València Cuina Oberta is a food week where restaurants across the city offer a set menu of starter, main course and dessert at a fixed price. This autumn it runs from November 5 to 15, 2026, with 81 restaurants and lunch menus from €28. We went to eat at Amancaes, a Peruvian restaurant making its festival debut, and paid €88 for the two of us. Drinks are included in the bill, but not in the menu price.
That's the fine print most people miss. The menu costs €28, yes. But drinks are extra, and with a pisco sour in the mix, the bill climbs fast.
We'd been wanting to join Cuina Oberta for ages, but we always missed the deadline. This time we booked in time. Here's how it works, how much each category costs, and how our meal at Amancaes went, with the receipt in hand.
📋 What you'll find in this post
What València Cuina Oberta is
Cuina Oberta 2026 prices: the three categories
How to book Cuina Oberta
Our meal at Amancaes: Peruvian food for €28
What we actually paid: €88 for two
Tips from Pedro and Karyna
Frequently asked questions
What València Cuina Oberta is
Cuina Oberta is Valencia's restaurant week. For ten days, dozens of restaurants serve a special menu at a fixed price so you can try places you might not visit on an ordinary Tuesday. It takes place twice a year, once in spring and once in autumn.
The autumn 2026 edition is the biggest so far, with 81 restaurants. This year's theme is local produce, under the motto "València, Pantry of the Mediterranean". In other words: huerta (market garden) produce, Albufera, the sea, and everything grown or caught a few kilometers from the city.
Besides the menus, there are 32 experiences: paella and fideuà workshops, wine tastings, a visit to a mandarin orchard with a tasting included, and even a cooking workshop for kids. Eleven new participants are joining this year, and one of them is exactly where we went.
Cuina Oberta 2026 prices: the three categories
The restaurants are divided into three tiers, and the price changes depending on whether you go for lunch or dinner.
Most of them, 62 venues, are in the general category: €28 at lunch and €36 at dinner. There are also 11 gourmet restaurants at €48 for lunch and €56 for dinner. And at the very top, the Michelin-starred restaurants: €80 at lunch and €100 at dinner.
That top category includes names like Arrels, Riff, Fierro, Fraula, La Salita and Lienzo. If you've ever wanted to try a Michelin-starred restaurant in Valencia without paying for a full tasting menu, this is probably the best excuse of the year.
All menus include a starter, main course and dessert. What they don't include is drinks. We're repeating it because it's what changes the final bill the most.
How to book Cuina Oberta
Bookings are made on the official website, valenciacuinaoberta.com, and opened on October 26. There you can filter by category, see each restaurant's menu, and choose the day and sitting.
One thing worth knowing: if you need to change or cancel your booking, the restaurant handles that directly, not the organizers. So if something comes up, call the restaurant.
Our advice is not to leave it until the last weekend. The most popular spots fill up in the first few days, especially the Michelin-starred restaurants and Friday and Saturday dinners.
Our meal at Amancaes: Peruvian food for €28
We chose Amancaes because it was making its debut at Cuina Oberta and because we're big fans of Peruvian food. It's a Peruvian restaurant on Carrer del Comte d'Altea, in the Cánovas area, that blends Peruvian recipes with Valencian and Mediterranean produce. The name comes from the amancaes flower, one of the symbols of Lima.
We went on Saturday at lunchtime, so we got the €28 menu. The moment you walk in you can see the standard of the restaurant: the service, decor and atmosphere. It was a surprise date planned by Karyna.
For starters we were served seco norteño croquettes filled with confit duck, béchamel and more. We really liked them and they were very different from traditional ones, a bit drier and more compact but really good. Then, while the mains were being prepared, we ordered a causa marina, which comes from the classic causa limeña but with a Mediterranean twist, with langoustines, and that's what makes this restaurant interesting.
For mains, we ordered the two options available, one each: ají de gallina made with chicken breast, and the Peruvian senyoret rice, yes, Peruvian. A unique mix of flavors that was definitely worth it. Once again we were amazed at how flavor combinations can create such unique dishes.
And for dessert we had passion fruit cheesecake, which was also very good. We also ordered a Cusqueña beer (€4), a typical Peruvian beer, a bottle of water and, to finish, a pisco sour (€9), which was super good too. Everything after the menu, including the causa marina, we paid for separately.
The experience was great. We feel that this kind of food and restaurant usually comes with much higher prices, so this initiative is ideal for enjoying new cuisine.
📍 Amancaes: C/ del Comte d'Altea, 39, Valencia (Cánovas area). Open Tuesday to Sunday, 1:30 to 4:00 PM and 8:00 to 11:00 PM.
What we actually paid: €88 for two
Here's the bill exactly as it was, because it's what we wish we'd found before booking.
The two lunch menus came to €56. Everything else was drinks: €9 for the pisco sour, €4 for the Cusqueña, €2 for the water and €17 for the Causa Marina. In total, €88 including VAT. That's €44 per person.
In other words, drinks made up about a third of the bill. We didn't mind, because we wanted to make the most of the opportunity. But if you're on a tight budget, you can eat at Cuina Oberta for around €30 per head by ordering only water or a small beer.
We'll definitely be back to enjoy Cuina Oberta again.
💡 Tips from Pedro and Karyna
💰 Budget for drinks The menu is €28, but drinks are extra. We paid €44 per person with a cocktail, a beer and water. If you want to keep costs down, with water or a small beer the meal comes to about €30.
🕐 Lunch is better The same restaurant costs €8 less at lunch (€28 vs. €36, and €48 vs. €56 at the gourmet spots). At Michelin restaurants the difference is even bigger: €20 less for lunch than for dinner.
📅 Book in the first few days Bookings open about two weeks before. Michelin restaurants and Friday and Saturday dinner slots sell out fast, so if you have a place in mind, don't wait.
📞 Changes, with the restaurant If you need to cancel or move your reservation, call the restaurant directly. The festival organizers don't handle it.
🔎 Use it to try something new Eleven restaurants are taking part for the first time this year. Cuina Oberta is the cheapest way to try a new place without committing to the full à la carte menu.
❓ Frequently asked questions
What is València Cuina Oberta? It's Valencia's food week: for ten days, more than 80 restaurants offer a set menu of starter, main course and dessert at a fixed price. It takes place twice a year, in spring and autumn.
When is Cuina Oberta Valencia 2026? The autumn edition runs from November 5 to 15, 2026. Bookings opened on October 26 at valenciacuinaoberta.com.
How much does the Cuina Oberta menu cost? €28 at lunch and €36 at dinner in the general restaurants, €48 and €56 at the gourmet ones, and €80 and €100 at Michelin-starred restaurants.
Are drinks included in Cuina Oberta? No. The price includes a starter, main course and dessert, and drinks are paid separately. For us, it came to €32 extra for two at Amancaes.
Which Michelin-starred restaurants take part in Cuina Oberta 2026? Among others, Arrels, Riff, Fierro, Fraula, La Salita and Lienzo, with menus at €80 for lunch and €100 for dinner.
Is Cuina Oberta worth it? For us, yes: it's the easiest way to try restaurants that normally cost more, with the price fixed in advance. Just remember to budget for drinks separately.
If you're still hungry for more restaurants, check out our post on where to eat in Valencia: 4 restaurants we've tried and the cafés where to drink matcha in Valencia.
👉 And if you want to see the food in video before booking, follow us on TikTok (@karynandpedro) and Instagram (@pedroandkaryna).
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