Top 10 Restaurants in Spain (2026)

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Ten destination restaurants across Spain, compared by cuisine, meal format, location and reservation conditions.

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For Basque Country destination dining

• Asador Etxebarri

  Wood-fired cooking in rural Axpe

  Asador Etxebarri is Bittor Arginzoniz’s restaurant in Axpe, in the Atxondo valley of Bizkaia. Michelin’s 2026 selection gives it one star; its review describes a restored country house and precise grilling with different woods and purpose-built utensils.

  The operator lists a €300 tasting menu per person, tax included and drinks excluded, alongside an à la carte option. The whole table chooses the same format. Meat and fish are central to the offer; there is no vegetarian or vegan menu. Seasonal dishes and the woods used for cooking shape the meal rather than a guaranteed list of signature plates.

  Sources: Asador Etxebarri: restaurant, menus and reservation conditions, Michelin Guide: Etxebarri, Michelin Guide: all starred restaurants in Spain 2026

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• Azurmendi

  A tasting meal that moves through Azurmendi’s spaces

  Azurmendi is Eneko Atxa’s restaurant in Larrabetzu, Bizkaia, with three Michelin stars in the 2026 selection. Its Gran Menú moves through a welcome picnic, the kitchen and garden spaces before the main meal, in a building overlooking the surrounding hillside.

  The Gran Menú is €350 per person, with optional wine pairings at €150 or €300 per person; the menu states VAT is included. Seasonal seafood, meat and desserts follow the opening stages, and products may change. Vegetable-titled dishes can contain meat, egg or dairy, so they do not establish a vegetarian menu or suitability for a particular allergy.

  Sources: Azurmendi: location and published opening times, Azurmendi: reservations, Azurmendi: Gran Menú and pairings, Azurmendi: sustainability, Michelin Guide: all starred restaurants in Spain 2026

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• Arzak

  Basque market cooking with four-generation history

  Arzak is the Arzak family’s restaurant at Avenida Alcalde Elósegui 273 in Donostia–San Sebastián. Its history reaches back to the family house built in 1897; Juan Mari and Elena Arzak’s cooking combines Basque market traditions with evolving signature dishes. It has three Michelin stars in 2026.

  The reservation page lists a €315 tasting menu and a €285 à la carte selection of appetiser, starter, main and dessert, per person including 10% VAT and excluding drinks. Its wine-pairing option instead quotes a €365 menu plus €220 pairing for the whole table. Those menu bases differ: obtain the written price for the chosen option rather than adding pairing to €315. Dietary restrictions can require a simpler menu agreed with the team.

  Sources: Arzak: address and restaurant, Arzak: four generations, Arzak: cuisine and restaurant, Arzak: menus, reservations and cancellation terms, Michelin Guide: all starred restaurants in Spain 2026

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• Akelarre

  Pedro Subijana’s tasting-menu restaurant overlooking the Bay of Biscay

  Akelarre is Pedro Subijana’s restaurant in Igeldo, above San Sebastián, with three Michelin stars in 2026. A founder of New Basque Cuisine, Subijana has worked here since 1975; local products and contemporary techniques shape the tasting-menu restaurant.

  Akelarre opened in 1970 and the hotel and Espazio Oteiza followed in 2017. The tasting-menu restaurant, hotel stay and Oteiza’s more informal food service have separate booking and contact arrangements. Oteiza’s daily snack, lunch and dinner service does not establish the tasting restaurant’s timetable.

  Sources: Akelarre: restaurant and Pedro Subijana, Akelarre: contact and location, Akelarre: book the restaurant, Michelin Guide: all starred restaurants in Spain 2026

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• Martín Berasategui — Lasarte-Oria

  A destination tasting or chosen-course meal in Lasarte-Oria

  Restaurante Martín Berasategui in Lasarte-Oria offers a detailed tasting menu and a structured à-la-carte alternative. The Gipuzkoa restaurant appears in Michelin’s 2026 three-star selection and is separate from Lasarte in Barcelona.

