
Lunch outside Valencia is not understood. Or at least it is not interpreted as we do. The esmorzaret is a weekend ritual, a meeting point, a catch-up between friends, a tribute to gastronomy and many more things that would give us to write a book.
The thing is that in Valencia lunch is a tradition and so you do not have to go looking here and there where to find a good lunch, which bars make the biggest sandwiches or what sandwiches to order, we have prepared the definitive guide.
Lunch in Valencia is so popular that you come to identify the bars by their best known sandwiches, with homegrown recipes that you can only try if you have lunch there.
From now on this will be your bible of lunch in Valencia, a tradition that celebrates its unofficial day every March 16, as part of another Fallas event.
Bajoqueta Bar

The bar that served the definitive Valencian lunch sandwich this 2024, the Valencia Secreta, is a sure value for lunch any day of the week. Don’t miss the Topmussafes or the World Cup. In 2024 have been Cacau d’Or, along with the other restaruantes Gastroadictos group as Mistela, Cassalla and Cremaet.
📍 Cortes Valencianas, 15.
Casa Baldo
Casa Baldo 1915, of the Gastro Trinquet Group, has received the Amstel Cacau d’Or Special Award in 2024, with a recipe of free-range chicken, Iberian sobrasada omelette, brie cheese and a mayonnaise made from orange blossom honey.
📍 Carrer de Ribera, 5.
Ca Rakel
This bar in Poblats Marítims has been awarded the Cacau d’Or Especial 2023 prize by a jury of experts for its “Almussafes” sandwich and its promotion of the lunch culture.
📍 C. del Dr. Lluch, 9.
Pastoret de Náquera in Valencia

The famous XL bcadillos bar, Asador Pastoret de Náquera, has opened a new branch in the Mercado de la Imprenta, the largest gastronomic market in Valencia.
📍Calle de la Mascota.
Alenar

Start the weekend with a gourmet esmorzar in the center of Valencia. Alenar is a Mediterranean bodega that follows to the letter the tradition of esmorzar. With its gourmet lunch menu from Monday to Saturday you can choose snacks such as cuttlefish, brascada or figatells, accompanied by expense, drink and coffee.
🎫 Book your gourmet lunch with sandwich, expense, drink and coffee at Alenar.📍 Carrer de Martínez Cubells, 6.
Garden Brasas

This bar has it all for a good lunch. A quiet terrace with a playground nearby if you go with children. To that we add a menu with many references, but simple: two prices depending on the size (normal or XL). The normal lunch costs less than 9 euros and includes drinks, expenses and coffee.
📍 C/ de la Vall de la Ballestera, 43.
Nuevo Oslo Bar

It was awarded Cacau D’Or in 2022 for having one of the best bars in Valencia. It is a feast for the eyes to enter and see all the portions arranged on the counter for you to choose the combination you like the most at that moment. A new reference in Valencia.
📍 Carrer del Doctor Sanchis Sivera, 7.
Asador El Pastoret

For those who have a bottomless stomach, there are also sandwiches made to measure, such as the XXL del Pastoret. One of the bars in Valencia that serves sandwiches almost as big as your arm.
📍 Pí del Salt, 10, Naquera.
La Mesedora

The restaurant in Valencia where a robot serves you lunch. That is one of the main attractions of La Mesedora, besides the fact that it serves some amazing sandwiches. Undoubtedly, one of the best bars of the moment in Valencia province.
📍 Carrer Carnissers, 22, Algemesí.
La Cantina

Having lunch in the Ruzafa neighborhood is priceless. La Cantina de Ruzafa has become one of the best bars to have lunch in Valencia. Monday to Saturday from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and its price is 7 euros.
📍 Carrer del Literat Azorín, 13.
El Trocito del Medio

Next to the Central Market we can enjoy one of the best lunches in Valencia. If its terrace is full on Saturdays and it is difficult to find space inside, it will be for a reason. A classic for lunch in the center of Valencia.
📍 Carrer de Blanes, 1.
Mistela Bar

