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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.

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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.” 

  

Abrassame


Address: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 375-385. Top floor of Las Arenas shopping centre. Area: Eixample
Esquerre.      (map)
Booking : on-line
Price: From 20-30 Euros. (Precio medio 30 €)
Open: Monday to Sunday from 10-1hr. 
Closed: Never.
Web site          Youtube

TripAdvisor : 4.5/5  rank 206 / 4196  52 reviews        El Tenedor : 8.5/10  74 reviews        Yelp : 2/5  1 review

Restalo : 8.4/10  11 reviews 
Inside the dome of the shopping center of Plaza Las Arenas Spain, in the heart of the city of Barcelona, is the restaurant Abrassame. It is a restaurant specializing in fish dishes and seafood, with fresh and with a touch Mediterranean.
The restaurant offers an extensive menu and several daily menus composed of dishes made with seafood flown in daily from the fish market. A selection of meats (Galician, Asturian or Nebraska), with the common characteristic quality product at a good price, cooked grilled, baked or grilled. It also has a variety of dishes and Share Chopping and several types of the best meat for hamburger.
Located in a very privileged with spectacular views across Barcelona, the restaurant has a wide Abrassame heated terrace and private dining rooms, ideal for business lunches or events for up to 26 people. The dishes are cooked on view in the heart of the local bar surrounding the show cooking in which we find an account of the fresh seafood of the day.



Bnc Restaurantes : 
Located at the top of Las Arenas, Abrassame is without doubt one of the most interesting gastronomic options in the shopping centre that occupies what was once the old bullring. Specialized in seafood, which arrives daily from the fish market and is cooked on the grill or baked, the restaurant’s philosophy is to offer quality products at reasonable prices. The menu also includes a large selection of tapas and plates to share, as well as select meats from Galicia, Asturias and Nebraska. With the open kitchen in the middle of the space, it welcomes us with a modern and warm décor and has a few private rooms ideal for intimate celebrations and a wonderful terrace with spectacular views over the city.

Can Vallés


Address: Carrer d' Aragó, 95. Between Calàbria and Rocafort.
Area: Eixample Esquerre.                 MAP IT
Booking tel.: 932 260 667 

Price: More 45 Euros. (Precio medio 50 €)

Open: Monday to Saturday from 13:30-16 hr and from 21-23 hr.
Closed: Sunday.
Web site

TripAdvisor : 4.5/5  rank 64 / 4196  53 reviews 
Yelp : 4.5/5  3 reviews      VipGourmet : 7.6/10  5 reviews




Bcn Restaurantes
Located at the heart of Barcelona's Eixample, Can Vallés welcomes us with a look that says nothing about what is really served in this restaurant suitable for the most demanding gourmets. Can Vallés is a humble restaurant with an informal, popular atmosphere and very friendly service that apparently is no special whatsoever. However, those who have discovered it know that the cuisine here is matchless and, actually, there is at least a one-week waiting list to book a table. The restaurant presents rather traditional cuisine with a very personal touch, always cooked with ingredients of the best quality, so it is obviously not a cheap option.

Barcelona.com
As you are walking down Aragó street, next to Rocafort, suddenly you find a restaurant called Can Vallès. One might think that he has bumped into another Barcelona's bar, and here comes the big mistake. This restaurant with, at first gland, simple appearance, has a lot to show us. The quality, detail and care of the dishes is equivalent to the outstanding restaurants in the city. Recipes made with the best products on the market. 
Some dishes: chickpeas with lobster, pork feet cannelloni, fresh seafood, meat served on a hot stone, fresh salads and some very nice tapas! The desserts...? Try the cheesecake or chocolate cake with cinnamon ice cream. And.. the best wines selection! 
Do not forget to book in advance as this is a small but very popular place .

