This is a pretty upscale Furanco with a very nice outdoor seating area under an enormous tree. The…read moretapas are good Galician varieties and good house wines in red and white. Finish off the meal with an Aguardiente (various types) and a cheese and membrillo plate. There is also a large grass area for kids to run and play. Also suitable for sitting on a blanket and enjoying a glass of wine, the grass is thick and comfy!

Great service, sat in someone special table and the food was scrumptious! Would recommend going…read morethere for special occasion

A wonderful cozy ambiance restaurant in high-vaulted former stables of the Hostal dos Reis…read moreCatólicos. This is the Paradors main restaurant that prepares Galician fish, seafood and variety of meat. They have a reasonable selection of regional wines that complement their menu selections. We enjoyed sharing different fish entrees and appetizers along with desert.

This review concludes our Camino de Santiago saga. After our Finisterre/Muxía excursion, our last…read moremeal in Galicia would be at A Noiesa. For our party of seven, we had to split into two groups so we could be seated with minimal wait. Alcachofas Crocantes Con Labras De Xamón Ibérico - Sometimes we had to order a veggie dish and it becomes an easy choice when there's meat involved. Can't go wrong here with the Iberian ham. The crispness of the artichokes was amazing. Fideos Negros De Sepia Da Ría Con Alioli - This was our first time having fideo and we were glad they had the squid ink variety on their menu. I would have preferred it to be a bit drier, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. It had plenty of cuttlefish and green peas and a nice dollop of aioli. Zamburiñas Á Prancha - These were the biggest scallops that we've had all week. They were grilled and torched at the top for an even better char flavor. Solombo De Vaca Premium (200 grams) Con Verduriñas Salteadas E Patacas - A 7-oz. cut of their premium beef tenderloin, grilled medium, and lightly sprinkled with coarse salt. Very soft and tasty that made it a sin having to split the meat four ways. It was served with sautéed vegetables and potatoes. Entrecosto De Vaca Premium (300 grams) Con Verduriñas Salteadas E Patacas - A bigger cut of their premium beef sirloin and came with sautéed vegetables and potatoes also. It came out precut into bite-sized slices so it was easier to share. It was perfectly grilled too, but the texture of the solombo got my vote. Food this good was the fitting end to our once-in-a-lifetime accomplishment. The mom-owner was very kind and accommodating which made our final Galician meal even better. Our group of seven had to part ways early the next day so we said our goodbyes after dinner. It was Lisbon and Porto for the others while my wife and I were headed to the Andalusian region. Fun times... Good adventures... Great friends... ¡Hasta pronto!

Love the menu choices and reasonably priced. Frequented by a lot of Pilgrims. Sit down service and…read moretake away available.

Sometimes you turn a corner and suddenly you find what you have been looking for your whole life,…read moreor at least what you have been looking for to satisfy a lifelong itch. San Jaime has satisfied some deep seated seafood craving in me. Galicia is a seafood powerhouse and everywhere in Santiago there seem to be places ready to satisfy your deepest cravings for seafood. However, hidden away in this little corner of flowing cyclamens one finds a Wondrium of the Sea! Delicious seafood: barnacles, razor clams, prawns, lobster, and crab. The service is warm and hospitable. The booze is free flowing, tasty, and peculiar with a selection of local Galician liqueurs, incl. The basic white (grows hairs on your nipples), herbal (with local Galician herbs and way too easy to drink), and coffee (a shot of espresso with an alcoholic punch). Top it all off with the Banofi Banana and Caramel dessert and you are ready for your Northern Siesta. Santiago de Compostela, come for the pilgrimage but stay for the seafood. All your sins will most certainly be absolved.

Overall it's not bad if you want to be treated like a tourist. We ordered at the same time as some…read morelocals and got no tapa with our drink. The ambiance is nice but treating different locals/visitors is really something that they should look into.

This restaurant is casual yet it could be a bit more relaxed. Do try the langostinos with passion…read morefruit as well as the solomillo, both dishes were great. The albóndigas were underwhelming and I couldn't tell there was foie in them at all.

One of the culinary highlights on my last visit to Santiago. Went for lunch and tried, between me…read moreand my boyfriend, the dishes from the daily menu - 2 starters, 2 mains, plus dessert. And this was definitely a very good choice, as everything seemed to be very fresh - they are located just across a public market, after all - and well prepared. The seasonality of their menu is paired perfectly with modern, inspired flavours, but it also respects those things that time established and perfected: good cheeses, a beautiful wine menu and, for me one of the most crucial details, good, freshly baked bread, that they slice in your view. And the space itself is gorgeous, ample and contemporary, with a bold use of proportion and color. There's also the convoluted, yet extremely comfortable, furniture. Truly nice architecture and interiors work, enhanced by the jazzy music. The staff is knowledgeable about the food and has an easygoing, elegant way of making you feel welcome. My only reservation about the whole experience was the portion size: some dishes were very generous while others were quite small, and this wasn't from a tapas menu. We were sharing everything so that wasn't a problem at the time. Very good value overall and I hope that it's still around next time I'm in Santiago.

Incredible food! Great service! Wonderful ambiance! We had the two appetizers, tomatoes & avocado…read moreand the mackerel ceviche. Both excellent. We order the pig checks, the chicken raviolis and the steak tips. All were to die for! I would eat any of those over and over again. If you are in the area it's an incredible place.

