The restaurants worth a reservation in Valencia, from neighbourhood bistros to the new classics.
The restaurants worth the trip in Valencia: bistros, neo-classics, neighbourhood favourites, and the rooms locals book first.
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Order The paella valenciana cooked over orange-wood embers, ordered when you book.
Casa Carmela on the Malvarrosa beachfront in Valencia has cooked wood-fired paellas to order since 1922, with a 20-strong rice repertoire and a lunch-only.
Order The paella valenciana with rabbit, chicken and ferraura beans at lunch.
La Pepica on Passeig de Neptu in Valencia's Malvarrosa beach has served paella since 1898; Hemingway, Queen Sofia and Orson Welles all ate the rice here.
Order The paella valenciana ordered ahead, with the croquetas and salmorejo to start.
Casa Roberto on Carrer del Mestre Gozalbo in Valencia's Eixample has cooked Roberto Aparicio's traditional paellas since 1986, with a long chef's record.
5 of the restaurants on this list serve valencian tapas.
Order The paella valenciana or the arroz a banda; the house Utiel-Requena tinto is honest.
La Riua on Carrer del Mar in Valencia's old town has run a family-tavern rice kitchen since 1978, now in the third generation, with a dozen paellas.
Order The seasonal fish from the Valencia fish market grilled over olive wood, plus the arroz seco.
Llisa Negra on Carrer de Pasqual i Genis in Valencia is Quique Dacosta's product-driven fire-only kitchen, with no gas stoves and every dish cooked over wood.
Order The esgarraet (salt-cod with roasted red peppers) and a glass of Utiel-Requena bobal from the barrel.
Casa Montana on Carrer de Josep Benlliure in Valencia's Cabanyal fishing quarter has poured wine from oak barrels and served tapas since 1836.
Order The bocadillo de calamares with squid from the market fishmongers, plus a vermut from the barrel.
Central Bar inside the Mercado Central in Valencia is Ricard Camarena's market-counter project, serving bocadillos and tapas built from the market stalls.
Order The bao bun with iberico pork and the tartar tasted with a Bobal red from the carte.
Canalla Bistro on Carrer del Mestre Josep Serrano in Valencia's Russafa is Ricard Camarena's casual urban project, a globe-trotting bistro across Asian.
Order The arroz of the day plus a glass of natural wine; the bocadillo de calamares for a lighter lunch.
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.
Order A platter of clochinas with lemon, salt and pepper, and a cana of Estrella Galicia.
La Pilareta on Carrer del Moro Zeit in Valencia's Carmen quarter has run a counter-tile bar since 1917, famous across the city for its clochinas (small.
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Order Half a dozen grilled sardines off the plancha with a cana, plus the anchoas.
Tasca Angel on Carrer de la Purissima in Valencia's Mercat quarter has grilled sardinas a la plancha to order at the counter since 1946, on a charcoal grill.
Order The bomba (a fried potato-and-meat ball) with the spicy and the alioli sauces; a glass of vermut from the tap.
Bodeguilla del Gato in Valencia's Carmen quarter is a corner tapas bar with a wide carte of tapas and bocadillos, a wood-bar counter and a small terrace.
Order The arroz al horno with chickpeas, blood sausage and pork, ordered as a half portion for two.
Navarro on Carrer de l'Arquebisbe Mayoral in Valencia's Ciutat Vella is a long-running family rice kitchen, with a tiled dining room and a strong arroz al.
Order The croquetas of jamon iberico, then the arroz meloso or the steak tartar with a glass of Mistela.
Goya Gallery on Carrer de Borrull in Valencia's Eixample is a modern Spanish dining room with a strong tapas-and-arroz carte, a gallery-art interior.
Order The shorter tasting menu at lunch is the best-value introduction to the kitchen.
Saiti on Carrer de Reina Dona Maria in Valencia's Eixample is chef Vicente Patino's modern Valencian room with two Repsol Suns, anchored on Mediterranean.
Order The paella valenciana for two with the canonical rabbit and chicken, ordered ahead.
El Encuentro on Carrer de Sant Vicent Martir in Valencia's Ciutat Vella is a neighbourhood arroceria with a strong local following, eight rice variations.
Order The tasting menu at lunch (around 45 euros), with the chef's choice of arroz that day.
Kaymus on Avinguda de Maestro Rodrigo in Valencia is chef Nacho Romero's modern Valencian kitchen, with a strong arroz carte, a Mediterranean tasting menu.
Order The chuleton (old-cow rib-eye) sliced at the table, with a tomato of Bunol salad on the side.
Askua on Carrer del Felip Maria Garin in Valencia is a Basque-style grill founded 1994 by Ricardo Gadea, with rotating local-fish specials, chuleton from old.
Order The paella valenciana for two cooked over wood, or the fideua a banda with seafood.
El Rall on Carrer dels Tundidors in Valencia's old town has cooked paellas to order in a tiled medieval-corner dining room since 1980, with one of the wider.
Order The shorter tasting menu (around 38 euros at lunch) with the day's rice.
El Tap on Carrer de Roteros in Valencia's Carmen quarter is a chef-driven modern Valencian bistro with daily tasting menus and a strong arroz turn.
Order The croquetas of jamon iberico and the steak tartar; a glass of natural Valencia white.
Vuelve Carolina on Carrer del Correus in Valencia's centre is Quique Dacosta's modern tapas room near the town hall, with a long carte of tapas.
Order The bocadillo de calamares with a cana or vermut from the barrel.
Casa Mundo on Carrer de Don Joan d'Austria near central Valencia is a 1953 institution founded by Valencia CF top scorer Edmundo 'Mundo' Suarez.
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