Restaurant in Mazaricos, Spain
Surprise menu, greenhouse produce, serious value.
Landua is a Michelin Plate-recognised restaurant in rural Mazaricos, Galicia, run by a young couple out of a converted stone farmhouse with its own greenhouse garden. At the €€ price tier, it serves a fixed surprise tasting menu built around house-grown vegetables and local coastal ingredients. A strong pick for a special occasion meal in the Galician countryside, with a 4.8 Google rating from 211 reviews backing up the consistency.
Book Landua if you want a genuinely considered meal in rural Galicia at a price point that makes the experience feel like a windfall. This is a Michelin Plate-recognised restaurant run by a young couple out of a converted stone farmhouse, serving a surprise tasting menu built around vegetables, coastal ingredients, and produce from their own greenhouse. At the €€ price tier, it delivers a quality of intention and execution that most restaurants in this bracket do not come close to. If you are making a special trip into the Galician countryside and want to anchor it around a meal worth remembering, Landua earns that call.
The setting alone makes Landua a deliberate destination. The restaurant occupies a restored stone house in the rural municipality of Mazaricos, in the A Coruña province of Galicia. The dining room itself was formerly a stable, now converted into a space that holds onto the character of its original structure while functioning as a proper restaurant environment. The approach road runs partly alongside the Santa Uxia reservoir, which means the journey there is part of the experience in a practical, not figurative, sense.
What Landua offers is a fixed surprise menu, which means you are handing control of the meal to the kitchen. That is a format that works here because the kitchen has a clear point of view: vegetables are the centre of gravity on the plate, supplemented by ingredients drawn from the nearby coast and the surrounding meadows. The restaurant operates its own greenhouse and vegetable garden on-site, which gives the menu a coherence that does not depend on supplier relationships or seasonal logistics in the same way a city restaurant does. When the kitchen grows it, it controls it.
The Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 is a meaningful signal at this price level. The Plate designation indicates that Michelin inspectors found the cooking to be consistently good, and in a region with serious culinary competition, that carries weight. Galicia is not short of strong restaurants, and for a rural operation at the €€ price point to hold Michelin attention across consecutive years suggests the kitchen is doing something with discipline and focus, not just novelty. The Google rating of 4.8 from 211 reviews reinforces the consistency picture: a high score from a substantial sample in a rural location suggests that guests are arriving with appropriate expectations and leaving satisfied, not just charmed.
The surprise menu format is worth thinking through before you book. You will not be choosing dishes from a printed list. If that format appeals to you, specifically for a special occasion or a date where you want the meal to unfold rather than be negotiated, Landua is well-suited to it. The dishes are described in Michelin's notes as simple, well-balanced, and elegant, which in practice tends to mean clean flavours and restrained plating rather than multi-component architectural constructions. For a celebration where the setting and the sense of occasion matter as much as any single dish, that register works well.
Young couple running the restaurant give it an energy that larger, more institutionalised operations often lose. The enthusiasm Michelin notes is not a throwaway observation; it tends to translate into attentiveness and genuine hospitality rather than polished distance. At a special occasion restaurant, that matters. You are not being processed through a service script; you are being cooked for by people who are invested in the result.
For the broader context of your trip, see our full Mazaricos restaurants guide, Mazaricos hotels guide, Mazaricos bars guide, Mazaricos wineries guide, and Mazaricos experiences guide. Landua is a destination meal, not a casual neighbourhood drop-in, and planning the surrounding visit accordingly will make the trip more coherent.
If you are comparing Landua to other contemporary Spanish restaurants at higher price points, the relevant question is not whether those restaurants are better — most of the country's three-Michelin-star operations are operating at a categorically different level — but whether the gap in experience justifies the gap in price. For many diners, particularly those visiting the Galician countryside rather than making a dedicated pilgrimage to a gastronomic capital, Landua at €€ makes more practical sense than a four-figure commitment at a landmark restaurant in a different region. The value-to-experience ratio here is one of the strongest in this part of Spain.
See the full comparison section below for how Landua sits against Spain's broader contemporary restaurant field.
