Rías Gallegas · Calle Cirilo Amorós 4. Tel. 96 352 5111 Typical Galician cuisine in a traditional setting with fantastic ambience and an ample wine cellar to choose from. Their speciality is luxury seafood imported from the atlantic coast. ****

La Reina de Canovas · Plaza de Canovas 1 tel: 671 631 314 This smart new Tapas Bar and restaurant offers excellent food both in the restaurant or at the long bar, where a constantly changing line of Pinchos and montaditos are on offer. The chef here is the talented Jim Harris and he has put together a really inventive menu that looks at old favourites on the Spanish menu and brings something new to them. Lunch every day is a bargain with a new menu daily at only 12€. **Editors choice

Las Lunas · C/Ciscar 35 tel: 662 047 091 Open all day as a bar in the morning and restaurant at lunch at dinner. The food here is excellent. International menu leaning towards Italian. You can choose to eat at the bar or in the attractive restaurant.***Editors choice

Riff · Calle Conde Altea, 18. Tel. 96 333 5353 This sparsely decorated modern restaurant has an excellent reputation thanks to the owner and chef Bernd Knoller who is always in residence. The famous chef is renown for taking his food seriously and imaginatively prepares the very best of Mediterranean ingredients . As always, we recommend the menu de degustación for amazing food that just keeps on coming. ****Editors choice

MercatBar · Joaquín Costa 27 tel: 96 374 8558 Quique Dacosta has long been renowned for his restaurant in Denia. Now he has opened two new restaurants in Valencia, this one, Mercatbar, is a glass-fronted local with a long bar where chefs prepare market fresh food in front of the diners. There are tables towards the back of the room for more leisurely dining. Price quality ratio is excellent and the bustling atmosphere is lovely. ***Editors choice

El Rincon de Roberto · Calle Conde Altea, 35. They describe it as a cafe-bar, but we think its more like a bistro-bar. Always busy at lunchtime, with the terraza overflowing. A great, inexpensive place to visit for a quick and filling spanish meal. *

La Taska Sidreria · C/ Conde Altea, 39 tel: 963 819 444 and Avda. Valladolid, 5 tel: 963 697 700 Asturian cider is usually poured from a height into a glass held low behind the waiter's beck. Here it is served from a little model waiter with a bottle upside down on its back - press a button and it dispenses the cider with just enough air in it. You don't understand? You'll have to visit La Taska to see what I mean. A lively and, at times, noisy Northern Spanish taberna that serves all the traditional dishes from the region, Octopus, cod, sausage and the ubiquitous Cider, of course. ***Editors choice

Don Salvatore Italiano · C/ Conde de Altea, 41. Tel. 96 373 1117 This huge Italian restaurant has been a favourite with the Valencia football team and the creme de le creme of the city for years now. With over 40 pizzas to choose from, and another 50 other dishes, steaks, solomillos, spicy beef, huge salads with fruit and cheeses. Everything and anything Italian! A welcoming, classy Italian restaurant where a good meal with wine comes to about 18 Euros. Great for groups and a discerning option for couples looking for something fun and Italian. Being the most famous IT restaurant in the community of Valencia be sure to reserve your table! **Editors choice

Thai Gardens · C/ Joaquín Costa, 26 tel:963 336 613 . It took a long time but this beautiful thai restaurant finally opened a branch in Valencia. It was well worth the wait. It is like sitting in a long house in Thailand. The service is delightful and the food is superb. Ingredients are said to be shipped fresh from Bangkok on a weekly basis. ***Editors choice

Peperoncino · Calle Maestro Gozalbo,29. Tel 96 373 2254 A trendy fast food type of Italian that specialises in slices of pizza and focacce. Tables inside and out and fills up quickly, a good chose for a quick dinner or lunch. *

Sale & Pepe · Calle Joaquin Costa,61. Tel. 96 395 9054 Owned by the same people as the renowned La Botega Dell Ozio, Sale & Pepe is an original Italian restaurant that offers a large range of delicious authentic pizzas. With over 30 wines to choose from to accompany your meal, and a large selection of salads, you'd be pushed to not find something you like. *

Il Ghiottone · Calle Císcar, 34. Tel. 96 333 1715 Another Italian in the canovas area, been open for a while now, try to remember to take advantage of the free bottle of Lambrusco or 20% discount offered Monday to Friday lunchtime. *

Istanbul · Calle Salamanca,15 Tel. 96 395 0075. This small Turkish restaurant serves terrific home made food, for under 10 euros you can eat bread, kebab, kofte and turkish pizza, they have a huge menu offering everything and anything Turkish, and we recommend the shoarma. The staff here speak French, English, Turkish and Spanish and are more than friendly. *

Aire latino · Calle de marti, 20. Tel. 96 333 1129 A small Colombian eatery that serves tasty typical food and liqueurs and offers live Colombian music. *

Rincon Gaucho · Conde Altea, 51. Tel. 96 328 09 81 Open nights only, this rustic Argentinian restaurant is known for its generous portions, gorgeous meats and friendly staff. **

Sushi and Tapas · C/Salamanca 10 tel: 96 061 7874 Just what it says on the sign, a very clever mix of sushi and tapas.***Editors choice

Ao Yama · Calle Joaquín Costa,3. Tel. 96 374 89 43 A small and modest typical Japanese restaurant, that offers set menus at a reasonable price. **

Fresco · Calle Felix Pizcueta, 6. Tel. 96 310 6388 This huge industrial-sized buffet restaurant, will set you back around 10 euros, and force you to eat and eat and eat. Miles and miles of fresh salads, pizzas, meats, pastas, fresh breads, puddings, ice cream machine, fresh fruit, and all the tea and coffee you can handle. Fresco is the perfect answer to a moaning stomach! *

A LITTLE FURTHER OUT

Ca'Sento · Calle Mendez Nuñez, 17 tel: 96 330 1775 Chef Raul Alexandre, something of a celebrity in Valencia, took this restaurant over from his parents after having trained with the legendary Ferran Adria and transformed it from a great restaurant into a truly great one. He still offers his mother's signature dishes, though they now have his special touch. A recently redesigned interior now means that you read less about the decor, than about the food. Ca'Sento specializes in seafood and market fresh fish. It is still located where it has always been, off the Avenida del Puerto, now a slightly more gentrified area than in the past.

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