  Both published meal formats cost €395. Wine pairing is €210 or the separate Excellence selection €750. The €220 per-person group prepayment is deducted from the final bill and is separate from the menu price.

  Sources: Martín Berasategui: current menus, Martín Berasategui: reservations and conditions, MICHELIN: all starred restaurants in Spain 2026

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For Barcelona and Girona

• Disfrutar

  Inventive Mediterranean Classic or Festival tasting menus

  Choose Disfrutar for playful Mediterranean tasting cuisine and a choice between established creations and newer seasonal dishes. Classic and Festival are each published at €325, with wine pairing €180 separately. The ceramic-lined interior leads past the kitchen to a bright room and terrace. The Living Table is a separate R&D-kitchen experience.

  Sources: Disfrutar: restaurant, Classic and Festival menus, Disfrutar: official reservations, Disfrutar: reservation and cancellation terms, The 50: Disfrutar’s 2024 World’s Best Restaurant award, MICHELIN: Barcelona’s 2026 starred-restaurant selection

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• El Celler de Can Roca

  A full tasting-menu visit to Girona

  El Celler de Can Roca is the Roca brothers’ restaurant in Girona: Joan leads savoury cooking, Josep the wine service and Jordi desserts. It holds three Michelin stars in the 2026 selection. The 50 lists it in Best of the Best after its 2013 and 2015 wins.

  The operator describes Festival as appetisers, twelve dishes and four desserts, with the same menu for the whole table. Drinks and optional wine pairing are separate. Allow around three and a half hours. Dietary adaptations need advance discussion; guests concerned about cross-contamination are directed to the restaurant before booking. Ask the restaurant for the current menu price and drinks list.

  Sources: El Celler de Can Roca: reservation information, El Celler de Can Roca: reservation and cancellation policy, El Celler de Can Roca: frequently asked questions, The 50: El Celler de Can Roca, Best of the Best, Michelin Guide: El Celler de Can Roca, Michelin Guide: all starred restaurants in Spain 2026

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For an imaginative meal in Madrid

• DiverXO

  Dabiz Muñoz’s imaginative destination tasting menu

  Choose DiverXO for Dabiz Muñoz’s inventive cooking and a meal built around surprise. The three-Michelin-star Madrid restaurant serves its €450 tasting menu only, with VAT included and drinks extra. Its separate alcohol-free liquid menu or wine pairings can extend the experience. Vegetarian and vegan menus are unavailable; severe allergies need discussion before payment.

  Sources: DiverXO: cuisine and optional liquid menus, DiverXO: tickets, dietary and cancellation conditions, MICHELIN Guide: DiverXO, Madrid tourism: Michelin restaurants in the 2026 selection

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For Mediterranean and Atlantic coast ingredients

• Quique Dacosta Restaurante

  Quique Dacosta’s Mediterranean tasting menu in Dénia

  Quique Dacosta Restaurante is the chef’s Dénia restaurant at Rascassa 1, with three stars in Michelin’s 2026 selection. Its OCTAVO menu explores Mediterranean ingredients through a staged meal that may begin in the glass garden when weather permits.

  OCTAVO is €315 per person. Optional wine pairings are €165 or €215 for the premium selection; the published prices include 10% VAT. Welcome drinks are excluded from the pairing. There is also a wine list and non-alcoholic drinks. This Dénia booking is separate from the group’s Deessa in Madrid and its Valencia restaurants.

  Sources: Quique Dacosta Restaurante: Dénia and OCTAVO menu, Quique Dacosta: reservations, Quique Dacosta: frequently asked questions, Michelin Guide: all starred restaurants in Spain 2026

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• Aponiente

  Ángel León’s marine tasting menu and tidal-mill setting

  Aponiente is Ángel León’s restaurant in a former tidal mill in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz. It has three stars in Michelin’s 2026 selection. Marine ingredients, research and the surrounding marshland shape a tasting-menu experience that extends beyond conventional fish courses.

