Best Restaurants in Santiago for Authentic Cuisine

[koilife]

I have some very dear friends arriving in SdC on the Frances at the same time as my son and I are arriving from the Ingles. I'd like to take them out for a truly authentic Spanish cuisine experience (they've eaten exclusively pilgrim fare for the last 30 days).

I'd like to keep things somewhere in the 50€ per person range, but am willing to go higher for the right place. Of value would be a place that allows for variety and more smaller dishes, even samplers, rather than a large dishes that limit the range of what people can try.

Suggestions? Please include rationale or details.

 

[SYates]

For seafood http://www.restaurantesanclemente.com Even the pope has eaten there. Very tasty and friendly and well in your price range. Yummy! SY

 

[koilife]

Which pope?

 

[NualaOC]

These links were shared in other threads - hopefully they will give you some ideas:

http://www.trevorhuxham.com/2014/08/my-5-favorite-places-to-eat-in-santiago.html
http://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/the-10-best-restaurants-in-santiago-de-compostela/

Buen provecho!

 

[SabsP]

http://www.otragaluz.com/images/secciones/cartas_tragaluz/201511_carta_tragaluz.pdf

http://www.otragaluz.com/seccion.15.php

O Tragaluz at San Miguel dos Agros.

 

[Anemone del Camino]

http://dezaseis.com/
Con culler opened 4 months ago and offers refined meals.
Then there's the "pick your fish/seafood and have it prepared the way you like it" at the market, but for lunch.

 

[SYates]

Which pope?

As far as I remember the photos at the wall, it was Pope Benedikt. Buen Camino, SY

 

[psheehan]

My favourtite... amazing food... http://bodeguilladesanroque.com/en/portada/san-roque/

 

[Ahaj]

Not in the €50 price range but full of pilgrims, between the cathedral and the pilgrims office and with the most wonderful service and delightful cheap but oh so tasty food is Restaurante Tavara. Nothing but praise for the 3 meals I ate there. Once at €8.50 and twice splashing out at €14. Pretty much guaranteed to either have part of your Camino family walk in, be queuing outside or passing by on their way to or from the pilgrims office.

 

[koilife]

So, we ended up at Abastos 2.0 where they had essentially a tasting menu for the evening (it changes nightly). It was absolutely extraordinary, probably on the top 10 list of meals in my life. Our waiter was one of the family that owns and runs it. He explained each of the dishes and how to eat it (not obvious with a few of them).

All totaled, with the full meal, wine, and pre-meal drinks, I think we landed right around 40€ per person, possibly a bit more (my friends swiped the check before I knew what they were doing).

 

[NualaOC]

So, we ended up at Abastos 2.0 where they had essentially a tasting menu for the evening (it changes nightly). It was absolutely extraordinary, probably on the top 10 list of meals in my life. Our waiter was one of the family that owns and runs it. He explained each of the dishes and how to eat it (not obvious with a few of them).

All totaled, with the full meal, wine, and pre-meal drinks, I think we landed right around 40€ per person, possibly a bit more (my friends swiped the check before I knew what they were doing).

Duly noted for October! Thanks for the recommendation.