O Dezaseis

O Dezaseis opened in June 1995 at number 16 Rúa de San Pedro, which gives it its name. It is the street along which the French Way makes its last stretch before entering the old town through the Porta do Camiño. You go down into the house by some centuries-old steps to a stone premises built over former stables, split into several dining rooms. The house's favourite corner is the covered terrace under a vine, where you eat octopus even if it is raining over Santiago. In 2025 it turned thirty.

Grilled octopus and what goes with it

The cooking is Galician and produce-led. The dishes the house puts forward are grilled octopus, Galician broth, mussels with citrus emulsion, black spaghetti with elvers and prawns, San Simón cheese with preserve and, for dessert, cheese flan or tiramisu. The full menu is on the website, in the online ordering system.

Group menus with two glasses of wine

For groups it publishes 2026 menus, for whole tables. The three choose-your-dish ones cost €33, €38 and €45 per person: starters to share, a fish or meat main, house dessert, water, coffee and two glasses of wine per diner, from Ribeiro, Ribeira Sacra or Rías Baixas depending on the menu. The €45 one has grilled octopus and Galician-style scallop to start and monkfish or beef entrecôte as main. There are also sharing-plate menus, at €30 and €40, and a seafood one at €46. The choice of mains is communicated five days beforehand.

Kitchen until a quarter past eleven, Monday to Saturday

The venue is open Monday to Saturday from 13:30 to 17:30 and from 20:30 to 1:00, and the kitchen serves from 13:30 to 15:45 and from 20:30 to 23:15. On Sunday it is closed: if you only have that day, the Café de Altamira is open. You book a table on the website for up to six people; for more, write to [email protected] or call 981 577 633.

At the entrance to the Camino

From the Porta do Camiño you walk there in a few minutes, and the cathedral is about ten. If you do the last stage of the French Way, you pass in front of the door before reaching the Obradoiro; lunch at O Dezaseis is one of the stops of the plan Pilgrim for a day in Santiago. Nearby, going up towards Bonaval, is the Museo do Pobo Galego. Park outside the old town.