Yes, clearly so. At the €€ price tier, Landua delivers a Michelin Plate-recognised tasting menu built on house-grown vegetables and locally sourced coastal ingredients. For that price bracket, that level of intentionality is unusual. You are not paying for theatre or prestige; you are paying for a focused, well-executed meal in a distinctive setting. Compared to the €€€€ commitments required at Quique Dacosta in Dénia or El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Landua offers a very different experience at a fraction of the outlay , and for a rural Galician trip, it is the appropriate call.
The kitchen runs a fixed surprise menu, which means dietary requirements need to be communicated in advance. Given that vegetables are the menu's primary focus, vegetarian diners are likely to be well served, but do not assume this covers all restrictions. Contact the restaurant directly before booking , phone details are not currently listed publicly, so reaching out via their website or social media is the practical route. Do not leave this to chance if restrictions are significant.
It is a strong choice for the right kind of special occasion. The converted stone farmhouse setting, the surprise menu format, and the attentive ownership team create an experience that feels considered rather than generic. It suits a couple's celebration or an intimate milestone dinner more than a large group event, given the rural location and the fixed-menu format. If the occasion calls for a grand dining room in a city, look elsewhere , but if the appeal is a memorable, unhurried meal somewhere genuinely distinctive, Landua delivers that register well. For comparison, Arzak in San Sebastián or Azurmendi in Larrabetzu offer more formal celebration settings if ceremony and prestige are the priority.
No dress code is listed, and the rural farmhouse setting suggests smart casual is appropriate rather than formal. A Michelin Plate venue at the €€ tier in the Galician countryside is not the context for black-tie, but arriving noticeably underdressed relative to the quality of the meal would feel out of step. Think clean, relaxed, and put-together: what you would wear to a serious restaurant that does not take itself too seriously.
There is no ordering , the kitchen runs a fixed surprise menu. Your job is to show up, communicate any dietary restrictions in advance, and let the meal unfold. The menu is built around vegetables from the restaurant's own greenhouse, supplemented by ingredients from the nearby coast and surrounding meadows. Expect clean, balanced plates rather than highly composed architectural dishes. If the surprise format concerns you, it is worth knowing that this is the restaurant's deliberate design, not a limitation , the kitchen has a clear point of view and the Michelin recognition confirms the execution is consistent.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landua | Contemporary | €€ | Easy |
| Quique Dacosta | Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| El Celler de Can Roca | Progressive Spanish, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Arzak | Modern Basque, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Azurmendi | Progressive, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Aponiente | Progressive - Seafood, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
How Landua stacks up against the competition.
Yes. At the €€ price tier, a Michelin Plate-recognised surprise menu built on house-grown vegetables and locally sourced coastal and meadow ingredients is a clear return on investment. For comparison, similar contemporary tasting menus in Galicia's larger cities cost considerably more without the setting or the kitchen-garden provenance. The drive to Mazaricos is part of the deal — factor it in, and the value holds up.
The kitchen runs a fixed surprise menu, so restrictions must be flagged in advance — ideally at the time of booking. Vegetables are the menu's primary focus, which makes accommodation more plausible than at a seafood-centric or meat-heavy tasting format, but do not assume flexibility without confirming directly with the restaurant.
Yes, for the right type of occasion. The converted stone farmhouse in rural Galicia, the surprise menu format, and the owner-run atmosphere make it a strong choice for couples or small groups who want a considered, intimate dinner rather than a formal celebration. If your group needs a polished city setting or private dining infrastructure, look elsewhere — this is a countryside destination that rewards curiosity over ceremony.
The venue is a restored rural stone house in Mazaricos — smart casual fits the context. The €€ price point and Michelin Plate recognition suggest the kitchen is taken seriously, but the farmhouse setting and young owner-run format mean formal dress is likely out of place. Comfortable but neat is the practical call.
There is no ordering — Landua runs a fixed surprise menu only. Communicate dietary restrictions in advance, then let the kitchen lead. The menu draws on the restaurant's own greenhouse-vegetable garden alongside ingredients from the nearby coast and meadows, so expect produce-driven dishes that change with what is available.
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