GALICIA - SANTIAGO DA COMPOSTELA - O CURRO DE PARRA

Miguel Renoir Spanish Guides
Feb 24, 2025
2 min read

Updated: Dec 1, 2025

O CURRO DA PARRA

This restaurant is in the old part of town in the historic city of Santiago de Compostela. It is very close to the old market, the Mercado de Abastos de Santiago (from which they stock daily).

This trendy and contemporary restaurant has two areas. A casual wine and tapas bar on the ground floor

And a more formal, small but cosy dining room on the first floor of this old house

The open kitchen offers a new take on Galician dishes. When the weather permits, a small outdoor patio is available for a pleasant lunch or evening meal.

Some of the tapas available were:-

Brochetas de pollo y kikos o curry (chicken kebabs with kikos and curry)

Habas del país con liebre guisadas en vino Mencía (stew of white beans and wild hare cooked in Mencía red wine)

Galician spring rolls

Croquetas cremosas de jamón (creamy ham croquettes)

Salmón marinado e guacamole (marinated salmon and guacamole)

Mini burgers de vaca vella Galega, foie caramelizado e ali-oli trufado (mini Galician beef burgers, caramelised foie gras and truffle garlic mayonnaise)

Amongst the mains were:-

Bacalao con calamare tinta (cod in squid ink sauce)

Merluza del pincho, caldo de sus espinas, berberechos y verdinas (supreme of hake, seaweed and seafood jus, cockles and baby green beans)

Albóndigas de gallo celta guisadas en su jugo, cremosos de patata y berza rizada (Celtic rooster meatballs cooked in its own juice, potato fine purée and collard)

Cordero, su propio jugo y bulgur (Galician lamb terrine, in its own juice and bulgur)

Solomillo de vaca gallega, jugo de carne, patata asada al romero y shiitake botón (supreme Galician sirloin steak, roasted rosemary potato and baby shiitake mushrooms)

For Dessert

Coulant de Santiago (coulant de almendra, nata agria y crumble de cacao (coulant de Santiago (hazelnut coulant, sour cream and cacao crumble)

Helado selection (ice cream selection) with Don P.X. 2015, To Albalá, DO Montilla-Moriles

There is also a decent choice for vegetarians, which is not always the case in Spain.

The excellent wine list focuses on local wines, making it a good place to try something new. They are very good at introducing you to new regions and grapes.