# El Cancell

Restaurant en Bocairent · Bocairent

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/bocairent/where-to-eat/el-cancell · Revisado: 2026-11-13

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Mediterranean market cooking in the centre of Bocairent: the town's olleta and pericana, rice dishes to order and a €33 menu; Wednesday to Sunday.

Luismi at the stove, Merce in the dining room
A few minutes' walk from the climb to the old town, at 1 Calle Sant Roc, El Cancell has its dining room, in Bocairent's town centre. It is run by Luismi, head chef, and Merce, front-of-house manager, a couple in and out of the restaurant with decades in the trade. The cooking is Mediterranean, market-led and local, with seasonal, nearby produce, from sea and mountain.
It has three dining rooms: the main room, the most open, for 66 people; the La Carrasca room, for 33; and La Bodega, for 16, with its own bathroom. The two small ones are used for group meals and celebrations.
The town's olleta and pericana
On the menu there are two Bocairent dishes worth trying here. The pericana de Bocairent (€10) is in the starters section. The olleta de Bocairent (€13.50 per person) appears in the rice section, which is served for a minimum of two.
Among the day's rice dishes is the dry rice with pork cheek, artichokes, poplar mushrooms and pumpkin (€16). To order they make Valencian paella (€14), duck paella with mushrooms and foie (€17.50), senyoret (€16), fish and seafood paella or fideuà (€19) and creamy or paella-style lobster (€20.50), all per person. If you want one of these, order it when you call to book.
For nibbling beforehand there are ham or cod and pine-nut croquettes at €2.50 each, cuttlefish or beach squid and prawns with garlic. Among the meats, grilled Iberian abanico (€18), entrecôte (€21.50) and aged chuletón at €48 a kilo. The desserts, homemade, cost €5.50; one has honey from the Sierra Mariola.
Two menus depending on the day
The El Cancell menu costs €33 per person, VAT included and drinks not, for a minimum of two: four starters to share, a main to choose between fish, meat or rice (the olla de Bocairent among them, and the creamy lobster for a €5 supplement), dessert, bread and coffee. On Friday and Saturday nights they also offer the picaeta menu: from a list of twelve dishes to share you choose six, for €17 per person, without drinks, dessert or coffee, for the whole table and from two people.
Opening hours and booking by phone
Lunch Wednesday to Sunday, from 13:45 to 15:30, and dinner only on Friday and Saturday, from 21:00 to 22:30. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Bookings are by phone, on 960 200 506, Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 13:30: outside that window nobody will answer, so if you are going to lunch on a Saturday, call that same morning at the latest, or better a few days before.
A morning in the town fits well beforehand: the visit to the Covetes dels Moros ends on the hour and a walk round the old town leaves you here at lunchtime. To stay the night in the centre, L'Àgora is a short walk away.

Qué pedir: the olleta de Bocairent or a dry rice with pork cheek and artichokes, with pericana to start

## Practical details

- Address: Calle Sant Roc, 1, 46880 Bocairent, Valencia
- Phone: +34 960 20 05 06
- Opening hours: Mon y Tue closed; Wed y Thu 13:45–15:30; Fri y Sat 13:45–15:30 y 21:00–22:30; Sun 13:45–15:30
- Phone bookings Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 13:30. Closed Monday and Tuesday
- Cuisine: Mediterranean, market-led, Valencian
- House specialities: Olleta de Bocairent, Pericana de Bocairent, Dry rice with pork cheek, artichokes and mushrooms, Valencian paella to order, Senyoret
- Details checked on 13 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.elcancell.com/
- Coordenadas: 38.7662, -0.6103

## Cerca de aquí

- [L'Àgora Hotel Boutique](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/bocairent/where-to-stay/l-agora-hotel), a 80 m
- [By e-bike from Bocairent to the Fontanars vineyards, with a tasting](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/bocairent/things-to-do/e-bike-through-vineyards-with-tasting), a 94 m
- [Guided E-Bike Ride through the Serra de Mariola from Bocairent](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/bocairent/things-to-do/guided-e-bike-mariola), a 94 m
- [Guided Tour of Bocairent's Medieval Quarter with Arquea Architects](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/bocairent/things-to-do/guided-tour-medieval-quarter), a 113 m
- [Cava de Sant Blai](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/bocairent/things-to-do/sant-blai-ice-house), a 115 m
- [Barranc de la Fos Trail](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/bocairent/things-to-do/barranc-de-la-fos-trail), a 136 m
- [Bocairent Old Town](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/bocairent/things-to-do/old-town), a 136 m
- [Church of the Assumption and Bell Tower](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/bocairent/things-to-do/assumption-church), a 200 m

## Consejos

### Call in the morning
The booking line is only answered from 10:00 to 13:30, Wednesday to Sunday.

### Rice dishes to order, with the booking
Paellas, senyoret and lobster are prepared if you ask beforehand.

### Friday or Saturday night
That is when you can order the picaeta menu.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Which days is El Cancell open?
Wednesday to Sunday at midday, and Friday and Saturday evenings too. Closed Monday and Tuesday.

### How much does the menu cost?
The El Cancell menu, €33 per person without drinks. The Friday and Saturday night picaeta, €17.

### Do they have typical Bocairent dishes?
Yes: the pericana and the olleta de Bocairent, which is served from two people.

### Can you book online?
No; booking is by phone, on 960 200 506.

### Do they have a private room?
Yes, La Bodega, for 16 people and with its own bathroom, and La Carrasca, for 33.

Destino: [Bocairent](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/bocairent.md)