Time Out 
If you’ve never been here before, then one of the biggest and best surprises awaits you. Their young Galician chef is a true culinary wizard, and this is reflected by the fact that the restaurant is always full, and you have to book well in advance, especially at weekends and lunchtimes. Excellent shellfish dishes and subtle carpaccios served with oils and vinegars prepared by the chef, Jose Álvarez Busto.

Loidi

Address: Carrer de Mallorca, 248. Between Pg. de Gràcia and Rambla de Catalunya. Area: Eixample Dret. 
Tel. Reservations: 933 300 303                 MAP IT
Price: 48€ (5 courses), 39€ (4 courses), 28€ (3 courses)
Open: Monday to Saturday 13-15:30hr and 20-23hr. Sunday 13-15:30hr. Closed: Sunday night. Bank holidays at night.
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TripAdvisor : 4/5  rank 670 / 4198  86 reviews           Yelp :   4/5  1 review    El Tenedor : 8.1/10  32 reviews  Qype : 4/5  1 review  VipGourmet  : 7.1/10  4 reviews



Bcn Restaurantes
The well-known Basque chef Martín Berasategui has already three restaurants in Barcelona: Lasarte, Fonda España and Loidi, that was born with a bistro soul.
Loidi enables -although the great master is not in the kitchen- an approach to his cuisine without having to go to San Sebastian or to the busy neighbouring Lasarte. This takes place at surprising prices if we take into consideration the 4 Michelin star Berasategui can boast about.
The set menu offers, at a fixed price, two starters, a main dish and dessert, drinks not included. Tomás Closa gathers the essence of Berasategui's cuisine and captures it in simple, traditional-rooted elaborations with popular flavours and an inevitable Basque accent. His dishes depend completely on the market, so they change almost every week.
The restaurant accommodates about a hundred diners and presents an attractive modern design and an informal atmosphere that invites us to enjoy relaxed meal with no rush. After dinner, the hotel’s Alaire roof top terrace –that offers stunning views to La Pedrera and Sagrada Familia- is the perfect place to enjoy a cocktail with live music.

Barcelona.com
To discover the work of Martin Berasategui but at low-cost. Not to hesitate to make a jump at the “popular” restaurant of the great Basque chef : the Loidi... 
Every week a new menu at 37€ and a” Martin’smenu ” at 57€ ,which you can discover on their website. Potatoe and black sausage milfeuilles with egg, Tuna belly tartar with grated lime and herbs oil, Tuna with yakisoba and tuna peel, Small cuttlefish beach sautéed with garlic and parsley and reduced ink, Fricandeau… Broadly delicious… a very beautiful summary of the talent of Martin Berasategui. 

Time Out 
Lasarte’s little brother allows you to enter Berasategui’s world without making yourself dizzy, thanks to a wonderful sampling menu that will suit many different pockets. At Barcelona’s Hotel Condes. 

Restalo.uk
Loidi is a restaurant designed as a modern bistro, and could be described as casual and very affordable. Loidi Restaurant offers traditional cuisine, presented with imagination and using the best products from the local market.
In Loidi, Martin Berasategui aims to bring his renowned culinary concept to the general public, a concept which is based upon simplicity, balance and the life experiences of this master chef.
Using the formula "the proposal of Martin Berasategui in Barcelona," Loidi changes its menu weekly, however they maintain the structure four courses (starter, fish, meat and dessert) and an attractive price.
 

