Restaurant Castell Perelada

The Perelada group's restaurant is inside the 14th-century Peralada castle itself, on carrer Sant Joan, at the entrance to the village and wall to wall with the casino. It has had a Michelin star since 2017 and two Repsol Suns. It is a place to come to on purpose: you book, arrive at a set time and devote the afternoon or evening to the table.

Rooms in the turrets and a terrace over the lake

There are several rooms, with chandeliers and tapestries, and private spaces in the castle's turrets for tables that want to be alone. Outside, the terrace looks over the lake and the gardens of the castle park, the 1877 garden with its stork colony. According to the Michelin Guide, the restaurant has air conditioning and parking, and animals are only admitted on the terrace: if you come with a dog, ask for it when booking.

Old Empordà recipes, retold

The chef is Javi Martínez, with more than twenty years in the trade, who trained at Mas Pau with Xavi Sagristà, the previous chef of this house. Each season he puts together a proposal that starts from old Catalan and Empordà recipes and remakes them with seasonal organic produce, local and from the restaurant's own garden. Among the dishes the website highlights for autumn 2026 is a melting wild boar; others the house keeps are the squid with boletus and foie gras, from 2018, and the sweet potato with pumpkin and caramel, from 2022. The Michelin Guide lists two tasting menus, Innovación Tradición and Experiencia Excepcional, and the website links to a menu. Neither the website nor the guide publishes prices: ask for them when booking.

Toni Gerez and the cheese trolley

The dining room is run by Toni Gerez, maître d' and sommelier, who was there at the beginnings of El Bulli and ran Mas Pau with Sagristà for twenty starred years. In 2022 he received the Michelin Guide's first prize for best dining-room service in Spain and Portugal. He looks after the wine list, with Perelada wines and many more, and the cheese trolley: let him choose the wine if you do not know the Empordà DO.

Hours and special dates

It is open Thursday to Sunday. Lunch seatings are between 13:00 and 14:00, and dinner seatings between 20:00 and 21:00. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday it is closed. Book on 972 52 20 40 or at [email protected]. On its website they announce truffle days, on 5 and 6 December, with a chef's menu in which every dish includes truffle and a pairing chosen by Gerez, and a New Year's Eve dinner; the price is given when booking.

Before and after the table

The Hotel Peralada Wine Spa & Golf is two minutes away and is the way to avoid driving after dinner; the Hostal Can Palol, right opposite the castle, is the simple option. In summer, the nights of the Festival Castell de Peralada fill the village.