Two Spanish restaurants, among the 10 best in the world
El Xato
, in La Nucia (Alicante), and
Martín Berasategui
, in Lasarte-Oria (Guipúzcoa), top the ranking of the
Best Luxury Restaurants in Spain
, according to the Travelers' Choice-The Best of The Best 2021 awards, of the Tripadvisor online platform, based on the opinions and comments of millions of travelers around the world about their experiences in all the places they visit, shared online. Both establishments have also been placed as the only two Spanish representatives among the 10 Best Elegant Restaurants on the planet, with the sixth and seventh position in the ranking, respectively.
The awards are based on the opinion posted by travelers on Tripadvisor over a 12-month period and reflect the Best of the Best based on service, quality, staff response, and customer satisfaction. Taking this data into account, the tourism platform uses an algorithm to determine which are the winners, in this case, of the first-rate restaurants that have impressed their guests.
El Xato
, a family business born more than 100 years ago in La Nucia (Alicante), has a Michelin star.
Led by chef Cristina Figueira, the Marina Baixa restaurant whose origin was a winery where wine was sold in bulk, presents a recipe book from Alicante and traditional dishes, reinterpreted and updated to the style and creativity of the cook.
For his part,
Martín Berasategui
, the space of the award-winning chef (he has 12 Michelin stars in his seven restaurants) in Lasarte (Guipúzcoa) is a modern and elegant place with three stars located in a farmhouse in the countryside that offers avant-garde signature cuisine with product from its own orchard of fruit trees and vegetables.
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In third position in the ranking is
Raíces
, the project of chef Carlos Maldonado, winner of the third edition of the MasterChef television contest, located in Talavera de la Reina (Toledo). The Michelin-starred establishment offers creative menus of local cuisine, introducing Asian ingredients.
El Celler de Can Roca
, the successful restaurant of the Roca brothers in Gerona, occupies the fourth place. Specializing in traditional Catalan cuisine, it has been twice considered the best in the world by
Restaurant Magazine
. With three Michelin stars, it also has more than 40,000 bottles of some 1,600 references in its huge cellar. In fifth position is the gastronomic space
Aticcook Bruno Ruiz
, located in the attic of
the designer Pepe Cabrera's
showroom
in Dénia (Alicante).
Its cuisine fuses tradition, technique and innovation, with the best raw materials.
Here is
the complete ranking of the 10 best luxury restaurants in Spain
, awarded in the Travelers' Choice-The Best of The Best 2021.
1. The Xato
Av. L'Es Excelencia, 3, La Nucia (Alicante).
Tel. 965 87 09 31.
2. Martín Berasategui
Loidi Kalea, 4 Lasarte-Oria (Guipúzcoa).
Tel. 943 366 471.
3. Roots
Rda.
del Cañillo, 3, Talavera de la Reina, (Toledo).
Tel. 671 42 21 15.
4. El Celler De Can Roca.
Carrer de Can Sunyer, 48, Gerona.
Tel. 972 22 21 57.
5. Aticcook Bruno Ruiz
Camí de La Bota, 13, Dénia (Alicante).
Tel. 678 30 43 87.
6. La Cabaña Macher Restaurant
Carretera Tías - Macher, 84, Macher (Las Palmas).
Tel. 650 68 56 62.
7. The Seve Díaz Workshop
Calle San Felipe, 32, Puerto de la Cruz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Tel. 822 25 75 38.
8. Enjoy
C. de Villarroel, 163, Barcelona.
Tel. 933 48 68 96.
9. Lopis Restaurant
Sta. Angela de la Cruz, 4, La Palma del Condado (Huelva).
Tel. 652 89 90 64.
10. Accés
Carrer d'Aribau, 55, Barcelona (temporarily closed).
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