Volver al blogThe 2026 Repsol Guide Suns Gala, held on Monday 16 February at the Tarragona Trade Fair and Congress Centre, brought double good news for Valencian gastronomy. FIERRO (València) was awarded two Repsol Suns, the only restaurant in the entire Region of Valencia —València, Castellón and Alicante— to achieve it this year. At the same time, La Oficina, Carito Lourenço and Germán Carrizo’s fourth restaurant, enters the Guide as Recommended 2026 in less than a year of life.
The 2026 edition underlines the value of this recognition: only 11 restaurants across Spain have entered the two-Sun category this year, a distinction that rewards consistency, personality and overall excellence. The Region of Valencia has reasons to celebrate: Ausiàs in Pedreguer and Erre Que Erre in Ibi, in the province of Alicante, and 2 Estaciones in Valencia, Farigola & Menta in Torrent and Simposio in San Antonio de Benagéber, in the province of Valencia, enter the guide this year with one Repsol Sun.
FIERRO: 10 years reigning in Ruzafa
Located in the vibrant Ruzafa neighbourhood, Fierro is the gastronomic project of Carito Lourenço and Germán Carrizo, a small and exclusive 57 m² restaurant seating 18 guests, conceived as an immersive journey.
The second Sun comes at a particularly meaningful moment for the restaurant, which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, consolidating a career built on consistency, creative precision and an understanding of the dining room as an essential part of the gastronomic language.
“We are very happy to receive these two Suns. They reinforce our work, encourage us to keep growing and, after ten years, they are a very special recognition, always flying the flag for our beloved Valencia,” says Carito Lourenço.
La Oficina: recomendación Repsol en tiempo récord
The entry of La Oficina de Carito y Germán as Repsol Guide Recommended 2026 confirms the strength of Carito and Germán’s project beyond FIERRO’s gastronomic format. In just one year, embers and fun dining join the guide’s selection, reinforcing a story of sustained growth from València and from identity.
Maipi: legado, barra y relevo generacional
“I am very happy and excited because I deeply believe in everything we are building. That FIERRO receives these two Suns and that La Oficina has been recommended in less than a year, and Maipi last year, makes us deeply happy. And if I were allowed to dream, earning a Sun for Doña Petrona on its tenth anniversary would bring me immense joy.” (Germán Carrizo)
The Repsol recognition is completed by Maipi, recommended by the guide in 2025. In 2024, Carito Lourenço and Germán Carrizo took over this historic València bar, with more than 40 years of history.
As the Repsol Guide notes, Maipi continues a four-decade legacy, now in the hands of Carito and Germán: one of the busiest bars in the city, a temple of good produce serving tapas, stews and grilled meats.
Maipi’s recommendation (2025) and La Oficina’s entry (2026) thus form a coherent constellation with FIERRO: three different projects, FIERRO, Maipi and La Oficina de Carito y Germán, united by the same vision of craft, produce, hospitality and territory.
València en el mapa nacional
FIERRO being the only restaurant in the entire Region of Valencia to earn two Suns in 2026 is news that goes beyond the restaurant itself. It speaks of València’s gastronomic moment and of the sustained work of teams able to build projects with national and international reach from the neighbourhood, the dining room and the kitchen.
FIERRO extends until April the three menus created to celebrate its tenth anniversary. Three journeys —10 AÑOS DE FIERRO, MEMORIA and LOS AÑOS, also with a vegetarian alternative— that condense the identity of the house: memory, craft and a contemporary take on its most emblematic dishes.
SOBRE FIERRO
Founded in Valencia in 2015, FIERRO is a small, exclusive restaurant of 57 m² seating 18 guests that offers an immersive journey. Located in València’s vibrant Ruzafa neighbourhood, FIERRO is a symbol of hospitality and cultural openness.
At FIERRO, Mediterranean cuisine is raised to a level of contemporary excellence. It holds a MICHELIN Star, a Repsol Sun, #3 in the MACARFI Guide and 5 Radishes in We’re Smart Green Guide, recognitions that highlight its all-round quality. It has recently received a DISCOVERY AWARD from We’re Smart Green Guide, ranked #29 on the world list and been selected by 50 Best Discovery.