Girona · Spain
The Girona food cheat sheet
One page from Chef Amazing · November 2026
The dish to eat
A fried croissant-dough roll, filled with cold cinnamon and lemon pastry cream and rolled in sugar.
Best at Pastisseria Tornés, Carrer del Migdia. Get: A 100 g cream xuixo
Five places, and what to order
- Bar Normalbar · Plaça de l'Oli, Barri VellGet: The tortilla, gilda, croquettes and Girona beef tartare, then a Rocambolesc dessert
- Dit i Fetrestaurant · Carrer dels Calderers, Barri VellGet: Grilled pig's trotters with chanterelles and Comté, Girona beef croquettes
- Cipresaiarestaurant · Carrer de Bonaventura Carreras i Peralta, Barri VellGet: Seasonal small plates with a natural wine
- Mimoletfor tapes and small plates · Barri VellGet: Local products from the surrounding land
- Casa Heras at Palau Fugitfor rice and Costa Brava fish · Barri VellGet: Mediterranean dishes with local fish
The market
Covered market. Fish, meat, cheese, charcuterie, fruit and vegetables, over 60 stalls
The line worth it
RocambolescCarrer de Santa Clara
Get: baked apple ice cream
In season this November
Wild mushrooms, game and truffle · Xuixo de crema · Panellets
How it works here
Tip: Not expected. Leave the small change or round up, up to 5-10% for a great meal.
Book: Book sit-down dinners a few days out; pintxos and tapas bars are walk-in, so go bar to bar.
When locals eat: Lunch 2-4pm is the big meal; dinner starts at 9pm, 10 on weekends.