Meeting up with friends and having a vermouth with some ‘tapas’ in front of the sea, sitting comfortably on the promenade of a port and enjoying the pleasant Mediterranean climate while watching the fishing boats arrive, asking for a table on the terrace of a golf club and enjoying the wonderful views, sharing a good meal with the family in a good restaurant in El Maresme… There are so many fun plans that can be enjoyed in the Barcelona area.
The gastronomic offer of El Maresme is based on Mediterranean cuisine and local products: vegetables, fish, fruit and top quality wine produced in local wineries.
In El Maresme we can find a great variety of gastronomic offer: from family-run bars where delicious dishes are still prepared with great care every day, signature restaurants where you can taste original dishes of refined cuisine recommended by the Michelin Guide, or beach bars where relax drinking a freshly prepared mojito while watching a beautiful sunset.
The Maresme region has an amazing gastronomy, which can be tasted in each of its charming coastal towns
El Portinyol
It receives the name from the French, small port. Located in an exceptional area of the port of Arenys de Mar, in a building from 1950.
Currently, after a comprehensive reform, the restaurant has extraordinary spaces with privileged views of the sea where you can enjoy its gastronomic offer.
It offers the ideal environment to celebrate any event – private meetings, coffee breaks, special events, weddings. They have different types of rooms to be able to organize an event in a personalized way.
Specialty in fish, shellfish and rice.
Zona Portuaria, 08350 Arenys de Mar
Phone: (+34) 93 131 11 00
https://www.elportinyol.com/
Hispania
Traditional Catalan cuisine in a minimalist glass-enclosed dining room in the middle of a garden with trees.
For more than 60 years, this restaurant has received numerous celebrities for its excellent quality cuisine, and for having had Michelin stars for many years.
It offers local and seasonal cuisine based on stews and fish.
The kitchen recipes are typical of Catalan tradition, far from fashion, and are inherited from the recipe book of the restaurant’s matriarch. It is also faithful to seasonal products and products that come from the sea.
Prepared tasting menus
Camí Ral 54, 08350 Arenys de Mar
Phone: (+34) 93 791 03 06
https://www.restauranthispania.com/
Can Majó
Pictures of marine inspiration decorate this restaurant specializing in soupy rice and fish from the market.
Varied menu, market and seafood in a pleasant atmosphere and the possibility of enjoying elaborate dishes with local products to satisfy the most demanding palates. Among its specialties, the squid “a la bruta” stands out, you have to try its lobster and also its homemade desserts that are irresistible.
Passeig de Ronda 5, 08350 Arenys de Mar
Phone: (+34) 93 792 31 54
https://www.facebook.com/CanMajo/
Blau de Mar
On the seafront, located in an old Indiana house from the beginning of the 20th century. Architecture is also part of the gastronomic experience.
The air of the port and the essence of the Mediterranean have inspired the renovation of the 1910 house that today houses the restaurant. A building with several interior dining rooms, terraces and spaces reserved for groups or company celebrations.
Mediterranean gastronomy and the product of the territory. Closeness, sustainability and slow food are the maxims that define his kitchen.
Squid, sea bream, sons, anchovies, cuttlefish, monkfish and bonito are some of the products that arrive from the Arenys de Mar fish market to his kitchen.
Peas and strawberries from Maresme are the protagonists of various gastronomic days in which they participate, offering their customers these products at the best moment of the season.
The meats and sausages they serve come from the Lleida Pyrenees, specifically from Cal Tomàs; a butcher and delicatessen with a long family tradition located in La Pobla de Segur.
Passeig Xifré 2, 08350 Arenys de Mar
Phone: (+34) 93 158 60 65
https://www.blaudemar.cat/
Mas Taxonera
The most traditional food in Catalonia, with the most exquisite food in Argentina.
Top quality meats, with great flavor, cooked on the grill, accompanied with the most natural and ecological vegetables.
Located in the center of town, with a children’s area where the little ones can enjoy, exclusive parking for customers and small corners where you can discover part of the history of the town and the farmhouse.
Personalized menus for the perfect occasion.
Private rooms to enjoy in privacy.
Baptisms, communions, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, parties…
Carrer de les Doedes 1, 08350 Arenys de Mar
Phone: (+34) 93 792 52 20
https://www.mastaxonera.com/
Giò & Pòsit
Italian restaurant by the sea in the port, an excellent opportunity to taste the best dishes of Italian and Mediterranean gastronomy.
Open for more than twenty years.
They offer to choose between two menus, one typical of traditional Italian cuisine and another menu based on fresh fish from Kilometer 0, from the Lonja de Arenys de Mar.
Italian, Neapolitan, Tuscany food.
Special diets: Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.
Large and sunny terrace with views of the port.
Port d’Arenys c/Port 1B, 08350 Arenys de Mar
Phone: (+34) 93 792 41 34
https://www.restaurantegioposit.com/
Banys Lluís
Family restaurant, they are the fourth generation and more than 100 years of experience. Pleasant decoration with fishing nets and marine motifs, a place with incredible views of the sea. A unique place, with a lot of charm, ideal for celebrating parties and ceremonies.
Specialists in paellas and fideuás, with fish from the market, local products, with a marine character. To highlight the sweet lobster rice.
Moll de la Ribera s/n Carretera del Port, 08350 Arenys de Mar
Phone: (+34) 93 760 06 97
https://www.facebook.com/BanysLluis/?locale=es_ES
Vermutast
Wines, beers, cavas, vermouths.
Cold kitchen, cakes, empanadas. Great variety of cans to make the vermouth. Highlight its excellent tapas, tripe, shrimp and cod omelettes, Galician octopus, croquettes and sausage tables.
An exceptional place to have a drink with good music.
It has a terrace.
Carrer d’en Riera 20, 08350 Arenys de Mar
Phone: (+34) 93 138 38 93
http://www.vermutast.cat/