La Roureda · Girona

Fire takes its time.

Charcoal grill, rice dishes and homestyle Catalan cooking in the heart of la Roureda. Local produce, slow embers and a table waiting for you in calm, natural surroundings.

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The essence

Like home, only with more fire.

In the heart of la Roureda, where the village ends and the green begins, you'll find Caliu: a table like the ones of old, serving home-cooked meals and the most Catalan of recipes. No tricks here. Just produce from nearby, proper cooking time and the will to do things right.

We cook the way we were taught: with patience, with the seasons, and with the respect every ingredient deserves. Because a good lunch isn't designed. It's looked after.

And it all begins in the same place, every time: over the embers.

Cook tending the meat over the embers at Restaurant Caliu

Meat cooking slowly over the embers at Restaurant Caliu

The grill

Only fire gets it just right.

The grill is our mother tongue. Girona-certified veal entrecôte, Empordà chicken, meltingly tender pig's trotters: every cut meets live fire until it finds its point — no rushing, no shortcuts.

Embers never lie: they only flatter what was good to begin with. That's why we choose local, farm-raised, seasonal produce. Hands and time do the rest.

Want to see what comes off this fire? These are our specialities.

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The specialities

Six dishes that speak for us.

From the sea at Palamós to Girona veal: the best of the house, dish by dish.

Local produce

Goat's cheese salad

Fresh rocket and local goat's cheese, dressed with our olive oil.

€12.00

Costa Brava

Stuffed mussels

Rock mussels from the Costa Brava, fresh and straight to the plate.

€13.90

Girona veal

Entrecôte with sauces

280 grams of Girona-certified veal, chargrilled to your liking.

€25.00

Oven-baked

Oven-baked gilthead bream

Salt-baked bream with caramelised onion, garlic and parsley.

€23.00

House special

Black rice

Catalan rice bathed in cuttlefish ink and topped with mussels.

€12.00

From Palamós

Marinated prawns

Palamós prawns marinated in fine herbs from la Roureda.

€26.00

And we haven't even mentioned what raises the most spoons: the rice.

The rice dishes

Rice worth lingering over.

Lobster paella

Rice is serious business here. The black rice, bathed in cuttlefish ink and crowned with mussels. The lobster paella, generous — the kind that silences the table at the first ladleful.

Every rice comes out at its own pace: loose grains, a well-worked stock, and that socarrat crust you can't explain — only scrape.

And when you lift your head from the plate, look around: the place matters too.

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Beamed porch opening onto the green landscape of la Roureda, in Bescanó

The setting

Where the rush ends and lunch begins.

Caliu sits on Plaça Major in la Roureda, a green, quiet corner between Girona and the Guilleries hills. Here you hear the wind in the trees, not the traffic.

A cosy dining room, a pleasant outdoor space and a village atmosphere that makes long lunches stretch out all by themselves. Come unhurried: the landscape is part of the menu too.

But don't take our word for it. Listen to those who've already had a seat.

Reviews

Their words, not ours.

Excellent service

The best service we've had in a long time! Wonderfully attentive and kind. They were waiting for us with the table set and water for the dog in their outdoor enclosure, in a lovely atmosphere. The set menu was great value, everything delicious, and their homemade limoncello shot was fantastic. Thank you for everything!

Delicious food!

Delicious food in generous portions. Perfectly fair prices. Attentive, friendly staff. A very cosy place in unbeatable surroundings. We'll definitely be back!

Very welcoming

A very welcoming place in a magnificent setting. Everything we ate was delicious and very reasonably priced. Special mention for the care shown by the staff and the owner. Highly recommended restaurant.