The best Gambas al ajillo in Europe, ranked

Updated 11 Sep 2026 · 465 restaurants in our map confirmed garlic prawns (gambas al ajillo) 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. 465 of them confirmed garlic prawns (gambas al ajillo). 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 garlic prawns (gambas al ajillo) should be made.

Rankings: best cities for Spanish food · most popular dishes · best restaurants by dish · city price index.
City rankings: London (78) · Berlin (15) · Hamburg (12) · Cologne (9) · Munich (9) · Stockholm (9) · Manchester (9) · Heidelberg (8) · Frankfurt (7) · Hanover (7) · Zurich (7) · Düsseldorf (6) · Essen (6) · Freiburg (6) · Nuremberg (6) · Budapest (6) · Amsterdam (6) · Dresden (5) · Dublin (5) · Bonn (4) · Dortmund (4) · Liverpool (4) · Nottingham (4) · Antwerp (3) · Paris (3) · Darmstadt (3) · Stuttgart (3) · Milan (3) · Rotterdam (3) · The Hague (3) · Gothenburg (3) · Cambridge (3) · Oxford (3)

The best Gambas al ajillo in Europe

Best Gambas al ajillo by city

London (78 confirmed)

Berlin (15 confirmed)

Hamburg (12 confirmed)

Cologne (9 confirmed)

Manchester (9 confirmed)

Munich (9 confirmed)

Stockholm (9 confirmed)

Heidelberg (8 confirmed)

Frankfurt (7 confirmed)

Zurich (7 confirmed)

Amsterdam (6 confirmed)

Budapest (6 confirmed)

Dublin (6 confirmed)

Düsseldorf (6 confirmed)

Essen (6 confirmed)

Freiburg (6 confirmed)

Nuremberg (6 confirmed)