Casa Rural Ca La Siona

More than just a restaurant, Casa Nova is a mini-paradise on Earth! Upon arrival in the car park, guests are given a tour with explanations that highlight their environmental concerns. This charming old country property is run by a couple with a total commitment to conscious gastronomy. In a delightful atmosphere combining the past and present, chef Andrés Torres offers two contemporary-style menus (Viña and Gran Vendimia) that are based around time-honoured dishes made by his mother as well as local ingredients (the restaurant has a large garden with chickens, bees, tuna drying sheds and coff

A restaurant with a somewhat surprising location on the second floor of the Mercat de la Carn, hence the guaranteed quality and freshness of its ingredients and produce. Choose between the dining room and a bar counter from where guests can view the live action in the kitchen. In the latter, chef Oriol Llavina’s focus is on an updated take on Catalan cuisine with a constant desire to showcase locally sourced ingredients. The focus midweek is on two set menu options (a daily menu on which you can still choose dishes, and the more elaborate Menú del Cigró), with a switch to more à la carte-style

A family-run restaurant established over half a century ago where you can enjoy cooking with a traditional flavour, including renowned dishes such as baked cannelloni and pigs’ trotters with plums.

The name of the spacious restaurant (with a minimalist elegance and laid out on two floors) pays homage to chef Julià Bernet’s maternal grandfather. Her traditional cuisine comes courtesy of an à la carte (we particularly enjoyed the pigs’ trotters with langoustine tartare and stuffed morel mushrooms) and through a two tasting menus (Tradición and Territorio). As we’re in a region with a great wine tradition, its unsurprising that the choice of wines has been meticulously curated.

Somewhat tucked away along a pedestrian street in the centre of town, this longstanding hidden gem has passed from one generation to the next, in so doing successfully carrying the weight of family history on its shoulders. In its dining rooms, one for à la carte dining, the other next door to the kitchen and focused on the daily menu, enjoy traditional Catalan cuisine that features specialities such as “blue-footed chicken” (Prat breed), grilled Butifarra sausage, “mountain” chickpeas with lobster and, in a nod to the town’s star product, imaginative desserts featuring cherries in season. The

A restaurant with an informal, contemporary feel run by young Brazilian-born chef Diego Ferreira. Here, the central counter (where you can also eat) takes centre stage, with the open kitchen behind it enabling guests to view the production process in full flow. The fusion-style menu is highly personal and includes recipes from different parts of the globe (the aubergine with white miso paste and foie gras came as a particularly pleasant surprise). It also offers two interesting tasting menus (Clásicos and Especial del Chef).

Situated on the seafront, where it faces a lot of competition, it is clear that this is not your typical seaside restaurant. Inside we find spacious and well-maintained facilities with a contemporary feel (an open kitchen, a glass-enclosed cold room with a fish display and even a large table that can serve as a ‘chef's table’), and a modern menu based on quality market produce with international touches. They complement their offering with a tasting menu.