of more than 400 wines.
OrderThe Uruguayan Angus lomo alto, the cut the kitchen says it sells most, straight off the coals.
TipArtichokes with romesco are the seasonal favourite; the lounge bar keeps pouring after the kitchen closes, until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Carbònic grills aged beef, fresh fish and seasonal vegetables over holm-oak charcoal on Carrer Major in Salou, backed by a cellar of more than 400 wines.
OrderThe Uruguayan Angus lomo alto, the cut the kitchen says it sells most, straight off the coals.
TipArtichokes with romesco are the seasonal favourite; the lounge bar keeps pouring after the kitchen closes, until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday.
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.
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.
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.
Las Brasas has grilled meat in Salou since 1995, now from Via Augusta, putting Castilian beef aged at least 30 days and Burgos milk-fed lamb over the coals.
OrderCastilian beef aged a minimum of 30 days, cooked over the embers.
TipThe grill marked its 30th anniversary with new menus after moving from its first address near the sea; book a dinner table on Thursday to Saturday.
Summit Rooftop is the open-air top floor of Salou's Hotel Olympus Palace, with a glass pool, Mediterranean sharing plates, local wines and sunset cocktails.
TipEvenings bring paired menus of seasonal dishes and cocktails; the hotel recommends booking ahead for sunset tables.
[M]NUDO is a market-cooking restaurant on Passeig de Miramar in Salou, grilling mussels and cooking rice with big prawns, open mostly at lunchtime.
OrderMusclos a la brasa, then the arròs de gambot.
TipDinner runs only on Friday and Saturday; the 2026 rice-days menu needed booking two days ahead, so ring well before you go.
[M]NUDO is a market-cooking restaurant on Passeig de Miramar in Salou, grilling mussels and cooking rice with big prawns, open mostly at lunchtime.
OrderMusclos a la brasa, then the arròs de gambot.
TipDinner runs only on Friday and Saturday; the 2026 rice-days menu needed booking two days ahead, so ring well before you go.
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