6 street food places in Valencia we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Valencia | Street Food across every city.
Street and market food in Valencia is built around festival staples and quick market bites rather than food trucks. Bunyoleria El Contraste on Carrer de Sant Valero fries the bunyols associated with Fallas, while Horchateria Daniel pours horchata from the Mercado de Colon. Inside the Mercat Central, Central Bar serves its famous bocadillos, and Cafe Madrid in the old centre is a classic spot for an Agua de Valencia.
Bunyolería El Contraste ★ 4.8
Carrer de Sant Valero 12, 46005 Valencia
Bunyolería El Contraste in Ruzafa is the rare Valencia bunyolería frying bunyols de carabassa (pumpkin fritters) and churros year-round, run.
Horchateria Daniel ★ 4.6
Mercado de Colón, Calle Jorge Juan, 19, 46004 Valencia
Horchateria Daniel inside Mercado de Colon in Valencia pours the family's Alboraya horchata de chufa with fresh-baked fartons since 1949. At Mercado de Colón.
Central Bar (Mercado Central) ★ 4.5
Mercat Central, Plaça del Mercat s/n, 46001 Valencia
Central Bar inside the Mercado Central in Valencia is Ricard Camarena's market-counter project, with bocadillos de calamares built from squid metres away.
Esgarraet at Casa Montana ★ 4.3
Calle de Jose Benlliure 69, 46011, Valencia
Casa Montana on Carrer de Josep Benlliure in Valencia's Cabanyal has served esgarraet (the canonical Valencian salt-cod and roasted-pepper salad) since 1836.
Clochinas at La Pilareta ★ 4.0
C/ del Moro Zeit, 13, 46001 Valencia
La Pilareta on Carrer del Moro Zeit in Valencia's Carmen has served clochinas (small native mussels) at the counter since 1917, with lemon and pepper.
Agua de Valencia at Cafe Madrid ★ 4.2
C. de l'Abadia de Sant Martí, 10, Valencia
Cafe Madrid in Valencia is the 1959 birthplace of agua de Valencia, the cava-and-orange cocktail invented here, still poured by the carafe. Family-friendly.