Bar Mistela is born with the soul of the bars of always, but without forgetting its present. Here homage is paid to the local produce and the Valencian orchard (barely 500 meters separate it from the premises), but the lunch recipes are reworked with modern and different proposals such as its revision of the traditional Almussafes(Topmussafes 2.0 with scrambled eggs, poached onion, ham and cheese) or one of the most demanded, the Copa del mundo with potato omelette, sausages and allioli.
📍 c/Riu Nervión, 11.
L’Institut
One of the latest discoveries in Riba-roja del Turia. The lunches here are a spectacle. And if you don’t believe us, the photo proves it.
📍 Calle Primero de Mayo, 65 (Ribarroja). More info.
Marvi

A Galician bar and Cacau d’Or 2017 award, which recognizes the best lunches in the Comunitat. 6.50 euros for a lunch, 50 cents more if you add a cremaet.
📍 Carrer dels Sants Just i Pastor, 14.
Casa Cent Duros

Another of the classics, also a Cacau d’Or 2017 award winner. It is in Borbotó, the esmorzar costs 5 euros (4 if you order half a sandwich). Watch out for their cremaet.
📍 Camí de Masarrojos 10 (Borbotó).
Bar Torrent
Their tortilla sandwich with eggplant, cheese and anchovies is simple, but one of the best we have tasted. It is in L ‘Eliana.
📍 Plaza del País Valencià, L’Eliana.
La Pergola
The mythical bar of the Alameda de Valencia is also a temple of lunch. The full price is around 5 euros. It does not open on Sundays.
📍 Paseo de la Alameda, 1.
Other bars
Bar Restaurante La Cooperativa ( Arxiduc Carles, 14).
La Piulà (Carrer de Borriana, 45)
Chaparral (Ctra. Barraix – Garbí, km. 2,2).
El Trinquet de Pelayo (Carrer de Pelai, 6)
Bar Ca Susito (C. Marines, 36, Vilamarxant)
Nou Racó de la Taronja (C. Moncada, 46119 Náquera)
La Fragua Gastrotime (Plz Manuel Granero 9)
Bar Cremaet(Avinguda del Port, 20)
El Baret de Javi (Plaça de Rojas Clemente, 1A)
Taberna Los Gómez (Carrer de Correus, 10)
La Bicicleta de Náquera (Aragón Street, 1)
Bar Anem Anant ( Carrer Jose María Haro, 19)
Bar La Utielana (Plaza Picadero de Dos Aguas, 3)
La Taula de Xuan (Carrer del Dr. Álvaro López, 41)
Taberna Valear (Carrer de Cirilo Amorós, 82)
Bar restaurant Rojas Clemente (Rojas Clemente Market)
Bar Cristóbal (Av. de Jesús Morante Borrás, 144)
La Bodeguita de Juancar (Sant Clement Street, 8)
Bar Mercat (Algirós Market, Valencia)
La Peseta (Carrer del Crist del Grau, 16)
Central Bar (Central Market, Valencia)
Bar Avenida (Avinguda de les Balears, 31)
Jimmy Bar (Av. del Camí Nou, 252A, Xirivella)
Los Arcos (Carretera CV-310, km. 6, Bétera)
Polígono VII Restaurant (Carrer de Massanassa, Silla)
Cassalla (Calle del Buen Orden, 19)
Types of sandwiches

Some sandwiches have code names. Or almost. These are some of the best, although you can always make your own combination with the ingredients you like best.
- Brascada: fried onion, grilled beef fillet and, sometimes, a few slices of hot Serrano ham on top.
- Chivito: grilled sirloin steak, bacon, cheese, tomato, lettuce, egg and a little mayonnaise.
- Almussafes: Pork sobrassada, caramelized fried onion and melted cheese.
- Blanc i negre: black pudding, two sausages and sometimes beans.
- Figatells: Meat balls made from lean meat and liver. Pine nuts and parsley are added.
Map of the esmorzaret from the hand of an expert.

One of those conversations that awakens hunger with @esmorzaret, the account that combines picaeta and brascada with the filter “Valencia”.
He has also recently created a map of the best lunches in Valencia with his personal recommendations.
Esmorzavant

This solidarity project brings together more than 80 locals affected by the floods of last October on a map that serves as a guide for the next “esmorzaret”.