Expensive, nothing to talk about . Service wasn't the best and food .... Well , nothing to talk…read moreabout it

Enxebre is one of the 2 Restaurants located within the Parador De Reis Catolicos. It's casual and…read morehas the feel of a Galician Tavern. You can also enter directly from the Plaza do Obradoiro (e.g., Cathedral Square). After our long drive up from Portugal's Douro Valley and confusing directions on how to get to the Parador, it was great to sit down for a relaxing lunch, in a welcoming atmosphere, and good service. We opted for a series of Galician appetizers and enjoyed everything. And for a Hotel restaurant and a steep exchange rate, prices were not out of line.

Another of my favourites in my home town!! It's name comes…read morefrom a blend between basque (pintxo, meaning tapa ) and Galician (viño meaning wine) This place is a combination of tapas and frat local and international wines. I normally go there to have a drink before lunch, and enjoy one of they tapas. I highly recommend the tostas of their revueltos, but do not hesitate to ask as they will always give you advice. If you are not very hungry, don't you worry as you will get some free food with your drink. They have a small sitting area outside overlooking the square that tend to be packed when the sun if out. Prices are not very high making this place great value for money!

Got the tosta de pulpo (octopus toast) and the solomillo al Roquefort. Both were good. I ordered…read morethe house Rioja crianza red wine and a red from Ribera del Duero. Not impressed with either, and served at too warm a temperature, they were a bit warmer than room temperature but still alright. In general good ambience and located una really adorable plaza in Pontevedra.

Came here for dinner after camino. I had polbo a grella. It was tender and delicious. Staff were…read morehelpful with recommendation. I wish I have friends here so I can taste other food. I would like to visit here when I come back to Santiago.

Exceedingly mediocre Galician restaurant catered to tourists…read more  Although I stayed in Santiago a mere weekend, I enjoyed delectable Galician cuisine in the quaint establishments around town. Not here. Eating our way around Spain, my friend and I were thrilled to try a highly-rated restaurant our first night in Santiago. Instead, we found disappointment. We were seated in the basement since there was private event on the ground floor. The décor is Galician (read: medieval). Stone walls and wood furniture, plus sparse lighting, transports you to a tavern millennium back. The vivacious ambiance warmed the crisp evening. Around us, groups of pilgrims celebrated the end of a long trip. Our waiter greeted us with a hefty tourist menu that proffered endless dishes in multiple languages. We ordered lightly, having partook a five-course tasting lunch.   = Food =   Galician king scallop (€4.80): Baked scallops au gratin with breadcrumbs and white wine sauce. Supposedly. Meager scallops coupled with meager flavoring makes for a dish so ordinary it is resistant to critique. Was the scallop fresh and juicy? No idea. Was the sauce balanced and complementary? Who knows. We did not finish this shadow of a proper baked scallop. Grilled razor shells (€15): Navajas cooked with white wine, paired with lemon. We were both obsessed with razor clams (known as navallas or navajas). These clams were juicy, with a moderately chewy consistency. Regrettably the faint fishiness and the gunky guts detracted our enjoyment. The lemon slice helped somewhat. Padrón peppers: These small green peppers are one of my favorite dishes in Spain. The coalition of the sweet green flesh, the bitter white filaments, the picante seeds, and the light dust of salt, is irresistible. The peppers were good, but extraordinarily over-salted. The Spanish tend to salt more than Americans, but never had I needed to swab the salt off before eating each of these. Panna cotta: average. Flan: good consistency and egg flavor. Could use stronger caramel and lower baking temperature for a smoother texture, but otherwise adequate. Mousse crumble: not sure exactly what this dish was, as it was mis-delivered (in place of the panna cotta). Once we informed our waiter of the mistake, he quickly brought us the panna cotta and let us keep this mousse. It was a heavy for my taste.   = Verdict = This restaurant was likely popularized by the NYT feature nine years ago. Spirited ambiance and large menus make this restaurant a good spot for big groups. But falls short for foodies looking to savor good Galician cuisine.

Pestiscos do Cardeal is a tapas restaurant in old town Santiago de Compostella. It conveniently…read moreopens for dinner at 7:00 p.m. rather than the customary 8:00 p.m. Spanish dinner hour. The menu is full of temping items. Be aware that each tapas item portion is sizable enough for sharing. (We had tapas in Barcelona where a selection was an individual serving. Perhaps the Catalonian and Galician ways with tapas differ.) I think three selections here would be sufficient for two people. The menu is in Spanish. One of the waiters could interpret some of the selections, but even a limited ability to read and order in Spanish was a definite plus. We ordered bread (Plato de Pan), Flauta Lomo con Queso, Flauta Bacon-Queso, Tapa de Chorizo Ibérico, Tapa de Jamón Ibérico and Huevos a la Cazuela. This order was delicious! But, it turned out to be a feast and would have been enough for four persons. Still, it was quite reasonably priced at about 33 Euro. The Huevos a la Cazuela was the most interesting. It is what I would describe as a skillet dish or a casserole with a baked egg on top. Very shareable or nearly a meal in itself! The Flauta in Spain is a sandwich made on a thin baguette. (Similar to, but shorter than a Bocadilla.) A Spanish Flauta is a sandwich, not the same as a Flauta in Mexican cuisine. Arriving at 7:00 p.m.there was lots of seating. By the time we left, the restaurant was quite full. Highly recommended, but come early!

Excellent service. Excellent food we had a group of eight people. The food came fast and hot. The…read moreportion sizes were appropriate and the flavors were excellent. Recommend the red wine will definitely return when in town. You can't go wrong eating here very enjoyable