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Hisop

Address: Passatge de Marimon, 9. 
Between Diagonal and Travessera de Gràcia.

Booking tel.: 938 029 008

Price: More 45 Euros. (Precio medio 60 €)

Open: Monday to Friday from 13:30-15:30hr and from 21-23:30hr. Saturday from 21-23h.

Closed: Saturday lunch time. Sunday. From the 28th of July until the 20th of August. Bank holidays.
TripAdvisor 4.5/5 # 132 / 4349  129 reviews   Yelp 4.5/5  5 reviews  ElTenedor 8.9/10  23 opinions  Michelin 1*  VipGourmet 6.4/10  3 opinions

Born in 2001 and named after an aromatic herb, Hisop has been, during its more than ten years of life, an example of perseverance and good work.
Awarded a Michelin Star in the 2010 edition, chef Oriol Ivern’s restaurant always surprises with a wonderful cuisine that has the Catalan tradition as a starting point to offer creative contemporary dishes with a really suggestive touch.
With excellent value for money, the restaurant welcomes us into an intimate and elegant space in which any lunch or dinner becomes a great dining experience.

Frommer's
In 2001, Guillem Pla and Oriol Ivem, two chefs formerly at prestigious Neichel, launched this adventurous eating spot in the upper Diagonal where the emphasis of its new Catalan cuisine is on small understated dishes with a complexity of flavors. In a coolly minimalist setting of high wooden ceilings, red and black decor, and white walls lined with thin vases -- each containing a single red rose -- you can enjoy delicacies such as stone bass suquet with trompet, scallops with figs and Jabugo ham, and mouthwateringly rich desserts that include peach with ginger and fennel. There's an excellent wine list favoring top vintages from the Rioja and local Penedés vineyards.

Nile Guide
High ceilings and stark white walls, softened by a single blood-red rose on every table, creates a dramatic yet understated ambience at hisop. The brainchild of Chefs Oriol Ivern and Guillem Pla, it offers a startling mix of recipes that take the base of traditional dishes and twist them into something totally contemporary. Candied-Olives Petit Four, foie with beer, and asparagus with vegetables and almonds, are a few dishes that make up their innovative menu. Even the desserts are a cut apart—try the Roses and Chocolate or a cheesecake with tomatoes! Try something new and exciting on a special occasion; you can even organize private events and corporate meals here.

Restalo.uk
Hisop restaurant is located in Barcelona, offering the best quality since its opening in 2001. Its traditional decoration contrasts with the exquisite presentation of dishes. Hisop has mixed experience with innovation, without giving up quality at any time.
Hisop specializes in contemporary Catalan food, using top quality products to get new flavors, plus a sophisticated twist with the exquisite presentation of dishes. We highlight squid with fried egg and truffle, the octopus with calçotaca, the rack of lamb with inhabit or scallops with caviar and chin. Taste strawberries, lime or coffee to finish the meal.
Hisop restaurant has a good reputation in the hospitality industry. Throughout its career has been honored with awards including a Michelin star in 2010, a Sun Guide Repsol in 2009 or the Award for best young chef 2007 of the Catalan Academy of Gastronomy. No doubt, Hisop is the best choice if you are looking for quality and expertise. Go with your friends, coworkers or family and demonstrates them the good taste of your choice.

Unlike
Bistronomics: Precisely what the neologism implies, a such-called eatery fuses the requisite comforts of a bistro (crisp efficiency and simple, elegant fare) with an avant-garde approach that has its eye on molecular gastronomy. A new-wave that only recently began making appearances in typically traditionalist Barcelona restaurants, Hisop belongs to this ambitious new breed. Waitresses outfitted in form-hugging black smocks exude a vaguely dom vibe, moving impassive and whisper-soft through the thoroughly modern black-and-red-and-bare dining area; while visionary Chefs Oriol Ivern and Guillem Pla apply modern kitchen techniques that take classic Catalan cuisine to innovative heights.
Supper begins with doughy, dense bread served with a welcome host of top-shelf olive-oil varietals; the meal precedes thusly—evolving the expected into the daring. A Michelin star-recipient, Hisop earns its cred with punchy, delicious offerings, like a single razor clam, grilled and swaddled in thyme foam and blood-orange emulsion.

