Hotel Balfagón

One of the best dining options if you’re visiting this charming town with its sloping streets and alleyways teeming with history. It features a tranquil terrace that occupies almost the entire street plus a tastefully arranged dining room on the first floor. The menu, traditional cuisine reinterpreted with contemporary sensibility, pays tribute to the regional flavours (such as Morella-style croquettes or Morella lamb slow-cooked over 14 hours, boned and accompanied by its juices) and is completed with a surprising tasting menu called Territorio. Themed events dedicated to wild mushrooms and t

Still haven't tried mantis shrimp? Well, look no further, because these Mediterranean crustaceans are all the rage, and here, during the season (February and March), they usually offer a themed menu.The restaurant is in an old restored flour mill and is now dedicated to the culture of locally sourced produce. It is no surprise that chef Vicent Guimerà is one of the bastions of Slow Food, which is based exclusively on local products and promotes both the circular economy and conscious cooking. The chef, who is quick to highlight the equidistant location between the sea and the mountains, rounds

A restaurant with a classic-cum-regional feel in the historic quarter of this walled town. Behind the attractive stone façade is a two-storey building, the upper floor of which is contemporary and functional and the lower one boasting an elegant rusticity. The chef enjoys working with locally sourced products, particularly game and red meats cooked on the wood grill. Its themed food days dedicated to wild mushrooms (November-December) and truffles (January-February) are particularly popular. The colourful paper figures on the stairs are a reminder of the famous El Sexenni festival, which is he

A magical journey through the flavours of Baix Ebre! This restaurant, located in a land of untold beauty, surprises with its location in the old stables, now modernised, of the beautiful resort of the same name, equipped with magnificent rooms and an impressive 200-year-old ficus tree (the roots of which are now firmly part of the structure of the building and the well). Here, chef Fran López continues to find inspiration in the natural bounty of the Ebro delta. On his menus (Clásico, Homenaje, and Más que un Homenaje), which this year mark their 20th anniversary, he offers traditional and cre

This family-run business, occupying an old farmhouse with a rustic charm and contemporary decorative detail, is firmly steeped in its surroundings and their natural bounty, as well as the history of Ulldecona. This is also demonstrated by its name, which refers to the millstones carved out of the local quarry.Chef Jeroni Castell, complemented by his son Pau, does everything possible to bring a sustainable approach to his dishes, which are based around the perfect balance that should exist between local provenance, technique and fun, showcasing those products that encapsulate the Terres de l’Eb

If you happen to have at your disposal an estate with plenty of history, an attractive small hotel (Tancat de Codorniu) surrounded by landscaped grounds, over 2,000 fruit trees (mainly orange, hence the name Citrus) and a large organic vegetable garden, you have the cornerstones of a project that is steeped in the local region.Here, the gastronomic cuisine comes courtesy of young chef Aitor López, who flies the flag for Mediterranean cooking that is based around locally sourced ingredients from the Ràpita fish auction and the Ebro delta, with a constant nod to Catalan and Valencian recipes tha

This small restaurant, located along a narrow street just a few metres from the Plaza Parroquial, provides the perfect opportunity to enjoy a true gastronomic experience. Rubén Miralles, the Castellón-born chef at the helm in the kitchen, showcases contemporary cooking that combines different trends with a non-zealous approach along with traditionally based dishes featuring top-quality ingredients. His aim is to take guests on a culinary journey from the local area (note his reinvented take on traditional recipes) to more globally inspired flavours that include forays into the cuisine of Arabi