Noray

Two floors facing the boats

Noray opened in September 2012 at number 1 avenida Marina Española, on the front line of Xàbia port, a few steps from the fish market and the boats that leave for the bay. The restaurant works on two levels. Downstairs, the ground floor and terrace are for vermouth, tapas and relaxed lunches and dinners. Upstairs is the restaurant, with a balcony facing the sea. When you book, say which of the two you want to sit in.

Paellas from €16 to €28

Rice dishes are the central part of the menu and are ordered for a minimum of two people, priced per person. The valenciana, the black one (cuttlefish, prawns and artichokes) and the del senyoret cost €16; the seafood one and the lagartito with mushrooms and truffle, €18; the octopus one and the mixed, €20. There are three fideuàs: seafood (€17), lagartito with Iberian pork and foie (€18) and octopus (€20). Those with lobster and spiny lobster, dry or soupy, go up to €28, and there are two creamy ones, seafood (€18) or chicken, rabbit and vegetables (€16). Each day the cook also proposes seasonal off-menu suggestions.

Tapas, grill and fish market

If you are not going for rice, the tapas menu makes a whole meal: pickled anchovies, esgarraet, bravas or croquettes at €8, fried gambusí with lemon zest (€14), baby squid (€16) or a fish fry (€19). For starters, tuna tartare (€20), red prawn carpaccio (€19) or grilled sobrasada figatells with sweet potato purée (€8). Xàbia red prawns and Dublin Bay prawns, boiled or grilled, are at market price. On the grill there is cuttlefish, vegetables, spring chicken, lamb, sirloin, aged beef entrecôte (€34) or a steak by the kilo (€80), and among the fish, market fish according to availability, cod (€24) or sole by weight. As house dishes, fish cruet (€24) and lobster with potatoes and fried eggs, at market price.

The wine list runs to more than a hundred labels, Spanish and foreign, and there is a cocktail and vermouth list, from €4.80 to €5.50. The menu indicates the allergens of each dish and there is gluten-free bread. There is no children's menu of its own: the dining room suggests options on the spot.

Closed Wednesdays, dinners only some days

It is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from 12:00 to 22:30, and closed on Wednesdays. The kitchen serves from 12:00 to 15:30 on all those days, and in the evening, from 19:00 to 22:30, only on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday: on Tuesday and Sunday, for a rice dinner, look elsewhere. Book on 965 79 29 12 or at [email protected].

From the same port leaves the boat around the bay with a swim, and around it is the Duanes de la Mar district, with the fish market and the Loreto church. If you sleep at the port, the Hotel Jávea is a short walk away.