Time Out
Creative cuisine from two chefs who like to revolutionise traditional recipes. Pork confit with wild mushrooms and citrus juice is a good example.

Zagat Food 28 Decor 24 Service 27 Cost E
Chef Oriol Ivern creates “delicious” tasting menus “full of pleasant surprises” at this “upbeat” Sant Gervasi Catalan sporting an “ultracontemporary setting” accented with “red-and-black decor”; “lovely service” caps off the meal, so it’s “worth” the price to many who vow they “will return.” 




Commerç 24

Address: Carrer del Comerç, 24. 
Area: Born- La Ribera.            MAP IT
Booking tel.: 933 192 102
Price: More 45 Euros. (Precio medio 70 €)
Open: Tuesday to Saturday from 13:30-15:30 hr and from 20:30-24 hr. Closed: Sunday. Monday.

Web site

TripAdvisor : 4/5  rank 582 /4338  290 reviews 
Yelp :  4/5  12 reviews     Qype : 5/5  5 reviews
VipGourmet : 8/10  1 review        Michelin : 1*

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Comerç 24 stands for the name and number of the street of El Born in which we find this restaurant. Settled in an old warehouse that was completely refurbished, the restaurant is now full of light and colour.
Run by the young and yet experienced Carlos Abellán, trained in El Bulli, the restaurant is divided into three different but not separate atmospheres -dining room, fast food bar and kitchen- and has high ceilings and a quite industrial but warm atmosphere.
A dynamic modern restaurant with charm where we will be delighted with a creative and imaginative cuisine based on traditional dishes and suggestive flavours. The "tastets" (that’s how they call their small portions) are perfect because we will be able to enjoy some of the delicious dishes such as the personal version of the typical "escudella con pilota" or the fricassee.
There is a very recommendable tasting set menu for 50 euros approx. The wine list has been carefully selected, and some wines can be ordered in glasses.


Barcelona.com
Comerç 24 "One of the chic eateries in town". The "luxury tapas" concept is the same as in the "Santa Maria" across the street. All these new Spanish cuisine places are inspired by goodfather Ferran Adria (el Bulli).
 The interior is quite a failure. A beautiful seventies landscape photograph in the middle of sad grey walls and a silly "drums" lightning system. Service is excellent.
Unfortunately, as in many other places, they serve their tiny portions with senseless "salsazigzag" drippings.
Try Coast sardines with grape and avocado (10€), Tuna pizza sashimi and wasabi vinaigrette sauce (9€), Artichoke hearts truffle and qauil eggs (12€) Murgules with cream (12€) Salmon with vanilla (12€)... Eating here can be fun tough. We had the "festival" menu (50 and 70€), a bit of everything. Don't miss the kinder surprise egg (6€) and the cappuccino dessert.
Make sure you have a reservation, not to sit near the doors on cold days. If you are hungry: the tapas are small but there are many of them.

Frommers
The renowned chef at this avant-garde restaurant is Carles Abellán, a disciple of the famed Ferran Adriá of El Bulli. Abellán uses fresh seasonal ingredients, balanced sauces, and bold but never outrageous combinations, and he believes in split-second timing. Samples of his most imaginative dishes include freshly diced tuna marinated in ginger and soy sauce, and fresh salmon "perfumed" with vanilla and served with yogurt. His baked eggplant (aubergine) with Roquefort, pine nuts, and fresh mushrooms from the countryside is another treat. He also serves an old-fashioned snack that Catalan children ate when they came home from school -- a combination of chocolate, salt, and bread flavored with olive oil. It's surprisingly good!


