La Cuineta — Restaurant in Tarragona

2025 update. Visited Tarragona again and we could not wait to eat at the restaurant. Visited twice. New food discoveries and menu items. As usual, carefully developed and explained. Posted photos. Familiar dishes like bacalao and new ones as well. Prices are up but they are up everywhere. Fixed price menu a good deal and offers five to six options, would be twice as much back home in NYC. Eating here is a pleasure. .....

We came all the way from New York to Tarragona because we wanted to visit the Roman ruins and this restaurant again. Visited in 2014. Still remember that meal. Now they have an outside terrace. In the heat of July might or might not be a better option than indoors. The fixed menu is 22 euros for lunch after 1pm on weekdays. In the morning A la carte breakfast from 8am. I had to ask for a hours fix on Google maps but they keep rejecting it. They close at 4 every day. Not open on Tuesday. I had the fresh codfish and the cannelloni. Both extraordinary in quality. Price include water bottle and bread and dessert. They serve only one kind of beer, had never had it before but I liked it. Good wine list and prices. Very busy, I recommend making a reservation. And three or four choices of homemade desserts. One of the best Restaurants I've been to. And I've posted hundreds of reviews...

Well, we went back again twice. Weekend inclusive menu is even more rich and sophisticated and a bit more euros (30). Well worth it. We don't know how she does it. Well, we do know because we chatted with her a few times, long hours, attention to detail and lots of pride. And we'll trained staff. Not even going to get into the menu options, every day and every week they change. If you love food...

It was one of my worst restaurant experiences.. I went there with 4 friends of mine. The interior is nice, vintage mirrors, old furniture. However, all started when the lady who took our order aproached our table. One of my friends was talking to another one, so the lady basically shooshed him with a gesture and started to take the orders. But it was still okay. They brought us some tapas and fresh bread at the very beginning. When one of the workers brough us a bottle of Cava, he basically took one of the breads with a napkin and left, explaining that we were 5 in total and the bread was 6 pieces. I could not believe that in a restaurant which is in the very center and has so many good reviews, one piece of additional bread would be a problem! Regarding the first dish - NOTHING to complain. The portion was very big, very fresh, tasty and appetizing. The main dish was okay. However, a friend of mine got a fish which was all covered by salt and spices in a away that it was not possible to eat: the salt was not absorbed by the fish, it was just almost...

Excelente menu con platos muy variados y productos de excelente calidad. Ambiente muy animado con grupos de todas las edades procedentes de los cruceros que llegan al puerto de Tarragona.

Excellent quality product and high cooking standards in a stylish old house attached to the Roman Wall in Tarragona’s historic centre. They own a cozzy terrace right in front of the Dom.

Celia, the owner, will attend you professionally and willingly. If you chat with her, she will let you know that she is the cook of the desserts that they offer.

Do not miss the ‘orange cream’, her invention. Really yummy with citrusy lightness.

I really recommend, if you have the chance, the pork ribs cook at slow temperature during many hours, amazing! If you like the artichokes, do not miss these ones with ‘Idiazabal’ cheese.

La Cuineta will be a constant during our visits...