Restaurants in Valencia

In Valencia there are many restaurants with lovely dining-rooms; many of them are situated near the “Ciudad Vella” or by the beach. You will notice that most of them have dedicated some time to the decoration and ambient created to make it more welcoming.  As well as the city's most famous dish of Paella Valenciana which is served in traditional restaurants, international cuisine is becoming increasingly more popular and there are a number of Japanese, Italian, and Indian quality restaurants to discover and enjoy.

Every inhabitant of Valencia will probably tell you that Valencia is considered to be the home of paella in Spain. It is not surprising then that there are lots of restaurants in Valencia where you can eat paella. No matter what you will be doing you have to make sure you taste paella in one of the many restaurant situated in town or by the beach. In spite of the fact that paella is usually associated with seafood, the “paella of Valencia” is originally made with rice, rabbit, chicken, snails and vegetables. If you prefer fish then you can ask for a “paella de mariscos”( seafood paella), or a “paella mixta”(mixed paella) with fish and chicken.