Evening Shows and Dinners in Valencia

This listing gathers the food and show programmes of the city's fashionable venues, and it runs until 29 August. The venue named here is the Hotel Las Arenas, on the seafront. It is worth understanding the format before booking, because it is neither a normal dinner nor a nightclub. It sits between the two.

Tardeo and dinner-with-a-show, explained

A tardeo means going out in the afternoon rather than at night: music and drinks while it is still light, home at a civilised hour. It is a firmly established habit in València and Alicante, and in August the reason is practical, since late afternoon is when the heat finally lets go. Dinner with a show is the other half: you eat late, as people do here, and between courses there is live music, dance or performance. Both need a booking, and neither is a beachwear situation.

What is not stated here

Prices are not listed, nor which specific venues are in the programme in any given week, nor the times of individual sessions. That is published on the official page and changes week to week, so check it before building your evening around it. If this is your first time eating out in Spain, one adjustment matters more than any other: kitchens in València do not fill until around ten at night in August. Turning up at eight usually means eating alone.

Before and after

If your evening is on the seafront, the afternoon writes itself at Malva-rosa beach, which the tram reaches. For a different kind of meal earlier in the day, the Mercado de Colón works as a covered terrace in the Eixample. For food that outlasts any seasonal venue list, read where to go for tapas and what to eat in València. For the rest of the month, what to do in August.