Barcelona Metropolitan  
Located in the Hotel Condes de Barcelona and overseen by the great Basque chef Martín Berasategui who boasts three stars for his self-named restaurant just outside of San Sebastian, you would think that Loidi would promise pretty special stuff. Yet since opening a couple of years back, reports have been largely uninspiring.
From the outside it looks like a smartish hotel restaurant. Inside it has the feel of corporate-breakfast-room-in-a-smart-hotel-with-the-lights-dimmed, which is exactly what it is. That said, when I tried to book for a Thursday night it was full, and I had to call a couple of days ahead to get in on a Saturday night, so something is definitely working.
The menu is typical of the bistronomía genre: robust and reasonable, offering Berasategui’s six-course taster option for €47 (€62 with wines) and Loidi’s four-courser for €39. They consist of more or less the same things, so we went for Loidi’s and managed to cover most of the options by choosing different dishes and sharing. We drank a bottle of Predicador from La Rioja, a jubilant red with the nifty ‘top hat’ label made by the enigmatic Benjamín Romeo, which was a treat at €36 but worth it.....( then follows the description of the dinner ).
Loidi then, it’s not a bad deal but it lacks something. Nothing was really warm enough, or thrilling enough to inspire a return, yet nothing was really truly bad either. I suppose it just does what it says on the tin. March 1, 2011

Fonda Gaig

Address: Carrer de Còrsega, 200. Between Casanova and Muntaner. Area : Eixample Esquerre. 
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Tel. : 934 532 020 
Price: More 45 Euros. (Precio medio 48 €)
Open: Tuesday to Saturday 13:30-15:30 hr and 21-23:30 hr. Sunday 13:30-15:30 hr. Closed: Sundaynight, Monday.
Web site

TripAdvisor : 4/5  rank 584 / 4196  68 reviews 
Yelp : 4.5/5  5 reviews         Qype : 4/5  1 review         VipGourmet 6.8/10  4 reviews


Bcn Restaurantes
Carles Gaig, after his experience in the restaurant of Hotel Cram -where he offered contemporary cuisine-, invites us now to make a regression in order to go back to the most traditional Catalan cuisine. That means going back to all the dishes our grandmas and mothers cooked, a really attractive offer that will please both those who need to forget –at least for a while- about implausible names and weird combinations, and those visiting the city who want to enrich their gastronomic culture.
 Fonda Gaig is decorated with modern elements. In spite of its big dimensions, it is essential to book in advance. But don’t be misled: the gastronomy is traditional but prices match perfectly the times we are living. If we decide to top up our meal with a bottle of wine, the bill probably rocket.

Barcelona.com
At the Fonda Gaig the food is very traditionally Catalan, like that at Petit Comité, in a return to grandmotherly Catalan basics.  Carles Gaig and a growing number of top chefs are going back to simpler and more affordable food. Gaig’s traditional pastas are legendary: slender cannelloni with a decadent multimeat filling, and macarrones del cardenal, silky pasta tubes cloaked in a divine sauce of cream and onion sofrito under gratinéed Parmesan. Look for standards such as botifarra amb mongetes de ganxet (sausage with white beans) or canelons de l'Avia (Grandmother's cannelloni) or pollastre de gratapallers a la casssola (stewed free-range chicken). An interpretation of the traditional Catalan cuisine that has made Carles Gaig synonymous with top Barcelona dining since 1869, this new enterprise is making a place for itself in Barcelona's continous evolving cuisine. A great destination for a long lunch or dinner, very relaxed, very Catalan and in a super comfortable ample dining room, with red leather armchairs, careful soundproofing and mellow lighting.

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Time Out 
It's currently all the rage for Barna's top chefs to set up more affordable offshoots, and this one is under the guiding hand of Carles Gaig. The Fonda Gaig schtick, like that at Petit Comitè, is a return to grandmotherly Catalan basics, and the favourite dish here is the canelons - hearty, steaming tubes of pasta filled with shredded beef and topped with a fragrant béchamel. The various dining rooms manage to be both modern and wonderfully comfortable, with red leather armchairs, careful soundproofing and mellow lighting.

