The best Calamares in Europe, ranked

Updated 11 Sep 2026 · 504 restaurants in our map confirmed fried calamari on their menu · See them on the map

We checked the menus of 2,858 Spanish restaurants and tapas bars across Europe dish by dish. 504 of them confirmed fried calamari. This page ranks the standouts - in Europe as a whole and city by city - weighing each restaurant's Google rating against how many people have reviewed it. Only places with at least 5 Google reviews are ranked. Recipe: how fried calamari should be made.

Rankings: best cities for Spanish food · most popular dishes · best restaurants by dish · city price index.
City rankings: London (63) · Berlin (15) · Paris (10) · Munich (10) · Stockholm (10) · Zurich (10) · Cologne (9) · Düsseldorf (9) · Hamburg (9) · Heidelberg (8) · Antwerp (7) · Budapest (7) · Leeds (7) · Essen (6) · Hanover (6) · Manchester (6) · Dresden (5) · Frankfurt (5) · Freiburg (5) · Nuremberg (5) · Dublin (5) · Gothenburg (5) · Birmingham (5) · Hanau (4) · Amsterdam (4) · Maastricht (4) · Rotterdam (4) · The Hague (4) · Utrecht (4) · Vienna (3) · Brussels (3) · Bordeaux (3) · Bonn (3) · Darmstadt (3) · Stuttgart (3) · Milan (3) · Katowice (3) · Cambridge (3) · Oxford (3)

The best Calamares in Europe

Best Calamares by city

London (63 confirmed)

Berlin (15 confirmed)

Munich (10 confirmed)

Paris (10 confirmed)

Stockholm (10 confirmed)

Zurich (10 confirmed)

Cologne (9 confirmed)

Düsseldorf (9 confirmed)

Hamburg (9 confirmed)

Heidelberg (8 confirmed)

Antwerp (7 confirmed)

Budapest (7 confirmed)

Leeds (7 confirmed)

Essen (6 confirmed)

Manchester (6 confirmed)