  The main 2026 menu PDF lists the tasting menu at €400 per person, VAT included. Its marshland component depends on wind, tides, insects and other natural conditions; the experience can take place entirely indoors. An outdoor section is therefore not guaranteed. The current page also links an older April menu file, so use the main June PDF and the terms quoted for the selected date.

  Sources: Aponiente: the restaurant, Aponiente: contact and location, Aponiente: 2026 menu page, Aponiente: main 2026 menu PDF, Aponiente: reservations, Aponiente: currently linked reservation FAQ PDF, Michelin Guide: Aponiente, Michelin Guide: all starred restaurants in Spain 2026

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Match the meal to your travel plans

Allow travel time to Axpe, Larrabetzu, Igeldo, Girona, Dénia and El Puerto de Santa María rather than assuming a city-centre table.

A request, card guarantee, bank preauthorisation and prepaid reservation represent different commitments. Use the exact menu and dated terms.

Aponiente’s outdoor marsh section depends on conditions. Etxebarri has no vegetarian or vegan menu; Azurmendi excludes guests under ten. Other dietary and child arrangements differ.

Martín Berasategui’s Lasarte-Oria restaurant is separate from Lasarte Barcelona. Its €395 meal price differs from the €220 per-person group prepayment or late-cancellation charge; notice periods vary by party size.

