Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in Spain

Short answer

66 places in Spain are reported to cook without seed oils: 26 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 40 fry in peanut oil. Each entry reflects what the venue has been reported to use rather than an inspection, so call ahead before you rely on it.

Cities in Spain

Elsewhere in Spain

Towns with fewer than 3 venues do not get their own page, so their entries are listed here.

  • Concept 30 Wellness Cafe

    C. Hoyo de Esparteros, 7, Málaga, Andalucía

    butterolive oilcoconut oil

  • Gastronomia Italiana

    7 Mlle. de la Reina Victoria, Santurtzi, País Vasco

    gheeolive oilavocado oil

  • Honest Greens

    15 C/ de Pascual i Genís, València, Comunidad Valenciana

    olive oil

Frying in peanut oil

Peanut is a legume rather than a seed, so peanut-oil fryers appear on most seed-oil-free lists. The oil is still roughly a third linoleic acid, and opinion in the seed-oil-free community is genuinely split on it — which is why these venues are counted separately here rather than folded into the number above.

  • Five Guys

    C. Alfonso Ponce de León, Málaga, Andalusia

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    C. Ojén, Marbella, Andalusia

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Av. de Julio Iglesias, Marbella, Andalusia

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Av. de la Constitución, Sevilla, Andalusia

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Av. de Palmas Altas, Sevilla, Andalusia

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Plaza Ayuntamiento, 5, València, València

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Av. de Bruselas, Alcobendas, Madrid

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Rbla. de Méndez Núñez, Alicante, València

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Centro Comercial Nevada Shopping, Armilla, Andalusia

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    C. Puerto de Navacerrada, Arroyomolinos, Madrid

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Plaza Biribila, 5, Bilbo, Biscay

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Av. Río Guadalquivir, Getafe, Madrid

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Reyes Católicos, Granada, Andalusia

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    C. Camilo José Cela, Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Centro Comercial Parquesur, Leganés, Madrid

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Carrer Estrasburg, 5, Mataró, Catalonia

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Pl. Santo Domingo, 2, Murcia, Murcia

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Av. de la Comunidad de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    C. de Serrano, Salamanca, Madrid

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    C. Finca los Espartales, San José de la Rinconada, Andalusia

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    The Style Outlets, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid

    peanut oilchain

  • Five Guys

    Ctra. de la Vila, Viladecans, Catalonia

    peanut oilchain

What to ask before you order

A kitchen can change supplier without changing its menu, and a venue that roasts in tallow may still fry in something else. Four questions settle it in about ten seconds:

  • What do you fry in? — the fryer is where the volume is, and it is often a different fat from the grill.
  • Is the dressing or sauce made in house? — bought-in dressings and mayo are almost always canola or soybean.
  • Are the buns or tortillas baked here? — bakery goods are a common hidden source.
  • Do you cook the vegetables in butter or oil? — the answer is frequently a blend.

How to read this list. Each entry reflects what the venue has been reported to cook with. It is not a certification, nobody has inspected these kitchens on your behalf, and menus and suppliers change — treat it as a shortlist to call, not a guarantee. The four questions above are worth asking even when a place is listed here.

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