Barcelona Guide
The new school of inventive Catalan cuisine started with the master chef Ferran Adrià and his kitchen El Bulli on the coast of Rosas. Carles Abellan was once a disciple at Bulli, but today he has his own restaurant of new wave tapas, Comerç 24. The selection of tapas changes throughout the year, but is always surprisingly funny, different and amazingly good. Like the coast sardines with grape and avocado, Artichoke hearts truffle and qauil eggs and the Salmon with vanilla. A mix of flavours from Asia, America, Italy, The Mediterranean and Catalonia, beautifully presented, with the best service but in an environment, somewhat grey and cold. 

Nile Guide
This pride of the Born District is the business venture of Carles Abellan. A restaurant-cum-tapas bar, the venue also serves certain Asian, American and Italian specialties. There are three distinct seating areas, but the tall pillars, high ceiling, spotlights and yellow tone run through the whole interior. Besides delectable drinks, the bar with its individual table-space also features cold dishes prepared right in front of you. The dining section accommodates around 40 people and can be rented for private events. A visit here is a must; make sure to reserve a table in advance.
The renowned chef of this avant-garde restaurant is Carles Abellán, a disciple of the famed Ferran Adriá of El Bulli. Abellán uses fresh seasonal ingredients, balanced sauces, and bold but never outrageous combinations, and he believes in split-second timing. Samples of his most imaginative dishes include freshly diced tuna marinated in ginger and soy sauce, and fresh salmon "perfumed" with vanilla and served with yogurt. His baked eggplant with Roquefort, pine nuts, and fresh mushrooms from the countryside is another treat. Believe it or not, he serves that old-fashioned snack that Catalan children used to be offered when they came home from school, a combination of chocolate, salt, and bread flavored with olive oil. It's surprisingly good!

Dining City : 7/10  4 reviews
Enjoy a creative, glocal cuisine featuring tapas or mini-portions that make it possible to try various dishes... a global cuisine, a 21st century product without any barrier or boundary, but also making it from a most intimate, local and personal point of view.
Comerç 24 is located in an old salting house and preserves shop, totally renovated. The kitchen, dining area and bar are all in the same style but create three different ambiences for different needs.Carles Abellan succeeded in making Comerç 24 an unquestionable reference point in Barcelona, with a new, brave and surprising cuisine.


Time Out
Carles Abellán forms part of a supergroup of young chefs who worked in el Bulli at the end of the 1990s, along with Oriol Balaguer, Marc Singla and Sergi Arola. As a chef he has proved that he has clear ideas about how his
gastronomic creations must be prepared and presented for these new times. His most important project to date is Comerç 24, a cosmopolitan restaurant serving creative tapas that could have come from El Bulli itself, with the most
demanding levels of quality and excellent service. It was conceived to be a total experience, from the moment you enter the restaurant to the moment you leave.

( Fri Dec 28 2012 )

Zagat Food 25 Decor 22 Service 24 Cost E
“Every bite’s a spectacular celebration of flavor” at this “daring”, “popular” International tapas bar in El Born showcasing “surprising” “molecular preparations” by chef-owner Carles Abellán, a former “pupil” of Ferran Adrià; the “modern” space, “sublime” wines and “knowledgeable” service enhance the “awesome (but not cheap)” experience, so “even at the bar you feel like a king”; reserve ahead, “be prepared to dine for a few hours.” 

  

Cinc Sentits

Address: Carrer d' Aribau, 58. Between Aragó and València. Area: Eixample Esquerre.       MAP IT
Tel. Reservations: 933 300 303

Price: More 45 Euros. (Precio medio 60 €)

Open: Tuesday to Saturday from 13:30-15 hr and from 20:30-22 hr.
Closed: Monday. Sunday. Bank holidays. 15 days in August.