Questions before you choose

Sources and review dates

• Asador Etxebarri: restaurant, menus and reservation conditions — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. €300 tasting menu, drinks excluded; advance payment and definitive confirmation; whole-table format and five-day change terms.
• Michelin Guide: Etxebarri — Michelin Guide — checked 2026-10-18. Axpe address, Bittor Arginzoniz, wood-fired techniques and published telephone.
• El Celler de Can Roca: reservation information — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Girona address, eleven-month booking release, card guarantee and one published timetable.
• El Celler de Can Roca: reservation and cancellation policy — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Ten-day reconfirmation and €100 late-cancellation charge; service timetable conflicts with the reservation-information page.
• El Celler de Can Roca: frequently asked questions — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Whole-table Festival menu, drinks separate, approximately three and a half hours, dietary requests and parking/access information.
• The 50: El Celler de Can Roca, Best of the Best — Award publisher — checked 2026-10-18. Winner in 2013 and 2015; Best of the Best status is distinct from a current numbered annual rank.
• Michelin Guide: El Celler de Can Roca — Michelin Guide — checked 2026-10-18. Roca brothers and Girona dining context.
• Quique Dacosta Restaurante: Dénia and OCTAVO menu — Operator menu — checked 2026-10-18. OCTAVO €315; optional €165 or €215 pairings, VAT included, welcome drinks excluded from pairing.
• Quique Dacosta: reservations — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Dénia reservation contacts, five-day changes, group and same-day enquiry routes.
• Quique Dacosta: frequently asked questions — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Meal arrival windows, €150 bank preauthorisation, dietary/children rules, smart casual dress and parking.
• Aponiente: the restaurant — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Ángel León’s marine cooking in a former tidal mill and marshland setting.
• Aponiente: contact and location — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. El Puerto de Santa María address, two published telephone numbers and reservas@aponiente.com.
• Aponiente: 2026 menu page — Operator menu — checked 2026-10-18. Current Spanish 2026 page links a main June menu PDF and an older April version.
• Aponiente: main 2026 menu PDF — Operator menu — checked 2026-10-18. €400 tasting menu; separate pairings and €550 bioluminescence/plankton-rice menu, VAT included; outdoor marsh section depends on conditions.
• Aponiente: reservations — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Official CoverManager route and the currently linked older FAQ PDF.
• Aponiente: currently linked reservation FAQ PDF — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. FAQ filename dates to November 2024: dietary notice before booking, 72-hour changes or five days for parties of seven or more; current booking terms must be agreed.
• Michelin Guide: Aponiente — Michelin Guide — checked 2026-10-18. Ángel León, tidal mill and marine research; directory opening span is not a meal-sitting timetable.
• Azurmendi: location and published opening times — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Eneko Atxa, Larrabetzu contact and homepage timetable; Sunday wording conflicts with reservation page.
• Azurmendi: reservations — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Email confirmation, 72-hour email cancellation, no under-tens and contradictory Sunday wording.
• Azurmendi: Gran Menú and pairings — Operator menu — checked 2026-10-18. €350 Gran Menú, €150 or €300 optional wine pairings, VAT included; meal moves through several spaces.
• Azurmendi: sustainability — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Operator describes building and resource measures and historical 2014/2018 awards.
• Arzak: address and restaurant — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Donostia address and operator telephone numbers.
• Arzak: four generations — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. 1897 house, Juan Mari and Elena Arzak, and New Basque Cuisine history.
• Arzak: cuisine and restaurant — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Basque market cooking and evolving signature dishes.
• Arzak: menus, reservations and cancellation terms — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. €315 tasting or €285 à la carte; pairing option quotes a different €365 menu base plus €220. Three-day request response, email cancellation and November 2026 closure.
• Akelarre: restaurant and Pedro Subijana — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. New Basque Cuisine, tasting-menu restaurant and separate hotel and Espazio Oteiza history.
• Akelarre: contact and location — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Igeldo restaurant address and restaurant-specific telephone/email; hotel and Oteiza use separate arrangements.
• Akelarre: book the restaurant — Operator website — checked 2026-10-18. Adult-oriented restaurant experience with no children’s menu adaptations; restaurant-specific reservation route.
• Michelin Guide: all starred restaurants in Spain 2026 — Michelin Guide — checked 2026-10-18. Three stars for El Celler, Quique Dacosta, Aponiente, Azurmendi, Arzak and Akelarre; one star for Etxebarri.
• MICHELIN: Barcelona’s 2026 starred-restaurant selection — MICHELIN Guide publisher — checked 2026-10-18. Named 2026 edition: the ten selected restaurants appear across the three-, two- and one-star categories.
• Disfrutar: restaurant, Classic and Festival menus — Restaurant operator — checked 2026-10-18. Creative Mediterranean menus; Classic and Festival €325 each, separate wine pairing €180, stated validity through 7 August 2027.
• Disfrutar: official reservations — Restaurant operator — checked 2026-10-18. Twelve-month booking window; party size cannot be modified; under-eight visits not recommended; a table is not a particular table location.
• Disfrutar: reservation and cancellation terms — Restaurant operator — checked 2026-10-18. Reservation conditions allow no-charge cancellation up to fifteen days before the meal, then charge €150 per person for late cancellation or no-show.
• The 50: Disfrutar’s 2024 World’s Best Restaurant award — Award publisher — checked 2026-10-18. Dated 2024 award, three chef-owners and the 2014 opening; historical recognition rather than a current annual rank.
• DiverXO: cuisine and optional liquid menus — Restaurant operator — checked 2026-10-18. The tasting menu, alcohol-free liquid menu and wine pairings are separate choices.
• DiverXO: tickets, dietary and cancellation conditions — Restaurant operator — checked 2026-10-18. EUR 450 per person including VAT, drinks excluded; no vegetarian or vegan menus. Transfer differs from a date change.
• MICHELIN Guide: DiverXO — MICHELIN Guide — checked 2026-10-18. Exact Madrid restaurant, creative cuisine and three-star distinction.
• Madrid tourism: Michelin restaurants in the 2026 selection — Madrid tourism authority — checked 2026-10-18. The 2026 selection; Michelin distinctions are separate from customer reviews.
• Martín Berasategui: current menus — Operator website — checked 2026-10-19. Tasting and structured à-la-carte menus €395 each; wine pairing €210 or Excellence selection €750, separately listed.
• Martín Berasategui: reservations and conditions — Operator website — checked 2026-10-19. Exact Lasarte-Oria contacts; seasonal services and winter closure, card/group prepayment, party-size notice periods, age and dress conditions.
• MICHELIN: all starred restaurants in Spain 2026 — checked 2026-10-19. Martín Berasategui, Lasarte-Oria, appears in the 2026 three-star selection.