Repsol recently announced their New Guide for Spain and Portugal Restaurants 2016! But! – I hear you say – “Didn’t we just have the New Michelin Guide for Spain and Portugal 2016 announced?”
The answer is YES! The New Michelin Guide for Spain and Portugal 2016 was presented in November and offers us 174 Michelin Starred Restaurants in Spain and 14 Michelin Starred Restaurants in Portugal for 2016.
So – you ask – “What is the Repsol Guide? and what do they award?”
Well, for over 35 years Repsol has been highlighting the best restaurants in Spain and Portugal, and similar to Michelin, every year, awards the best restaurants and publishes the New Guide. While Michelin awards Stars, Repsol awards Suns.
The Repsol Suns, as the Michelin Stars, are prestigious distinctions, a symbol of culinary excellence awarded to the best restaurants and chefs in Spanish and Portuguese gastronomy. It is no surprise, therefore, to find lots of Michelin stars shining in the Repsol Guide. The highest accolade is 3 suns, then 2, then 1 – Just like Michelin.
However, Repsol is a little more generous than Michelin and offers a total of 476 restaurants in Spain (36 with Three Suns, 147 with Two Suns and 293 with One Sun) and 88 restaurants in Portugal (7 with Three Suns, 21 with Two Suns and 60 with One Sun)
As you can imagine, with 564 Repsol Sun Restaurants between Spain and Portugal 2016, that’s a looooooooog list. So here are the REPSOL 3 SUN RESTAURANTS FOR SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 2016 (36 in Spain and 7 in Portugal compared with 8 Michelin Three Star restaurants in Spain 2016 and 0 Michelin Three Star Restaurants in Portugal 2016 ):
SPAIN 2016 – Three Soles “3 Suns” Restaurants
ABaC – Michelin 2* – Barcelona
Akelarre – Michelin 3*- Donostia/San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa
Aponiente – Michelin 2* – El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz
Arzak – Michelin 3* – Donostia/San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa
Atrio – Michelin 2* – Cáceres
Azurmendi – Michelin 3* – Larrabetzu, Bizkaia
Cabaña Buenavista [NEW] – Michelin 1* – El Palmar, Murcia
Can Jubany – Michelin 1* – Calldetenes, Barcelona
Sant Pau – Michelin 3* – Sant Pol de Mar, Barcelona
Casa Gerardo – Michelin 1* – Prendes, Asturias
Cenador de Amós – Michelin 1* – Villaverde de Pontones, Cantabria
Coque – Michelin 2* – Humanes de Madrid, Madrid
Dani García – Michelin 2* – Marbella, Málaga
DiverXo – Michelin 3* – Madrid
Dos Cielos – Michelin 1* – Barcelona
El Celler de Can Roca – Michelin 3* – Girona
El Portal – Michelin 2* – Ezcaray, La Rioja
Etxebarri (Asador) – Michelin 1* – Atxondo, Bizkaia
Hispània – Arenys de Mar, Barcelona
Kabuki Wellington – Michelin 1* – Madrid
L’Escaleta – Michelin 1* – Cocentaina, Alicante
La Terraza del Casino – Michelin 2* – Madrid
Martín Berasategui – Michelin 3* – Lasarte-Oria, Gipuzkoa
Mugaritz – Michelin 2* – Errentería, Gipuzkoa
Nerua – Michelin 1* – Bilbao, Bizkaia
O’Pazo – Madrid
Quique Dacosta Restaurante – Michelin 3* – Dénia, Alicante
Ramón Freixa – Michelin 2* – Madrid,
Ricard Camarena – Michelin 1*- Valencia
Rodero – Michelin 1* – Pamplona, Navarra
Santceloni – Michelin 2* – Madrid
Sergi Arola – UPDATE: CLOSED in September 2016 – Sot (part of his restaurant which is Michelin 2*) – Madrid
Solla – Michelin 1* – San Salvador de Poio, Pontevedra
Vía Veneto – Michelin 1* – Barcelona
Zalacaín – Madrid
Zuberoa – Michelin 1* – Oiartzun, Gipuzkoa
PORTUGAL – Three Soles “3 Suns” Restaurants
Belcanto – Michelin 2* – Lisbon
Feitoria – Michelin 1* – Lisbon
Fortaleza do Guincho – Michelin 1* – Cascais, Lisbon
Il Gallo D’Oro – Michelin 1* – Funchal, Madeira
Ocean – Michelin 2* – Armação de Pêra, Algarve
Sâo Gabriel – Michelin 1* – Almancil, Algarve
Vila Joya – Michelin 2* – Albufeira, Algarve
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