Restaurants in Zaragoza

Zaragoza Restaurants

Zaragoza's local cooking is Aragonese cuisine which is one of the most straightforward and wholesome in Spain, with specialities including lamb and goat roasted on the spit, lamb and vegetable stew, las magras con tomate (slices of fried ham dipped in tomato sauce), bacalao al ajoarriero (cod with garlic and eggs), pollo a la chilindron (chicken in a cured ham sauce), recao (beans, potatoes and rice) and huevos al salmorejo (eggs with asparagus sauce). Make sure you try borrajas, a vegetable which can only be found in Aragon which is usually eaten with olive oil. Many menus have dishes featuring wild boar and pheasant.

Desserts range from fresh locally grown fruit grown to sweets like turrones, mostillo, roscones (ring-shaped cakes) and el guirlache(almond brittle). There is also an exotic "drunk" peach or pear cured in wine in the earthenware vats of Carinera.

Restaurants in Zaragoza

Aldaba
Calle Santa Teresa de Jesús, 26 50006
Tel: +34 976 557 203 Fax +34 976 557 203
Closed on Sunday evenings
Traditional restaurant, serving well priced specialities including terrine of foie gras with plums, wild mushroom stew with garlic and cheesecake with strawberry sauce.

El Mangrullo
Calle Francisco Vitoria, 19 50008
Tel. +34 976 214 929 Fax +34 976 237 095

Argentinian restaurant offering well cooked meat dished accompanied by good selection of Aragonese and Argentinean wines.

Los Borrachos
Paseo de Sagasta 64
Tel: +34 976 275 036.
Open daily 1:00-4:00pm and 8:00 pm-midnight. Reservations recommended

Los Borrachos is an old traditional restaurant which occupies a formal set of dining rooms near the centre of town. Dishes on offer include a combination platter of hake with lobster, wild boar with wine sauce, filet of beef with a pepper and cognac sauce and an asparagus mousse with strips of Serrano ham.

La Mar Restaurant
Plaza Aragon 12tl
Tel; +34 976 212 264
Mon-Sat 1:30-4:00pm and 9:00 pm-midnight. Reservations recommended

This is one of the top seafood restaurants in town with a menu which might include peppers stuffed with seafood mouse, sea bream baked in a salt crust, baked sea bream, turbot with clams, grilled hake or monkfish, grilled squid or shellfish soup. If you don not feel like fish then try the grilled beefsteak with several kinds of sauces.

Club Nautico
Paseo Echegaray y Caballero, s/n Zaragoza 50003
Tel: +34 976 293 400.

Club Nautico serves four different menus and the cod dish is highly recommended. There is an extensive wine list in this popular restaurant, which attracts locals and tourists.

Venta de los Caballos,
Carretera de Madrid Km 311,
Tel: +34 976 332 300

A stylish large restaurant serving traditional Aragonese fare with a good wine list.

Aragonia Paradis
Calle Casa Jimenez, s/n 50004 Zaragoza.
Tel. +34 976 794 243 / Fax +34 976 232 519.

Located in the Hotel Palafox in downtown Zaragoza, this restaurant was designed by the avant garde artist Pascua Ortega. It offers seasonal dishes based on traditional Mediterranean cuisine and has a wine cellar which contains some of the best wines from the region.

Bar Arranque
c/ Jordan de Urries 5.

A must if you love traditional Spanish music. This bar serves 27 varieties of tapas and an excellent selection of Aragonese wines.

La Rinconada de Lorenzo
Calle La Salle 3
Tel: +34 976 555 108
Open daily noon-4:00 pm and 8:00-11:30pm Closed Mondays in July and August. Reservations required.

One of the best restaurants in town serving unusual dishes including fried rabbit with snails. Oven-roasted lamb or lamb hock can be ordered in advance but lamb skewers are always available. Fresh fish is always on the menu here: hake, grilled sole, sea bream and salmon, and veal is featured heavily with wild boar and veal ribs, as well as meatballs in a bean stew. Desserts are all homemade.

Risko Mar
Calle Francisco de Vitoria 16-18
Tel: +34 976 225 053
Open Monday-Saturday 1:30-3:30pm and 9:00-11:30pm.
Closed Aug and Easter. Reservations recommended.

One of Zaragoza's most consistent restaurants located in a 1970s building in the busy commercial zone, a short walk from El Corte Inglés Department store and lots of other shops and boutiques. Specialities include fresh fish, pork, veal, and beefsteaks as well as a roast suckling lamb prepared with herbs and vegetables. Merluza Risko Mar (hake served with fresh clams, baby eels, and green sauce) is a celebrated house specialty.

Getting around in Zaragoza

If you are planning to explore the area outside of the city centre and play some golf or go to some of the more out of the way places then you might consider hiring a car. There are a number of car hire firms based at Zaragoza Airport who will be pleased to have a vehicle awaiting your arrival. This also cuts down on transfer costs for you and your family.

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