A Pulpeira De Melide
A fourth-generation family restaurant specializing in traditional Galician octopus, offering high-quality, updated cuisine at reasonable prices.
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A Pulpeira De Melide
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A fourth-generation family restaurant specializing in traditional Galician octopus, offering high-quality, updated cuisine at reasonable prices.
"The octopus is simply spectacular; the spice never matched so much with this dish."
Book Ahead
Reservations are highly recommended due to the restaurant's popularity. Arrive early to avoid waits.
Don't Miss Specialties
Beyond octopus, try the oysters and the 'Milhojas' dessert.
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Cuisine
Galician, Spanish
Price
Mid-range
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Spectacular Galician Octopus
The star of the show is the 'Polbo á feira', tender octopus cooked to perfection and seasoned with paprika and olive oil.
Unique Gilda de Vieira
Don't miss the 'Gilda de viera', a perfect bite of marinated scallop that has been called a 'secret star'.
Incredible Desserts
From the 'Milhojas' to the 'Flan cremoso', the desserts are a fantastic end to the meal.
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Book Ahead
Reservations are highly recommended due to the restaurant's popularity. Arrive early to avoid waits.
Don't Miss Specialties
Beyond octopus, try the oysters and the 'Milhojas' dessert.
Sunday Evening Menu
On Sundays, the menu is often pared down to octopus and cachelos due to lower staff.
Order the Potatoes
The seasoned boiled potatoes are a must-order to accompany the octopus.
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Book Ahead
Reservations are highly recommended due to the restaurant's popularity. Arrive early to avoid waits.
Don't Miss Specialties
Beyond octopus, try the oysters and the 'Milhojas' dessert.
Sunday Evening Menu
On Sundays, the menu is often pared down to octopus and cachelos due to lower staff.
Order the Potatoes
The seasoned boiled potatoes are a must-order to accompany the octopus.
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A Pulpeira de Melide is celebrated for its exceptional Galician octopus, often hailed as the best in the region. Diners also rave about unique dishes like Gilda de viera and their delectable desserts. While the food is a major draw, some patrons note that service can be inattentive, especially when busy, and prices are considered a bit high for the local area.
"Excellent pulpeira, obviously specialises in Galician style octopus, but other food is excellent too, but it's really busy, and as a result service isn't very attentive."
Nicholas Ng
"it was so delicious. definitely get the octopus and the mussels. the sauce the mussels came in was phenomenal.. we ended up ordering almost everything on the menu even though the waiter tried to stop us after 4 dishes (there was 3 of us), but we cleared everything. i haven’t had a good solid tortilla in a while and that was amazing. the desserts we got also were fantastic. the milhojas was INCREDIBLE. do not miss it. we ordered the iberian ham too which i would skip next time. only thing i would say is - it was a little pricey for what im used to in Coruña, (even though it wasn’t as bad as im used to in the US for example), and the server didn’t really speak much english. one of my friends is spanish so thank god she was there to translate but english speakers keep that in mind! i also rated the atmosphere a little lower than i would- because sitting outside wasn’t much of a vibe compared to inside… would come back for sure though :)"
Gummy
"Thought the food was decent, but sunday evenings it’s a paired down menu due to low staff but I found the service to be lackluster. They also opened 30 minutes after they were supposed to (8:00)"
Rafael Silva
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Frequently Asked Questions
The restaurant is famous for its 'Polbo á feira', a traditional Galician-style octopus dish cooked to perfection.
Yes, it's highly recommended to make a reservation in advance as the restaurant is very popular and often crowded.
Besides octopus, try the Gilda de viera (marinated scallop), oysters, and desserts like Milhojas.
On Sunday evenings, the menu is often paired down to primarily octopus and cachelos due to lower staffing.
Some reviewers noted that staff might not speak much English, so having a Spanish speaker can be helpful.
The prices are considered reasonable by some, but others find them a bit high for A Coruña standards.
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A Pulpeira de Melide demonstrates how a traditional octopus-serving venue can transform into a 21st century establishment, guided by the fourth generation of a family devoted to preparing Galician octopus. Founded by their great-grandparents, the restaurant’s owners have been developing it over the years to offer an exquisite selection of Galician cuisine along with high-quality products and affordable prices. A mandatory order is, of course, the octopus ( polbo á feira), cooked in deep copper pots and served in wooden dishes seasoned with olive oil, coarse sea salt and paprika, and accompanied by seasoned, boiled potatoes.
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For dinner, octopus is a La Coruña specialty and the stylish A Pulpeira de Melide (6) (Plaza de España 16, Boulevard Campo de Leña; 0034 981 152197; pulpeirademelide.com; about €30/£25 if you share a few dishes with a bottle of wine) is an excellent place to try it. It serves the best produce on offer every day in the market.
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Se trata de una taberna en clave del siglo XXI en la que se combina la tradicional pulpeira familiar –vienen de cuatro generaciones de pulpeiros– con una cocina gallega actualizada en la que se hacen numerosos guiños a otras culturas gastronómicas. Su despensa está tan al día como lo que tenga para ofrecer cada mañana la plaza de abastos. Ellos trabajan sin perder de vista tres puntos fundamentales: el producto, el producto y el producto.
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Hay que ir a la Pulpeira de Melide (Praza de España, 16. Tel. 981 152 197. Mapa)”, recomienda Pablo Pizarro, el cocinero detrás de La Empanada Viajera. “No es un sitio de tapas en el sentido estricto, pero si sólo vienes a la ciudad una vez tienes que probar su pulpo. No olvides pedir también las patatas, que van aparte y valen mucho la pena”.
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I am typically not a fan of Galician style pulpo, which is boiled and doused with olive oil, paprika and salt. The exterior purple ring on the octopus tentacle tends to be a bit, well, jello-y. At Melide they somehow manage to stay true to the traditional Galician recipe while giving their pulpo a slightly crispy texture.
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Then La Coruña offers you the chance to dine with Michelin stars in both Alborada and Árbore da Veira. You’ll need to book well ahead of time but an evening here is certain to clinch any deal, or provide the backdrop to an experience that will live long in the memory.
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Pulpeira de Melide Four generations on and arguably still the best place in the city to eat octopus, but there’s also an excellent daily-changing carte to enjoy inside in the beamed and stone-wall interior or on the terrace.
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