Restaurant in Santander, Spain
Michelin-recognised modern dining at mid-range prices.
Daría holds a Michelin Plate for both 2024 and 2025, making it the strongest value proposition for modern cuisine in Santander at the €€ tier. It suits food-forward travellers who want a structured, Michelin-recognised dinner without the outlay of the city's higher-priced rooms. Booking is easy by regional standards, and the central Calle Bonifaz address makes it a practical choice for any Santander itinerary.
Yes, and it sits in a comfortable range for the quality on offer. Daría holds a Michelin Plate for both 2024 and 2025, which in the Michelin framework signals a kitchen producing food that's good enough to be noticed by the guide without yet carrying the weight of a full star. For a modern cuisine dinner in Santander at the €€ price tier, that credential matters: it tells you the kitchen is working to a standard you can rely on, and that the price-to-quality ratio is likely to feel fair rather than inflated.
If you are a food-focused traveller passing through Cantabria and want a serious dinner that doesn't demand the outlay of a €€€€ room like Casona del Judío, Daría is the logical first call. Book it without anxiety.
Daría is located on Calle Bonifaz in the centre of Santander, a street that sits within easy reach of the city's old quarter. The address puts you in the kind of urban dining context where the room does real work: diners are not arriving for a countryside estate or a harbour panorama, so the interior has to justify the visit on its own terms. Specific layout details are not confirmed in our records, but a Michelin-recognised modern cuisine address in this tier typically runs a compact, considered dining room where seating is close enough to feel atmospheric without being crowded. That spatial intimacy tends to suit the format Daría operates in: a focused menu where the progression of dishes is the point, not an expansive à la carte you navigate at your own pace.
For a food explorer who values the architecture of a meal, that format is the right one. Modern cuisine at this level is usually built around sequence: the kitchen decides the order, the pacing, and the logic of what follows what. At €€ pricing in Santander, Daría appears to offer that experience at a more accessible entry point than its starred or higher-priced peers in the city.
A single Michelin Plate is notable. Two consecutive ones, covering 2024 and 2025, suggest a kitchen that has maintained its standards across a full inspection cycle, not a venue that had one good year and coasted. The Plate designation means Michelin inspectors ate there and found the cooking worth recommending to their readers, even without awarding a star. In a city like Santander, which already has starred restaurants operating at higher price points, holding a Plate at the €€ tier is a meaningful marker of consistency.
For context, the broader northern Spain corridor from the Basque Country down through Cantabria has produced some of the most rigorous cooking on the continent. Arzak in San Sebastián, Azurmendi in Larrabetzu, and Martin Berasategui in Lasarte-Oria set a high regional benchmark. Daría is not operating at that tier, but it exists within the same culinary geography, and that context shapes what a Michelin Plate here actually means. Inspectors working this region are not easily impressed.
Daría works well for a food-forward traveller who wants a structured, Michelin-recognised dinner in Santander without committing to a high-end tasting menu bill. It also suits couples or small groups looking for a dinner that has a clear point of view rather than a broad crowd-pleasing menu. If you are already planning to eat at El Serbal or Casona del Judío during the same trip, Daría fills a different night well: same seriousness of intent, lower financial commitment.
For travellers who have eaten at places like Quique Dacosta in Dénia, Cocina Hermanos Torres in Barcelona, or El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Daría will not match that level of ambition or production. But it doesn't claim to. At €€, it is positioned as a serious neighbourhood-scale modern cuisine address, and by that measure it delivers.
Booking difficulty at Daría is rated easy, which is a practical advantage over higher-profile destinations in the region. You are unlikely to need weeks of forward planning. That said, weekend evenings in a Michelin-recognised room of this size can fill, so booking a few days in advance remains sensible rather than arriving and hoping.
Daría is at C. Bonifaz, 19, 39003 Santander. For further planning around your Santander visit, see our full Santander restaurants guide, our full Santander hotels guide, our full Santander bars guide, our full Santander wineries guide, and our full Santander experiences guide.
Other modern cuisine addresses worth cross-referencing in the city include Cadelo, Umma, and Agua Salada. For international modern cuisine reference points at higher production levels, Frantzén in Stockholm and Maison Lameloise in Chagny give useful calibration for what the category looks like at starred level.
Quick reference: Michelin Plate 2024 & 2025 · Modern Cuisine · €€ · C. Bonifaz, 19, Santander · Google rating 4.7 (740 reviews) · Booking difficulty: easy.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Daría | €€ | — |
| El Serbal | €€€ | — |
| Cañadío | €€ | — |
| La Bombi | €€€ | — |
| Casona del Judío | €€€€ | — |
| Bodega Cigalena | — |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
Nothing in the available venue data confirms private dining or large-group capacity at Daría. For small groups of two to four, the Calle Bonifaz address in central Santander is practical. Larger groups wanting confirmed private space should check the venue's official channels or consider Casona del Judío, which operates at a higher tier with more infrastructure for group dining.
Yes, at the €€ price range, Daría offers strong value for a Michelin Plate-recognised kitchen. Two consecutive plates (2024 and 2025) indicate a consistent standard, and mid-range pricing means you are not paying a premium for the recognition. Among Santander's food-serious options, this sits at the accessible end without feeling like a compromise.
Daría is on Calle Bonifaz, 19, in central Santander, close to the old quarter. It holds a Michelin Plate for both 2024 and 2025, which signals good cooking without the full Michelin star apparatus. Booking is rated easy, so advance planning of weeks rather than months is generally enough. Go expecting modern cuisine in a food-focused setting, not a casual neighbourhood dinner.
Daría is a Michelin Plate restaurant at a mid-range price point in a city-centre location. That combination points toward neat, presentable dress rather than formal attire. Jacket not required, but overly casual clothing would feel out of place given the culinary intent of the room.
Cañadío is the go-to if you want a Cantabrian institution with a strong local following and a more relaxed format. El Serbal carries higher formal recognition and suits occasion dining at a higher price point. La Bombi works for traditional regional cooking without Michelin framing. Casona del Judío is the step up if you want a full tasting menu experience. Bodega Cigalena is the practical choice for wine-led dining in a more casual register.
If Daría offers a tasting format, the Michelin Plate credential across two years suggests the kitchen has the discipline to deliver a structured meal. At €€ pricing, a tasting menu here costs less than comparable Michelin-recognised formats elsewhere in northern Spain. If you want a higher-commitment tasting experience in the region, Casona del Judío sits at a different tier.
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