Ricard Camarena’s no reservations bar under the Mercado de Colon, open noon to midnight with the kitchen running the whole way.
Bar X sits in the basement of the Mercado de Colon, Valencia’s modernist market landmark, and runs noon to midnight every day with no reservations and a kitchen that never pauses. It is chef Ricard Camarena’s casual flank; his flagship restaurant holds two Michelin stars.
Visit Valencia’s cocktail guide highlights the sustainable mixology, where peels, herbs, and fruits get a second life in the glass. Guia Repsol gave the place a Solete.
You choose bar seats or tables on the market’s lower level, built as a casual all day meeting point per the official site and Tapas Magazine’s launch coverage.
The music gets loud at busy times, a point reviewers keep making. Off peak afternoons are the easy window.
An all day local mix rides the twelve hour kitchen: market shoppers at lunch, aperitivo crowds at dusk, dinner spillover late. Since nobody can book, walking in at 17:00 beats arriving at 21:00 on a Friday.
Reviewers call it more restaurant than bar, which works in your favor at odd hours.
What to order
- 01
An aperitif cocktail from the reuse program
- 02
The rose cava
- 03
Truffled grilled cheese and figatells