Web site

TripAdvisor : 4.5/5  rank 110 /4217  313 reviews              Michelin 1*                        Yelp : 4.5/5   17 reviews
Qype : 5/5   4 reviews               El Tenedor : 8.3/10      72 opinions               VipGourmet : 7.6/10  3 opinions


Bcn Restaurantes
Young Jordi Artal and his sister –chef and sommelier respectively- arrived in Barcelona from Canada –their homeland-, to open in 2004 what was to become one of the best restaurants in the city. It is so much so that in the 2009 edition, the prestigious Michelin Guide awarded it with its first star.
Today, consolidated as a great signature cuisine reference, Cinc Sentits presents a mature cuisine, a particular view of the Catalan gastronomic tradition, with influences from culinary cultures from all around the world. Textures, contrasts, sauces...each dish brings the guest new and stimulating sensations. The tasting menus –with or without wine pairing- are the best option to enjoy the chef’s creativity at its peak.
With a modern, sophisticated and warm atmosphere, Cinc Sentits is the perfect setting for an unforgettable night.

Barcelona.com
Minimalist environment and fusion cuisine. The Cinc Sentits (Five Senses) is one of the nicest tables in Barcelona. The chef Jordi Artal is really talented, and elaborates creative dishes far from traditional flavors but with incredible tastes.
We think of his FOIE GRAS "COCA" (thin pastry crust, balsamic-glazed leeks, burnt-sugar shell, and chives), the IBERIAN SUCKLING PIG (crisp and succulent, with apple in two textures and "ratafía"), the LAMB SADDLE (hazelnut couscous, licorice, and espresso reduction), or the GALICIAN VEAL CHEEK (foie gras and bacon "migas", parsnip purée, and summer truffle glaze)…to be brief…
It's beautiful and very, very good. Make reservations well in advance!!!

Zagat : Food 28/30 Decor 22/30 Service 26/30 Cost VE 83 reviews

Simply sublime”, this “completely original” Eixample Catalan (rated No. 1 for Food in Barcelona) takes you on a “roller coaster ride to bliss”, “delighting at every turn” with its “imaginative, delicious” tasting menus by chef Jordi Artal; the “simple” room offers an understated backdrop as an “impeccable” staff provides “perfect” service and “premium” wine pairings, so go ahead and “treat yourself” – it more than “lives up to expectations.”

Fodors
The engaging Artal clan—led by master chef Jordi—is a Catalan-Canadian family who provide a unique Barcelona experience: cutting-edge contemporary cooking explained eloquently in English. Two tasting menus—Sensacions is more creative, Essèncias is simpler—with wine pairings, provide a wide range of experimental tastes and textures, which are also invariably delicious. (Expect to spend €69 or €49 depending on which menu you select.) At the end of the meal diners receive a printout reprising the various courses and wines that have just crossed their palates. This is foodie nirvana.

Frommer's
This cutting-edge eatery aims to soothe the cinc sentits (five senses). Chef Jordi Artal offers a gourmet tasting menu of eight tapas-size dishes, which is diverse and delicious. Try a crème fraîche and caviar soup or a sliver of foie gras with violet-petal marmalade. Artal's cuisine is a combination of Catalan culinary know-how and new-world wit. An everyday white garlic soup is graced with pan-seared lobster, a monkfish sprinkled with bacon "dust," or a soft poached egg with tomato jam. My favorite dish was the smallest: A heavenly shot glass of cava, egg yolk, rock salt, and maple syrup. Cinc Sentits is an example of what fusion food can be like with a combination of the finest ingredients and intelligence. 

My Table
"Without a doubt, the key to great food is to find and utilize the freshest, highest quality ingredients.
We work with purveyors from across Catalunya and Spain who share this philosphy and provide us with the best ingredients at their peak of freshness.
Cinc Sentits is a modern tasting menu restaurant, we do not have a traditional “a la carte” option.
We believe that the tasting menu format of small plates is the best way to experience our vision of contemporary Catalan cuisine, allowing each course to surprise and stimulate the senses."


Restalo.uk
Cinc Sentits Restaurant has a creative cuisine with influences from all around the world. They perfectly combine creativity and technique, they manage to elaborate surprising and tasty dishes.
We recommend you to order one of our tasting menus to try a few different dishes. 

