The 11 best restaurants to eat in Santander

The pretty port city of Santander houses many delicious restaurants. Here are our best places to enjoy in the capital of Cantabria.

As soon as the foot is laid in Santander, one wonders why it is not more popular with international tourists. For this great city on the north coast of Spain is not lacking any assets. The first, not the least, being of course it opens on one of the most beautiful bays in the world.

Between its beaches and its large squares, Santander is a city where it makes it good to stroll around and sit down on the terrace. And it goes well: the city is full of nice restaurants! Although the sea is often honoured, local chefs also know how to surprise with creative or mixed cuisine.

Around the sea

Coquillages and crustaceans are on the programme in these essential restaurants of Santander.

1. Santander Veinte

Santander Veinte is a small unpretentious restaurant that first seduces with its warm atmosphere. Colored, as well decorated with fresh flowers and surfboards, the place is welcoming both day and night. This typical restaurant of Santander is above all a arroceria which serves great dishes of seafood rice to share with friends.

2. Querida Mar

Only for the pleasure of eating on the beach, Querida Mar is worth a visit. But this quality restaurant has nothing of a disappointing catcher-tourists. Indeed, the cuisine, both creative and accessible, and always healthy, is a success. The nicely presented plates reinvent local products and recipes, including fish, of course.

3. La Mulata

Recommended by the Michelin Guide, La Mulata is a 100% marine DNA restaurant, which bears the name of a crab. The classic decor immerses us from the outset in the atmosphere of a boat. And of course, the map celebrates fishing products, cooked with love and simplicity.

4. The Bombi

Also spotted by the Michelin Guide, La Bombi also knows how to highlight the products of the sea. In a traditional setting, it serves generous plates made of excellent quality products. This irreproachable quality makes this restaurant of Santander a local institution.

5. El Serbal

El Serbal is one of the best restaurants in Santander for a romantic dinner with eyes in the water. Located directly on the beach, this restaurant offers high-end experience and refined cuisine. The chef, Quinque Muñoz, delights his hosts with beautiful colorful plates focused on quality products. Because here we only serve seasonal products, fish of the day included. It should also be noted that the restaurant offers delicious original desserts that will make gourmets happy.

Creative cuisine

Place to inventiveness with these addresses orchestrated by daring chefs.

6. Casona del Judío by Sergio Bastard

If you want to give you a nice gift by dining in one of the best restaurants in Santander, the Casona del Judío is an excellent choice. Its first asset is its beautiful glass and wood room, which evokes a warm architect’s house. But the essentials are, of course, in the plate! Chef Sergio Bastard concocts innovative cuisine and tasting menus are a real explosion of flavors.

7. Daría

At Daría, everything breathes authenticity, refined. Very appreciated by the inhabitants of Santander, the restaurant bears the name of the grandmother of its chef and owner. It pays a nice tribute to quality products, sublimated by contemporary and tasty cuisine. In addition, he works in a real eco-responsible approach, since the products are organic and, for the most part, local.

8. Agua Salada

At the same time authentic and hull, this small restaurant in Santander does not lack charm. Between bistro chairs, candles and flowery cushions, the place has a unique atmosphere where you want to relax. On the plate side, Agua Salada offers a Spanish and Mediterranean cuisine revisited and always beautifully presented. Of course, the products of the sea occupy a good place, as in most restaurants of Santander.

Fusion

Santander also knows how to change us with a nice choice of restaurants influenced by the world's cuisines.

9. Cadelo

Behind the Klein blue facade of Cadelo hides a pretty contemporary room, enhanced with ethnic touches. This decor is in perfect harmony with the cuisine offered there, both modern, authentic and fusion. The plates are thought to be shared, and mix with great influences. Tacos with octopus with bao brioches and delicious cheesecake, fusion is successful!

10. Las Terrazas de Carmen

We often know Peruvian cuisine too little. Then why not take advantage of a stopover to Satander to (re)discover it? Indeed, Las Terrazas de Carmen is the perfect place for this. This small unpretentious restaurant offers cheerful and colorful dishes, including delicious ceviches. And for very accessible prices.

11. Nobrac Soulfood

As his name says so well, Nobrac is a place that has a soul. This small restaurant in Santander has local American bistros, and the atmosphere is relaxing and generous. From burgers to salads to accompaniments to share, we mix influences, always in good mood. It should also be noted that the place offers several burgers vegan, as well as gourmet desserts including an astonishing "birramisu" in the Guiness.

Santander's restaurants will treat you both for a quick lunch with friends and for great occasions. They will allow you to make the most of Santander: beaches, fishing products and good atmosphere in mind!