Food and restaurants in Girona
From Guide to Girona
🍽️ Restaurants & Local Cuisine
Restaurants
- The most famous restaurant is El Celler de Can Roca, which was voted the world's best restaurant 2013 and 2015 in the World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards.🏆 It also has three Michelin stars. It's run by the Roca brothers (Josep, Jordi and Joan). Reservations are required months in advance. Cost is €200+ and there are around twenty courses!
🐟 Local cuisine
- La Fonda del Foment
- La Aliança (Check the menu in advance, as it varies.)
- Bionbo – High-end creative cuisine.
- Draps – A well-loved local restaurant.
🐟 Seafood & Fideuà (Catalan Seafood Noodle Dish)
- Peix Jana (in Palafrugell) – Fresh seafood from the Palamós market.
🍕 Pizza in Girona
- Bartali – Highly recommended pizza place.
🥩 Meat & Grill Restaurants
- Can Sabata (Girona, C/ Barcelona 252) – Affordable, great quality.
- Sidrería Txots – Great for cider and grilled meat.
🍣 Sushi Restaurants in Girona
- Sushi Omakase (Mercat del Lleó) – Takeaway only.
- Tadashi – Good buffet-style sushi.
- Nomo & Umai – Popular sit-down sushi spots.
- Apple – Near Plaça de Catalunya.
- El Único (Salt) – Buffet sushi near La Massana park.
- Osaka Sushi – Well-known for decent quality.
🌶️ Indian Restaurants
- Sukoon
🥘 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.
🍔 Burgers in Girona
- Brots de Vi – Excellent quality burgers.
- Idle Hands – Well-known for their burgers.
- Fockviu – Famous for burgers and chicken fingers.
🌱 Gluten-Free & Celiac-Friendly
- Xocodesert – A strict gluten-free bakery.
- Bye Bye Blat (Mercat del Lleó area) – Another gluten-free bakery.
- Sol Gastrobar (Plaça de Vi) – Sources gluten-free baked goods from Xocodesert.
- El Formet – Offers gluten-free options.
- Brots de Vi – Celiac-friendly café.
☕ Cafés, Bakeries & Dessert Spots
🍰 Cafés for Relaxing
- La Fabrica – Cycling café in Barri Vell, expensive but good chocolate cake. No reservations.
- Café at Parc del Migdia – Large terrace, quieter than city center spots.
- La Rosaleda Jardi Degustació – Outdoor café in La Devesa park.
🥐 Bakeries in Girona
- Casa Moner – Great for xuixos (Catalan cream-filled pastry).
🍫 Hot Chocolate & Churros
- Café 365 – Possibly the best hot chocolate in Girona.
- Xocolateria L'Antiga (Carrer de la Força, 2) – Famous for hot chocolate and churros.
🍦 Ice Cream Shops
- 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.
- 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.
- McKiernans
- Lapsus (Plaça de la Independència) – Affordable drinks, football screenings.
- McKiernans Irish Pub – Hosts live music events.
- La Carreta del Ter (Bordils) – Known for music nights.
- Sunset Jazz Club – Regular jazz performances.
- Lux – Popular club.
- Yeah! Indie Club – Great for indie/alternative music.
- La Mirona (Salt) – Big venue for concerts, tribute bands, and techno nights.
