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Best Restaurants in Valencia
401 restaurants analyzed out of 5666 identified · Spain
Valencia is where paella comes from, and the rice restaurants along El Cabanyal and out towards the Albufera treat it as a lunchtime dish rather than a tourist set piece - arroz a banda, arròs negre and fideuà appear as often as the Valencian original. The Mercat Central anchors the produce culture, Ruzafa carries the newer wave of small plates, wine bars and Latin American kitchens, and the Ciutat Vella holds the older tapas bars. Seafood and Mediterranean cooking dominate, with Italian the strongest non-Spanish presence. Prices range from budget menú del día lunches to expensive rice specialists on the seafront, with most dining sitting in the moderate to expensive band.
Valencia has 401 analyzed restaurants. Some of the strongest areas for dining are El Cabanyal-Canyamelar, La Seu, El Pla del Remei. Top cuisines include Spanish, Mediterranean, Italian.
Top Restaurants in Valencia
- Ricard Camarena Restaurant A+ · Modern Spanish, Spanish · La Saïdia
- La Terracita Cuina de Mercat A+ · Contemporary Spanish, Spanish · El Carmen
- Mengem A · Contemporary Spanish, Modern European · Poblats Marítims
- Grillo Grill - Steakhouse Valencia A · Steakhouse, Grill · L'Eixample
- Nozomi Sushi Bar A · Sushi, Japanese · L'Eixample
- Casa Montaña A · Tapas, Spanish · Poblats Marítims
- Fets A · Modern Spanish, Spanish · Poblats Marítims
- La Salita de Begoña Rodrigo A · Modern Spanish, Mediterranean · L'Eixample
- Bar Richard A · Seafood tapas, Spanish · El Carmen
- Taberna Paraiso Travel A · Latin fusion, Colombian · El Carmen
Top Neighborhoods for Dining
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From Mercat Central lunch counters to special-occasion tables, old Valencia feeds every mood
Where Valencia's wide avenues slow the pace and kitchens focus on cooking that earns a return visit
Just outside the old walls, where Valencia locals actually go for a proper special occasion meal
A former fishing barrio where the catch still shapes the menu and locals outnumber tourists by design
Where Valencia's best mid-range tables quietly outperform restaurants costing twice as much
Locals eat here nightly and tourists rarely find it, which keeps both the prices and the cooking honest
Locals-first tapas bars and café terraces keep standards honest and prices refreshingly grounded here
Where Valencia's serious restaurants meet the Turia Gardens, with white-tablecloth Spanish cooking worth booking ahead for
Locals-only lunches and genuine special occasion tables, all a short walk from the old city
Locals eat here the way Valencians actually eat: no fuss, great produce, honest prices
Where locals book for special occasions without paying cathedral-district prices
Beachfront tables and serious paella - this is where Valencians come to eat rice properly
Locals here eat Mediterranean and Spanish food the way it was meant to be, unhurried and repeatedly
Solid Spanish and European cooking at prices the old town stopped offering years ago
Tried and True
Grade Distribution
A+2 restaurants
A9 restaurants
A-63 restaurants
B+162 restaurants
B90 restaurants
B-32 restaurants
C+13 restaurants
C20 restaurants
C-4 restaurants
D5 restaurants
F1 restaurants
Price Distribution
budget39 restaurants
expensive180 restaurants
extremely_expensive9 restaurants
moderate144 restaurants
very_expensive29 restaurants
Cuisine Strengths
- Spanish — 170 restaurants, 32 rated A- or higher
- Mediterranean — 51 restaurants, 9 rated A- or higher
- Italian — 19 restaurants, 5 rated A- or higher
- Indian — 7 restaurants, 4 rated A- or higher
- Japanese — 14 restaurants, 3 rated A- or higher
- Modern European — 3 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
- Chinese — 6 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
- Middle Eastern — 4 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
- Eastern European — 3 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
- Fusion — 5 restaurants, 2 rated A- or higher
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