Restaurant in Vigo, Spain
Vigo's meat-forward break from seafood.
Casa Marco holds the Michelin Bib Gourmand for both 2024 and 2025, making it the strongest value-for-money case in Vigo's central dining scene. Chef Cesarina Mezzoni runs a traditional à la carte focused on IGP Castilla y León lamb, market fish, and regional desserts — a deliberate alternative to the city's default seafood offer. Book it at €€ for a quality-to-price ratio that few rooms in the city match.
If you are in Vigo and have already worked through the city's fish and seafood circuit, Casa Marco is the next booking to make. It holds the Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2024 and 2025, which means the inspectors consider it to deliver above-average cooking at a price that does not punish you, and at the €€ price point it sits in, that endorsement carries real weight. The draw here is traditional cuisine with genuine range: IGP-certified Castilla y León lamb, rice dishes, and market fish alongside standout preparations like baked loin of cod with onions and panadera potatoes. This is not a fish restaurant with a few token meat dishes — it is a room that takes both directions seriously. Book it.
The dining room is worth noting for practical reasons, not aesthetic ones. A large window at the rear opens directly onto the kitchen, so the table at the back gives you a clear view of the brigade at work. That layout is useful if you are deciding where to sit: ask for the rear section if you want the theatre of the kitchen, or take a table in the main room if you prefer a quieter, more conventional setting.
The kitchen runs a tight à la carte with a focus on sourced ingredients — the IGP Castilla y León lamb designation signals a specific geographic and quality standard, not a marketing phrase. IGP (Indicación Geográfica Protegida) is a European certification requiring that production, processing, and preparation meet defined regional standards. When a €€ restaurant in coastal Galicia is going to the trouble of sourcing certified lamb from Castilla y León, that tells you something about the kitchen's priorities beyond the local catch. Similarly, the fish comes straight from the market, which in Vigo means the supply chain is short and the quality floor is high , the city sits on the Ría de Vigo, one of the most productive fishing grounds in Europe.
Dessert program shows the same attention. The fried milk dados with orange on Amaretto-flavoured natillas custard is a traditional preparation handled with enough precision to earn a mention in the Michelin notes , a signal that the kitchen treats the end of the meal with the same focus as the main courses. The baked local cheesecake with galleta biscuits is the kind of regional-specific dessert that tells you the kitchen is paying attention to Galician pantry traditions, not just importing a generic modern dessert menu.
Galician dining culture runs late by northern European standards. In Vigo, dinner services routinely extend past 10 PM, and a mid-range restaurant with a Bib Gourmand endorsement and 3,119 Google reviews at a 4.7 average is likely to be occupied through a full evening service. Hours for Casa Marco are not confirmed in our data, but the city's dining rhythm means that a 9:30 PM or 10 PM booking is standard practice, not a late exception. If you are building an evening that includes drinks elsewhere first, this format works in your favour , Casa Marco sits on García Barbón, a central Vigo address that puts you within reach of the city's bar and pre-dinner circuit. Check the Vigo bars guide for current options before or after dinner.
Booking here is rated Easy. At the €€ level with a 3,100-plus review count, demand is consistent but not the kind of frenzied competition you encounter at €€€ tasting-menu spots. Plan ahead by a week or two during peak summer months when Vigo's tourist traffic picks up, and you should have no difficulty securing a table.
Vigo's restaurant scene tilts heavily toward Galician seafood, as you would expect from a port city of this size. Casa Marco is explicitly positioned as an alternative to that default , the Michelin notation calls it out as an interesting option for those seeking elaborate traditional cuisine beyond the standard fish and seafood offer. That framing is accurate. If you want grilled octopus and percebes, there are dozens of places to find them. If you want a Bib Gourmand kitchen running certified lamb, market fish, and serious desserts under one roof at mid-range prices, your options narrow considerably. See our full Vigo restaurants guide for broader context on the city's dining spread.
For context on what the Bib Gourmand means in practice: it is awarded by Michelin to restaurants offering two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for a set price threshold, with the inspectors satisfied that the cooking quality justifies the value. Holding it in both 2024 and 2025 means the kitchen has maintained consistency across two consecutive inspection cycles. Comparable Bib Gourmand holders in other Spanish and French regions include Cave à Vin & à Manger in Narbonne and Auberge Grand'Maison in Mûr-de-Bretagne , both traditional cuisine rooms that deliver precision at mid-range prices, which is the peer group Casa Marco belongs to.
Casa Marco operates an à la carte format, not a tasting menu, so that decision is off the table. The à la carte covers meats including IGP Castilla y León lamb, market fish, rice dishes, and desserts, giving you meaningful choice at the €€ price point. Two consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand awards (2024 and 2025) confirm the kitchen delivers above its price class. If you want a fixed tasting format in Vigo, look elsewhere; if you want to pick and build your own meal, the à la carte here works well.
Casa Marco has a classic, contemporary dining room, which sets a slightly more composed tone than a casual tapas bar but nowhere near formal. Neat, presentable clothes fit the room. It is a Bib Gourmand restaurant at €€ pricing, so overdressing is unnecessary, but arriving in beachwear would feel out of place.
The kitchen-view window at the rear of the dining room is a practical plus for solo diners: you have something to watch and engage with. À la carte service suits a solo pace well. At €€, a solo meal here is a sensible spend, especially if you want a substantive, Michelin-recognised lunch or dinner without committing to a multi-course set menu.
The venue data does not confirm private dining or group booking arrangements, so check the venue's official channels before planning a large party. The dining room is described as having a striking rear section, which suggests some spatial separation, but assume standard restaurant seating until confirmed. Groups with mixed preferences benefit from the broad à la carte, which covers meat, fish, and rice dishes.
Yes, with one caveat: the occasion needs to suit a relaxed, contemporary room rather than a grand, formal setting. The kitchen-view window gives the meal a distinctive focal point, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition means the food quality holds up for a meaningful dinner. At €€ it is accessible for a celebration without requiring a significant financial commitment. If you need private dining or a more ceremonial atmosphere, confirm arrangements in advance.
If you want to stay in the Michelin-recognised tier, Silabario and Kero are the comparison points worth considering in the city. For a more traditional Galician seafood focus, Enxebre and Alberte represent the local fish-forward direction that Casa Marco deliberately steps away from. Casa Marco's position is specific: it is the Bib Gourmand option for diners who want elaborate traditional cooking with a meat emphasis rather than another seafood restaurant.
At €€, Casa Marco is well-priced for what it delivers. Two years of Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition (2024 and 2025) is the clearest external signal that the kitchen punches above the price point. The Bib Gourmand designation exists specifically to flag good cooking at a moderate spend, so the value case here is as documented as it gets for a mid-range restaurant.
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