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Alkimia

Address: Carrer de la Indústria, 79. Between Sicília and Sardenya. Area: Gràcia.                   MAP IT
Booking tel.: 932 076 115
Price: More 45 Euros. (Precio medio 75 €)
Open: Monday to Friday from 13:30-15:30 hr and from 20:30-23 hr. Closed: Saturday lunch time. Sunday. Bank holidays. Easter. August.
Web site

TripAdvisor : 4.5/5  rank 113 / 4217  171 reviews 
Yelp : 4.5/5  9 reviews         Qype : 4/5  5 reviews 
VipGourmet : 8/10  9 opinions        Michelin : 1*


Bcn Restaurantes
Located near Sagrada Familia, Alkimia is considered one of the best restaurants in Barcelona, and was awarded, because of that, with a Michelin star.
The restaurant is narrow and long, and thanks to its austere but elegant décor, in which white is the ruling colour, and its warm lights, the atmosphere is really distinguished and cosy at the same time. There are three rooms for private dinners.
The chef Jordi Vidal, that has worked in important restaurants such as Baixas or Neichel, suggests us more contemporary versions of recipes that belong to our traditional Catalan gastronomy. The result of that are chef cuisine dishes that appear to be simple though they hide complex elaborations and top quality products.
As if all the above wasn't enough, the restaurant is more than good value for money. Alkimia is definitely a must for avant-garde cuisine lovers.

Barcelona.com
Jordi Vilà the Chef of Alkimia (alchemy in English) is part of the young guard of the New Catalan cuisine along with Chefs from Comerç 24 and Santa Maria. A new wave initiated several years ago by Ferran Adrià with the success which one knows.
 Hidden behind the Sagrada Familia, this restaurant with minimalist decoration offers imaginative and very colored food, in only one word: astonishing! To discover the creativity of Jordi Vilà, who takes traditional dishes from the region keeping the soul of the classics but giving them a modern edge, we can only advise you to choose one of the two tasting menus (65 and 84€).
This will be the best way to enjoy this dish called “Dentro de Mar” or “the ocean and its shells”, a very iodized composition bathing in an amazing blue bubble or the very graphic “seabass with ink of cuttlefish and coconut milk”. Unforgettable desserts and very beautiful chart of the wines. A major Chef… We like very, very much Alkimia. Do not forget to book!!



Time Out
Even before Alkimia was awarded its Michelin star it was notoriously tricky to get a table, and these days it hasn't got any easier. Chef Jordi Vilà is hugely respected, and turns out complex dishes that play with Spanish classics – for instance, liquid pa amb tomàquet with fuet sausage, wild rice with crayfish and strips of tuna on a bed of foamed mustard. There is also an enviably stocked wine cellar.
What is lacking, however, is a great deal of warmth in either the minimalist dining room or from the occasionally tight-lipped waiting staff.

Zagat : Food 25/30 Decor 22/30
 Service 24/30 Cost E

“Playful and whimsical” yet “dead serious about flavor profiles”, this “superb” Gràcia Catalan by chef Jordi Vilà beckons with “inventive” dishes served by a “knowledgeable”, “professional” staff in a “minimalist” setting; though “not cheap”, it offers real “value for the money”, and fans of the “delicious” tasting menus advise “go big or go home.” 


Financial Times
Jordi Vilá achieves a near-miraculous transformation of humble ingredients into pure gold with his take on modern Catalan cuisine. Look out for his caneló de pollastre rostit (melting fresh pasta rolled round a filling of roast chicken with nubbly bits of almond), suckling lamb with infant broad beans, or variations on the mar i muntanya (“sea and mountain”, or shellfish and meat) theme so beloved of Catalans. 

Fodors
Chef Jordi Vilà is making news here with his inventive creations and tasting menus at €65 and €84 that still manage to pass for a bargain at the top end of Barcelona culinary culture even in this current economy. And if those meals sound like a steal, the €37.80 midday menu is grand larceny. The place is usually packed, but the white-on-white graphic decor, reminiscent of a Mondrian canvas, keeps things airy. Vilà's deconstructed pa amb tomaquet (in classical usage, toasted bread with olive oil and squeezed tomato) served in a shot glass is just a culinary wink before things get deadly serious with raw tuna strips, baby squid, or turbot. A dark-meat course, venison or beef, brings the taste progression to a close before dessert provides a sweet ending. Alkimia, as its name suggests, is pure magic.

