Food and restaurants in Girona

Restaurants

🐟 Local cuisine

• La Fonda del Foment. A restaurant in the Barri Vell that serves Catalan food (cured ham, snails, traditional sausage, etc.). Has lots of outdoor seating.
• La Aliança (Check the menu in advance, as it varies.)
• Bionbo – High-end creative cuisine.
• Draps – A well-loved local restaurant.
• Casa Marieta - Plaça Independència
• Can Roca - Esmorzar and menu Monday through Friday.

Note that Tapas is NOT a Catalan specialty, but many places serve it.

🐟 Seafood & Fideuà (Catalan Seafood Noodle Dish)

• Peix Jana (in Palafrugell) – Fresh seafood from the Palamós market.
• La xerrada (c/ carme, behind medicine faculty). Rices: paellas, fideuá. And others.

🍕 Pizza in Girona

• Bartali – Highly recommended pizza place.
• Pizzeria Marghe 1889 - Neapolitan-style pizzas.
• La Pulcinella - Gastropizzeria italiana.

🥩 Meat & Grill Restaurants

• Can Sabata (Girona, C/ Barcelona 252) – Affordable, great quality.

  

  Porcus

• Sidrería Txots – Great for cider and grilled meat.
• Porcus. Restaurant next to Placa Catalonia serving Spanish hams and cheese. They have seating outside, it's a nice place to eat lunch when the weather is good.
• El balcó - C/ Hortes - Argentin Restaurant. Very good meat.

🍣 Sushi Restaurants in Girona

• Tadashi – Good buffet-style sushi.
• Nomo & Umai – Popular sit-down sushi spots.
• Apple – Near Plaça de Catalunya.

  

  Apple Sushi

• El Único (Salt) – Buffet sushi near La Massana park.
• Osaka Sushi – Well-known for decent quality.
• Sushi Omakase. A sushi stand in Mercat del Lleó run by Peter Lenart, a sushi chef from Hungary. Takeaway only.

  

  Sushi Omakase in el Mercat del Lleó

🌶️ Indian Restaurants

• Sukoon
• Tandoori foc - Authentic Panjabi (Indian) style restaurant.

🥘 Korean Restaurants

• A4MANS (Sarria de Ter) – Korean tasting menu by a Girona-born chef with restaurants in Seoul.

🌮 Mexican Restaurants

• Teke Tumateke Bar & Grill – Highly recommended for authentic Mexican food.
• Tacos MX Girona - Authentic Mexican food.
• Maguey - "A small corner of Mexico in Girona."

🍔 Burgers in Girona

• Brots de Vi – Excellent quality burgers.
• Idle Hands – Well-known for their burgers.
• Fockviu – Famous for burgers and chicken fingers.

🍜 Ramen in Girona

• Casa Ramen – €10–20 (Av. de Sant Francesc, 5)

  

  Casa Ramen

• Nobi Ramen – €10–20 (Gran Via de Jaume I, 8)
• Kan Ramen – €10–20 (Carrer de la Rutlla, 42)
• UMAI – €€€ (Plaça de Josep Pla i Casadevall, 18)
• Hiroshi Girona – (€20–30 Pujada Creu de Palau, 19)
• UDON Girona – (€10–20 Carrer de Sta. Clara, 47)
• TOFU Girona – (€20–30 Avinguda de Ramon Folch, 13)

Gluten-Free & Celiac-Friendly

See Gluten-free in Girona

Best set lunch menus

Many restaurants offer a set lunch menu ("Menú del Día") for €12–€18, including a starter, main, dessert, and drink.

• Can Roca - breakfast and lunch menu Monday through Friday.

Kid-friendly restaurants in Girona

• Konig. Very informal vibe, and they give crayons to kids. Also there's a lot of choice for kids (hot dogs, burgers, etc.)
• McDonalds and Burger King. These usually have free play area for kids.

Other restaurants in Girona

• The only Greek restaurant in Girona is Gyros (Ronda Ferran Puig, 27-15, 17001 Girona). Thanks Sofia Sem for this tip!
• Sabores de Alepo is a Lebanon-Syria restaurant

Cafés

Café del Parc del Migdia

Café del Parc del Migdia is in Parc del Migdia, Girona’s largest park. The café has a large outdoor terrace for warm days, as well as plenty of indoor seating for cold days. A children’s playground is nearby.

A buffet lunch is available daily until 3 pm. It costs €18 for adults and includes a variety of mostly healthy food, with an emphasis on salads and vegetarian dishes. Dessert is included.

Children can also eat from the buffet for €9, though the food may not appeal to all kids. There is also a children’s menu available for the same price, offering simpler options like breaded chicken and chips.

The buffet at Cafe del Parc del Migdia

Cycling cafes

• La Fabrica – Cycling café in Barri Vell, expensive but good chocolate cake. No reservations. Looks like a cavern inside. Walls display cycling memorabilia. Run by a German former pro cyclist Christian Meier, who also owns Espresso Mafia.
• Eat Sleep Cycle. Carrer de l'Albereda, 15
• Hors Categorie. Carrer del Perill, 3.

Other cafes

• La Rosaleda Jardi Degustació – Outdoor café in La Devesa park.
• La Cafeteria de La Puntual - Cafe next to the bakery by the same name.
• Shots - Coffee & Brunch

🥐 Bakeries in Girona

• Casa Moner – Great for xuixos (Catalan cream-filled pastry).
• La Puntual - Organic flours / local business

🍦 Dessert places in Girona

• Café 365 – Possibly the best hot chocolate in Girona.
• Xocolateria L'Antiga (Carrer de la Força, 2) – Famous for hot chocolate and churros.
• Llagurt – a yoghurt shop that lets you choose your own toppings. There are two Llagursts in Girona: one in the Barri Vell and one on Carrer Migdia.
• Rocambolesc (Carrer de Santa Clara, 50) – Ice cream shop by Jordi Roca, known for unique flavors like Darth Vader-shaped ice cream. Long lines in summer.

🍻 Bars

• McKiernans Pub – Popular but gets crowded.
• Platea – Well-rated local bar.
• Beers & Bagels – Casual beer spot.
• Lola Café – Good atmosphere for drinks.
• Ultonia Terrace – Rooftop bar.
• RUTA 66 - Bar/Restaurant
• La Malabarista - Vermuteria