# Mezquida Restaurant

Restaurant en Xàbia · Xàbia (Jávea)

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/xabia-javea/where-to-eat/mezquida · Revisado: 2026-11-13

- Precio: €€

Family restaurant from 1982 on the Cabo de la Nao road: D.O. Valencia rice dishes, vine-shoot wood-fired paellas to order and a weekday set lunch.

The Bolufer Catalá family, since 1982
Mezquida was opened by the Bolufer Catalá family in 1982, as a modest eatery of meals and set menus. Today it is run by four siblings: Mercedes and María Teresa in the kitchen, Guillermo and Cristóbal front of house, with recipes that come from their parents and grandparents. It is on the Cabo de la Nao road, in El Pla, number 62, around kilometre 1 and opposite the Aldi. It has four air-conditioned dining rooms, a landscaped terrace and its own car park, something you appreciate on this road in August. It is a member of the Xàbia restaurants association and has taken part in its gastronomic days.
Vine-shoot wood, but to order
What defines the kitchen is fire: meat and fish are cooked over wood, and there are two paellas made with vine-shoot wood, the chicken, rabbit and vegetable one and the rabbit and snail one, at €22.50 per person. Both are ordered in advance, so if you want to try them call the day before. The rice is from the Valencia Designation of Origin.
Without an order you have a long menu, always for a minimum of two portions and priced per person: arroz a banda at €15.70, vegetable paella at €16.50, black rice with baby squid at €17.70, paella valenciana or chicken and rabbit paella at €18.40, and paella morena (cuttlefish and vegetables), seafood, del senyoret or fideuà at €18.90. Among the soupy rice dishes, the cuttlefish and vegetable one and the del senyoret, at €18.90; the lobster one, at €27.40 and to order. The house limits tables to two different rice dishes; for six portions or more, it is prepared to order.
To start and to finish
The starters draw on the coast: Xàbia cocas with pisto, onion or herbs with capellanet (€4 to €4.20 each), tomato salads from their own garden with anchovies or with capellanes, aspencat of roasted vegetables, house cured meats grilled, Iberian ham or prawn and spinach croquettes, and salted fish such as Xàbia dried octopus. If you are not going for rice, there is market fish on the griddle, sea bass suquet or cruet to order (€26.70 per person, minimum two) and grilled meats, from Ávila lamb (€22.90) to Galician beef steak (€32). The desserts are from their own workshop: almond cake with flan, pumpkin with chocolate or cheesecake, at €7.20, and three coeliac-friendly desserts. The menu indicates allergens.
The midday menu and how to book
From Monday to Friday, except public holidays and their eves, there is a midday menu. The menu gives it at €26 per person; the website's front page still says €25, so confirm when you book. There are two dishes for children up to age 11, at €9.70. Rice dishes are also sold to take away, with a euro per container.
The website does not publish opening hours or closing days: book on its booking form or on 965 793 620, and ask then. It is on the way to Cala Granadella and La Barraca and the Portitxol, and is the lunch stop of the kayak, wood-fired rice and lighthouse plan.

Qué pedir: a vine-shoot wood-fired paella ordered in advance or, without an order, the arroz del senyoret or the paella morena

## Practical details

- Address: Crta. Cabo la Nao – Pla, 62, 03730 Xàbia, Alicante
- Phone: +34 965 793 620
- Email: rtemezquidaxabia@hotmail.com
- Cuisine: Valencian, Mediterranean, rice restaurant
- House specialities: Chicken, rabbit and vegetable paella cooked over vine-shoot wood, Rabbit and snail paella, Arroz del senyoret, Paella morena, Xàbia cocas, Sea bass suquet
- Bookings: https://restaurantemezquida.com/reservas/
- Details checked on 13 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://restaurantemezquida.com/
- Coordenadas: 38.7815, 0.1735

## Cerca de aquí

- [Hostal Restaurante Carrió](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/xabia-javea/where-to-stay/hostal-carrio), a 585 m
- [Introductory Dive in Xàbia, from a Boat or from the Portitxol Shore](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/xabia-javea/things-to-do/introductory-dive-xabia), a 869 m
- [Hotel VillaNaranjos Jávea](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/xabia-javea/where-to-stay/villa-naranjos), a 1.1 km
- [La Perla de Jávea](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/xabia-javea/where-to-eat/la-perla-de-javea), a 1.3 km
- [Hotel Jávea](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/xabia-javea/where-to-stay/hotel-javea), a 1.6 km
- [The Port of Duanes de la Mar, the Fish Market and the Loreto Church](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/xabia-javea/things-to-do/duanes-de-la-mar-port), a 1.8 km
- [Boat Trip around Xàbia Bay with a Swim in a Cove](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/xabia-javea/things-to-do/boat-trip-bay-swim), a 1.9 km
- [Noray](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/xabia-javea/where-to-eat/noray), a 1.9 km

## Consejos

### Order the vine-shoot paella
The two wood-fired paellas are requested in advance; without an order, the menu offers the other rice dishes.

### Park at the restaurant
It has its own car park, useful when returning from the coves in summer.

### Two rice dishes per table
In a group, agree beforehand: the kitchen makes two types at most.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Where is Mezquida Restaurant?
On the Cabo de la Nao road, in El Pla, no. 62, around kilometre 1, opposite the Aldi.

### How much is the set menu?
€26 per person according to the menu, Monday to Friday at midday, except public holidays and their eves.

### Are the paellas always wood-fired?
The vine-shoot ones are two and are to order; the other rice dishes are made without an order.

### Where do I park?
In the restaurant's own car park.

### Are there options for children and coeliacs?
Two children's dishes at €9.70 and three coeliac-friendly desserts; the menu marks the allergens.

Destino: [Xàbia (Jávea)](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/xabia-javea.md)