Frommer's
Jordi Vilà's Alkimia is the type of restaurant that attracts other chefs to sample his singular style. He is a proponent of New Catalan cuisine, the culinary wave that started with Ferran Adrià. For starters, try the deconstructed version of the traditional pa amb tomàquet (a slice of white bread rubbed with tomato pulp and olive oil), in which Vilà separates the juice from the tomato before adding the oil, crumbs of toasted bread, and a little pungent lloganissa salami. Many of his other dishes are also an offbeat take on traditional Catalan dishes: Tuna belly substitutes for Iberian ham in faves a la catalana (Catalan-style broad beans); truffle is added to a plate of cabbage, potato, and sausage; and fried eggs and Majorcan sausage are served with preserved quinces. There's an excellent wine cellar that includes many Spanish vintages.

Barcelona Guide
The gourmet restaurant Alkimia offers Spanish classics with an offbeat, creative twist. Try the sample menu (must include everyone at the table) to get an idea of the exciting flavours on offer. They change the menu every three months, but here are some examples of their best dishes: gazpacho in a glass topped with olive oil, toasted bread crumbs and fuet sausage, strips of tuna steak on a bed of mustard, or for dessert, homemade chocolate cake with eucalyptus or spice icecream. Comfortable and well-renowned local with a minimalist decor, inviting you to focus on the cuisine. It's a small, local place, accommodating a maximum of 40 customers.

Nile Guide
Following the new wave of Catalan, avant-garde cuisine, Chef Jordi Vilà opened Alkimia. While he has a minimalist style of cooking, many of his dishes have a unique flavor that will challenge your taste buds. Try the Wild Rice with Crayfish and Litchi Soup, or the Glacé Celery and Eucalyptus Ice Cream for dessert. Recently awarded the Michelin star, you should make reservations to assure your seat in the sleek, modern dining room.

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This is the kind of new Spanish molecular gastronomy cuisine that visitors have come to expect from up-and-coming establishments – swapping ingredients, modifying consistencies, and playing with your mind as well as your taste buds for a full on sensory experience.
Jorge Vilà is the man in charge at this more affordable version of Ferran Adrià, so book well in advance as you won’t be the only one who’s caught on to his secret. Let the restaurant know if you intend to order the tasting menu at the time of your booking.

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Dos Palillos


Address: Carrer d' Elisabets, 9. Cantonada Notariat. Area: El Raval.         MAP IT
Booking tel.: 933 040 513

Price: More 45 Euros. (Precio medio 55 €)

Open: Tuesday and Wensday from 19:30- 23:30 h. Thursday to Saturday from 13-15:30 hr and from 19:30- 23:30 hr. Closed: Sunday. Monday. Tuesday and Wensday lunch time. From 4-25 August
Web site

TripAdvisor : 4/5 rank 437 /4333  204 reviews
Yelp : 4/5  6 reviews          Qype : 3/5  3 reviews         VipGourmet : 8.5/10  2 reviews       Michelin : 1 *



At this restaurant the cooks work in front of your very eyes! The result will surprise guests, both in terms of the culinary philosophy and the cuisine itself, which is based on a fusion of Oriental cooking and Spanish ingredients. À la carte tapas choices and two tasting menus.



Barcelona.com 
When traditional spanish tapas get inspired by delicate savors of Asia…
Albert Raurich has been working at El Bulli from 1997 to 2007 where he was head chief for the last 6 years of his journey with Ferran Adrià … That is to say that he knows quite well about cuisine inspiration and innovation…
At Dos Palillos the chef decided to get his inspiration from the far east cuisine, that is mostly from Japan, China, Thailand and Vietnam. And what an inspiration!! Imagine Asian savors married with Spanish traditional tapas and products like seafoods, fish, fresh vegetables of the market, prown, tuna, meat… Imagine now tempura, raw dishes, woked dishes, steamed dishes, grilled dishes...
Albert Raurich’s tapas are pure creativity and grace.. We loved fresh seaweed sunomono with molluscs, Japanese burger, meat Gyoza,Cantonese style Iberian pork, prawn steamed dumpling.. Two degustation menus at 55 and 75€ but they prefer to say one hour and half menu or two hours menu.. Lunchtime menu at 20€. In november 2012 Dos Palillos recieved its first Michelin star.

