Food and restaurants in Girona

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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.[1]
  • 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