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Accolades in Badajoz
Drómo, Galaxia Cocina Pepehillo and Restaurant Lugaris each have an extensive wine list. Their kitchens span modern Extremaduran tasting menus, traditional seafood and meats, and classic regional cooking.
Drómo pairs an extensive wine list with modern Extremaduran cooking in Valdepasillas. Tasting menus are the exclusive format in its intimate, informal dining room, where traditional recipes and Iberian pork inform the kitchen. It holds Michelin Plate recognition and Guía Repsol 2 Soles for 2026.
Galaxia Cocina Pepehillo is a family-run restaurant in city center with an extensive wine list. Its traditional Extremaduran cooking encompasses fish, seafood and meats, served à la carte and as small plates. The restaurant holds a Michelin Plate and Guía Repsol 1 Sol for 2026.
Restaurant Lugaris offers an extensive wine list alongside classic Extremadura cuisine. In outskirts, its detached house and garden patio provide the setting for tasting menus and à la carte dining built around local products. Guía Repsol awarded it 1 Sol in 2026.
Regional recipes take different forms at these restaurants, from Drómo's modern tasting menus to Restaurant Lugaris's classic Extremadura cuisine and Marchivirito's traditional Spanish cooking.
Drómo reworks traditional Extremaduran recipes through tasting menus in Valdepasillas. Iberian pork and childhood recipes shape its cooking, while a bar counter gives a view of the kitchen. The intimate setting accompanies an informal approach to haute cuisine, recognised with Guía Repsol 2 Soles in 2026.
Restaurant Lugaris focuses on classic Extremadura cooking and local products in outskirts. It serves both tasting menus and à la carte in a detached house with a garden patio. An extensive wine list and wine list accompany the regional kitchen, which holds Guía Repsol 1 Sol for 2026.
Marchivirito is a long-established restaurant serving traditional Spanish cooking à la carte, with a large terrace and a longstanding local reputation. Its regional cooking has recognition from Guía Repsol, which awarded the restaurant 1 Sol in 2026.
Drómo in Valdepasillas, Galaxia Cocina Pepehillo in city center and Restaurant Lugaris in outskirts each offer an extensive wine list and a wine list. These restaurants cover modern Extremaduran tasting menus, traditional fish and meats, and classic Extremadura cuisine respectively.
There are no Michelin-starred restaurants in our Badajoz guide. Drómo and Galaxia Cocina Pepehillo each hold Michelin Plate recognition for 2026. A Plate is distinct from a star, so their recognition does not make them Michelin-starred restaurants.
Drómo and Restaurant Lugaris serve tasting menus. Drómo offers them exclusively, with modern interpretations of traditional Extremaduran recipes in an intimate setting. Restaurant Lugaris combines tasting menus with à la carte dining, focusing on classic Extremadura cuisine and local products.
Marchivirito and Galaxia Cocina Pepehillo serve traditional Spanish cooking, while Restaurant Lugaris specialises in classic Extremadura cuisine. Marchivirito serves à la carte with a large terrace. Galaxia Cocina Pepehillo focuses on fish, seafood and meats, and Restaurant Lugaris offers both tasting menus and à la carte.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Drómo occupies the first floor of a small shopping centre in Badajoz's Valdepasillas neighbourhood, where chef-owner Juan Manuel Salgado frames Extremaduran pantry staples, Iberian pork, and childhood recipes within two structured tasting menus. The format is disciplined: all diners start simultaneously, and the bar counter offers a direct view of the kitchen's work. For a city with limited options in this register, it sits apart.
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Open since 1982, Galaxia Cocina Pepehillo is one of Badajoz's most enduring dining addresses, holding consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025. The menu moves between Extremadura's inland larder, cured meats, slow-cooked oxtail, and the Atlantic coast, with fish and seafood preparations that have defined the kitchen's reputation across four decades.
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Marchivirito places Badajoz cooking in the serious regional tier rather than the tourist shorthand for Extremadura. Its 1 Sol recognition from Guía Repsol 2026 gives the restaurant a clear national marker, but the stronger reason to pay attention is its setting in a city where local produce, cross-border habits, and old dining rhythms still shape the table.
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Situated on Avenida Adolfo Díaz Ambrona in Badajoz, Restaurant Lugaris occupies a quieter corner of Extremadura's capital dining scene. The restaurant draws visitors and locals looking for a table away from the city's more established names. Concrete details on cuisine style, pricing, and current kitchen leadership remain limited, making a direct booking inquiry a reliable first step.
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