Bcn Restaurantes
Asia and Spain, though so geographically and culturally different, show that when it comes to eating, the distance between them can get shorter than it may seem. Both cultures choose small portions and both countries use sticks to eat (two chopsticks in the case of Japan and toothpicks in the case of Spanish “tapas”), which has led to the restaurant’s name: Dos Palillos, which can both mean “two chopsticks” or “two toothpicks”.
The owners of the restaurant are Catalan Albert Raurich and Tamae Imachi that, as her name lets us guess, comes from the land of the rising sun. The couple –also in their private life- met while they were working in the prestigious El Bulli and present an offer based on good products cooked according to Asian techniques.
The space is divided into two bars that work independently with different philosophies: one of them invites us to have a seat –only with reservation- around it and to contemplate the accurate movements of the Japanese cook, while the other, that dominates the entrance of the restaurant, is designed for us to eat while standing up, like in a traditional Spanish tapas bar.

Zagat  : Food 25/30 Decor 22/30 Service 21/30 Cost E  24 reviews.
“Inspired, Japanese-influenced” dishes “dazzle” at this “amazing Asian fusion” standout by chef-owner Albert Raurich (an El Bulli alum) in the arty Raval; the “intimate bar” and crowd made up of “chefs and friends” make it a “nice place” to share a “wow”-worthy yet “fairly priced” meal;

Time Out
The chefs at Dos Palillos ("Two Chopsticks") creatively demonstrate the close links between Asian and Spanish tapas, and at such a high level of quality and innovation that it earned them their first Michelin star. Sitting down to one of their tasting menus treats you to one surprise after another, and each one better than the one before.


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Part of the Casa Camper hotel, local design temple Vinçon and architect Jordi Tió have deliberately made the entrance of this delectable Asian-inspired tapas bar look like any other in the Raval, but in the back you’ll find a Michelin-starred, Japanese-style 25-seat dining room set around the kitchen area.
There it’s Albert Raurich, former commander-in-chief of El Bulli’s army of chefs, who calls the shots. Despite his El Bulli credentials, don’t expect molecular fusion cuisine: the dishes and cooking methods are authentically Asian – the fusion element comes from the use of Spanish raw ingredients.
If you don’t manage to get a reservation, the full menu can also be had in the kitsch entrance area. There you can also explore the excellent wine list which can be sampled by the glass.


Barcelona Metropolitan
The Raval, let’s face it, is not best known for its fine dining restaurants. And yet, despite the odds, Dos Palillos endures. I went a few weeks ago for the first time since it opened—mainly because my prevailing memory of it was being charged €78 for a couple of tapas and a couple of glasses of wine—and was intrigued to find it full on a blustery, Tuesday night of no import with a 70/30 mix of Catalans versus food tourists.

In fact, this time around it didn’t seem quite so eye-wateringly expensive. €55 for the shorter tasting menu not including wine, is not exactly cheap, granted, but it is accessible enough for a treat. Last time I sat at the bar, decorated with old beer crates stacked up in the corners and funky labels plastered onto the walls, and I suspect you can rack up a terrifying bill if you allow yourself to go mad. This time, however, we headed through the chainmail curtains into the womb-like dining room, where a square bar arranged around an open kitchen is home to chefs quietly creating masterpieces.
What I liked most about it was that the food was challenging enough to give you a proper experience, but not so weird as to leave you scratching your head and thinking, “what the hell was that?” The pace was careful and service from the several different chefs who will host you through the evening, each with their own specialty, was bang on.
Head chef and owner Albert Raurich was Ferran Adrià’s right-hand man at El Bulli for 11 years and it shows in much of the meticulous presentation. The Japanese angle comes from his Japanese wife, who personally guided him into the country’s regional cooking and encouraged him to fuse it with the heritage of his own.
The result: Japanese tapas, I guess. 
 

