Best restaurants in Valencia 2026: 13 tables worth booking

The best restaurants in Valencia in 2026 come down to 13 tables, from the two two-star kitchens of the Michelin Guide Spain 2026 to beach dining rooms that have cooked paella over wood since the 1920s. If you can only book one, make it Ricard Camarena, inside the restored Bombas Gens factory.

The Michelin Guide Spain 2026, presented in Málaga in November 2025, gives the city of Valencia no three-star restaurant, two with two stars and six with one. The three new stars in the Valencian region that night all went to towns outside the capital. The best restaurants in Valencia list below keeps all eight starred rooms and adds five places where the city eats rice, fish and breakfast every day.

How the best restaurants in Valencia line up in 2026

Valencia has no three-star kitchen, but two of its beach paella houses predate most guides.

For the dishes themselves, start with our guide to what to eat in Valencia; to cook a rice from the same coast at home, try our arroz a banda recipe; and for the group behind Flores Raras, see the Quique Dacosta beer-pairing dinner. Prices are per person, before drinks, unless stated.

Ricard Camarena, Marxalenes

Ricard Camarena's two-star restaurant occupies part of Bombas Gens, a former pump factory turned arts centre at Avenida de Burjassot 54. The kitchen builds its menus on vegetables from the Valencian huerta. There are three options: a menu carte at €195, the Route at €220 and the Experience at €250, with wine pairings from €115 to €175, according to the restaurant's website.

Dinner runs Tuesday to Saturday and lunch only on Friday and Saturday; it closes on Sunday and Monday. Book through the website.

Flores Raras, Ciutat Vella

Quique Dacosta renamed El Poblet, his two-star restaurant at Calle de Correos 8, on 28 January 2026. Carolina Álvarez, head chef for six years at the three-star Quique Dacosta Restaurante in Dénia, now runs the kitchen, and the Michelin Guide still lists it with two stars. There are three tasting menus, called 1988, Esencia and Flores Raras.

Michelin places it in its top price band and lists dinner from Tuesday to Saturday with lunch on Saturday. Prices are not published on the guide page, so confirm when booking.

Fierro, Russafa

Argentine chefs Germán Carrizo and Carito Lourenço have held one Michelin star since 2021 in a small room at Calle Doctor Serrano 4. Three menus run from Los Años, nine courses at €135, through Memoria at €155 to 10 Años de Fierro, 13 courses at €195. Pairings cost €75 to €115, including a non-alcoholic one.

Book on the restaurant's reservations page or by email; seats are few.

La Salita, Russafa

Begoña Rodrigo's one-star restaurant sits in a house at Calle Pere III el Gran 11B. The kitchen leans on vegetables, and the tasting menus include an ovo-lacto vegetarian version. It serves lunch and dinner from Monday to Saturday.

Michelin rates it in its top price band. Book through the website, which uses TheFork, or by phone.

Lienzo, Ciutat Vella

María José Martínez, known for cooking with honey, pollen and honeycomb, holds one star at Plaza de Tetuán 18; her husband Juanjo Soria runs the room. Trazos is a midweek lunch menu; Pinceladas and Lienzo are the longer tasting menus. The Michelin Guide singles out squid with dashi and pickles.

It is open Wednesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner and on Sunday for lunch. Michelin puts it one band below the top.

Fraula, Eixample

The two founders of Fraula met in the kitchen of El Poblet in 2015 and opened their own place at Calle Cirilo Amorós 84 in December 2019; it holds one star in the 2026 guide. Its menus are among the best value on this list: Cebera at €74, Alfàbega at €99 and Fraula, 13 servings over two hours, at €135.

Bookings are taken only through the online engine, not by phone or email.

Kaido Sushi Bar, Mestalla

Japanese sushi chef Yoshikazu Yanome serves an Edomae-style tasting at a counter of about ten seats at Calle Xile 3. The restaurant holds one Michelin star. Booking requires a non-refundable deposit of €75, half the menu price.

There are two services a day. Children are not admitted.

Riff, Eixample

German-born chef Bernd Knöller has kept a Michelin star at Calle Conde de Altea 18 since 2010. Menus change daily with the market and feature rice and fish; there is a lunch menu, a tasting menu and a fixed-price carte. Jazz plays from a vinyl turntable in the room.

Michelin lists it as closed on Sunday and Monday; check prices when booking.

Casa Carmela, Malvarrosa

Open since 1922 at Calle Isabel de Villena 155, a few steps from the beach, Casa Carmela still cooks paella over orange-tree wood. Paella valenciana is made to order in limited quantities each day. Visit Valencia lists an average price of about €45.

It serves lunch only, 13:00 to 16:00 from Monday to Saturday. Book well ahead for weekends; a booking counts only once the restaurant confirms it.

La Pepica, Malvarrosa

La Pepica has served rice on the beachfront at Avenida Neptuno 6 since 1898. Ernest Hemingway ate here, and the house says its paella Pepica, with the shellfish already peeled, was first made for the painter Joaquín Sorolla.

It opens every day for lunch and dinner. Rice is made for two or more and takes at least 45 minutes; book by phone or online.

Casa Montaña, Cabanyal

This tavern at Calle José Benlliure 69 dates from 1836, and Emiliano García has run it since 1994. It is one of the oldest taverns in the former fishermen's quarter, and the order is tapas, tinned and fresh seafood and wine. Directo al Paladar puts the average spend at about €40.

Book through its website or by phone.

Navarro, Ciutat Vella

Cooking since 1951 at Calle Arzobispo Mayoral 5, near the town hall square, Navarro is run by the Bayarri sisters and their cousin, the third generation. Order paella valenciana, arroz al horno or fideuà, and book the day before if you want paella.

It opens for lunch only, Monday to Saturday from 13:00 to 16:00, and closes on Sunday.

Central Bar, Mercado Central

Ricard Camarena's market bar inside the Mercado Central serves sandwiches, tapas and the mid-morning esmorzaret to traders and visitors. It takes no bookings and the counter fills by mid-morning; guides put a visit at €10 to €30.

It opens Monday to Saturday from early morning until mid-afternoon and closes on Sunday, like the market.

Frequently asked questions about the best restaurants in Valencia

Does Valencia have a three-star Michelin restaurant? Not in the city. The closest is Quique Dacosta Restaurante in Dénia, about 100 km south. In Valencia, Ricard Camarena and Flores Raras hold two stars.

Where should I eat paella in Valencia? Casa Carmela and La Pepica on the beach, or Navarro in the centre. All three cook rice to order, and paella is served at lunch.

How much does a meal cost? From €10 to €30 at Central Bar to €250 for the longest menu at Ricard Camarena, before wine. Fraula's shortest menu, at €74, is the cheapest way into a starred room.

Which are open on Sunday? La Pepica opens every day and Lienzo serves Sunday lunch. Ricard Camarena, Riff, Navarro, Casa Carmela and Central Bar close on Sunday.

How we chose

Stars come from the Michelin Guide Spain 2026. Each of the best restaurants in Valencia on this list was checked against its own website, the Michelin Guide and Visit Valencia, and prices, opening days and booking methods were last checked on 17 October 2026. Where a restaurant does not publish its prices, we say so instead of guessing.