The best Paella in Europe, ranked

Updated 11 Sep 2026 · 684 restaurants in our map confirmed paella 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. 684 of them confirmed paella. 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 paella should be made.

Rankings: best cities for Spanish food · most popular dishes · best restaurants by dish · city price index.
City rankings: London (61) · Berlin (18) · Munich (11) · Milan (10) · Zurich (10) · Paris (9) · Düsseldorf (7) · Hamburg (7) · Heidelberg (7) · Cologne (6) · Dresden (6) · Essen (6) · Dublin (6) · Frankfurt (5) · Gothenburg (5) · Stockholm (5) · Antwerp (4) · Brussels (4) · Freiburg (4) · Hanover (4) · Nuremberg (4) · Stuttgart (4) · Turin (4) · Amsterdam (4) · Birmingham (4) · Salzburg (3) · Vienna (3) · Lille (3) · Bergisch Gladbach (3) · Bonn (3) · Bremen (3) · Hanau (3) · Bologna (3) · Naples (3) · Utrecht (3) · Kraków (3) · Poznań (3) · Bern (3) · Lucerne (3) · Cambridge (3) · Edinburgh (3) · Glasgow (3) · Newcastle upon Tyne (3)

The best Paella in Europe

Best Paella by city

London (66 confirmed)

Berlin (18 confirmed)

Munich (13 confirmed)

Milan (11 confirmed)

Zurich (10 confirmed)

Paris (9 confirmed)

Cologne (7 confirmed)

Düsseldorf (7 confirmed)

Hamburg (7 confirmed)

Heidelberg (7 confirmed)

Dresden (6 confirmed)

Dublin (6 confirmed)

Essen (6 confirmed)