Hofmann

Address: Carrer de la Granada del Penedès, 14-16. Between Balmes and Via Agusta. 
Area: St. Gervasi-Santaló.                        MAP IT
Booking tel.: 0034 932 187 165
  
Price: More 45 Euros. (Precio medio 60 €) 

Open: Monday to Friday from 13:30-15:30hr and from 21-23:15hr. Closed: Saturday. Sunday. Bank holidays. Easter. Christmas. August.                      Web site

TripAdvisor 4.5/5   # 93 / 4254   59 reviews
Michelin 1*  VipGourmet 8.1/10  4 opinions

Bcn Restaurantes 
Hofmann left its old venue in El Born in order to give more space to the internationally renowned cookery school run by the cook and patissier Mey Hofmann, that has trained great Spanish cooks.
Mey Hofmann has chosen uptown Barcelona and has been in charge of the decoration of this new modern, spacious place with different private rooms.
The school pupils train everyday with their teachers at the open kitchen of the restaurant and delight their public with Mediterranean-influenced post-nouvelle signature cuisine with Catalan roots. Needless to talk about the presentation of the dishes, simply impeccable, attractive and refined. Although a starter and main dish can be far more than enough, it is literally a sin to leave the place without experiencing the pleasure of the desserts.
As everybody knows, a dinner at Hofmann is an unforgettable experience.



Barcelona Guide
This was a popular Basque cuisine restaurant Laurak and now has been acquired by the well-known restaurant Hofmann School of catering. It is a modern great cuisine with well-done presentations and relax atmosphere.
Do not miss the deserts and its large wine cellars.

Fodors
German-born, Catalonia-trained Mey Hofmann's locale, uptown just below Travessera de Gràcia, is a graceful designer space with a glassed-in kitchen as center stage. Hofmann's creative Mediterranean and international cuisine has been successful for more than two decades as a result of carefully selected raw materials and unrelenting quality in their preparation. Sardine tartare, foie gras in puff pastry, prawn risotto, wood pideon in two textures, and lovingly prepared baby vegetables are among the best choices at this carefully managed culinary tour de force.



Restalo.uk  9.3/10  1 review
Hoffman Restaurant is a restaurant with creative cuisine. Avant-garde and exquisite cuisine, with an impeccable and striking presentation, in a romantic atmosphere. Incredible desserts. Big wine cellar with international wines.

Nile Guide
Hoffman's is a training school for the budding chefs of Barcelona. Mey Hofmann, the director of the school, opened it with the intention of giving her students an opportunity to try their hands at restaurant cooking. The menu offers wonderful Mediterranean fare and the prices are quite reasonable too. Even the decor is nice and welcoming, with potted plants and flower arrangements. It's evident from the restaurant's popularity that Hofmann's students do not disappoint!

Time Out
New haute cuisine with distinct Catalan influences and beautiful desserts, all presented impeccably. How does chef Mey Hofmann's calamari with Catalan blood sausage and praline sauce sound? Hofmann herself calls it "simple and not overthought", with the praline sauce making an unexpected appearance. The squid are stuffed with the sausage, which was previously heated in the microwave in order to soften it up, the not-quite-boiled praline sauce is added, and then it's grilled. The result is fantastically crunchy and quite the combination.


Zagat Food 27/30 Decor 24/30 Service 26/30 Cost E

“Right up there” on the top tier, this “busy”, “school-to-table” Mediterranean by chef/owner/teacher Mey Hofmann delivers “incredible” dishes and pastries “beyond words” amid sleek, multiroom surroundings in an “old” building just off Gràcia; sure, it’s “expensive”, but it’s more “affordable” than some, and a “lovely treat for a romantic evening”; P.S. closed Saturday–Sunday.