Barcelona Metropolitan 
Fonda Gaig offers comfort in both food and surroundings, although you can expect to pay for the pleasure.
Do you see the pattern here? High-end chef with expensive, possibly Michelin-starred restaurant is bored. He wants to return to the kind of cooking that his mother did, while offering his adoring dining public a more affordable night out. A designer jazzes up the joint, and lo, a ‘new bistro’ is born.
Unfortunately, Barcelona’s top chefs have still to catch up to the idea that we’re in a recession—restaurants in both New York and London are now doing ‘eat for free’ nights to keep their customers faithful—and that means way more than just eating on the cheap. It means being flexible and making us feel special, because the crashing economy means that our rare nights out need to be exactly that.
As such I wasn’t expecting Fonda Gaig to be particularly cheap, which is just as well because it wasn’t, but I was expecting that warm, fuzzy feeling that comes with being in the bubble of a great restaurant. After all, in chef terms, Carles Gaig is a force to be reckoned with. And that I got in spades, from the deep, red leather armchairs good enough to sleep in, to the gentlemanly patriarch and his handsome family who bade me ‘good day’ as they left, leaving behind the warm glow and empty glasses of a celebration.
The Fonda, you see, is as much a lunch spot as a dinner place, and it’s packed whenever you go, thanks to clever lighting that leaves you feeling bathed in buttermilk by day, intimate by night. Either way you never want to leave. The menu: hard-core Catalan from the trenches of culinary history. Daily specials include buñuelos de sesos y setas de burdeos—fried brain fritters with wild mushrooms (€10), and the much-esteemed if rarely seen Catalan becada, woodcock (€27.50) (...)
(...) there’s a lot to recommend Fonda Gaig. It serves great food in a convivial atmosphere that makes you want to be there—we arrived at 2pm, left at 5pm—and has hospitable staff who are genuinely happy to have you.

Nile Guide
One of the shining culinary showcases of Barcelona, Gaig was founded as an out-of-town fonda (small inn for travelers) in the late 19th century by the great-grandmother of present owner Carlos Gaig. Today it's a sleek deluxe downtown restaurant celebrated locally for the quality and freshness of its food. Eggs come from the chickens seen wandering about the patio, where customers often dine alfresco in the summer months. Gaig's cuisine centers on traditional Catalan recipes transformed and altered to suit lighter and more modern palates. Among the stellar choices are arroz del delta con pichón y zetas (rice with partridge and mushrooms), rape asado a la catalana (grilled monkfish with local herbs), and els petits filet de vedella amb prunes i pinyons (small veal filets with prunes and pine nuts). One of the tastiest dishes is marinated roast pork thigh. Desserts include crema de Sant Joseph (a warm flan with wild strawberries on top), homemade chocolates, and a selection of tarts.

New York Times
(...) So I made my way uptown to Fonda Gaig, in the Eixample. With its white walls and blood-red leather, the restaurant epitomizes sleekness, but the menu is down to earth. Part of a trend that has several of the city’s most avant-garde chefs opening updated versions of the old casas de comidas, homey restaurants where generations of Spaniards took their midday meal, Fonda Gaig specializes in updated versions of the old favorites. With a blustery wind outside, hearty dishes like meatballs with squid and trinxat — a potato-and-kale pancake — were exactly what I wanted. In honor of the holiday, I started with the sopa de galet, which I quickly realized was a Catalan version of matzo ball soup, though a decidedly trayf one: the single, dense galet floated in a rich chicken broth alongside a pilota, or pork-and-bacon meatball.
Next came the dish I had heard most about. Canelones are quintessential Christmas food in Catalonia, and I had been told that the only place to eat them was in someone’s home. Fina Navarro, the Fonda’s manager and wife of the chef Carles Gaig, explained: “Traditionally, you eat them on St. Stephen’s Day,” Dec. 26, she said. “Your grandmother would have made a big pot of escudella for Christmas Day,” she added, referring to a chickpea and meat stew, “and she would use the leftover meat to stuff the canelones.” It was hard to imagine even a grandmother making a better version: the tender meat encased in pasta tubes and topped with a creamy béchamel was deeply flavorful but surprisingly light.(...)


Salero

Address: Carrer del Rec, 60. In front of Estació de França.
Area: Born- La Ribera.        MAP IT
Tel. Reservations: 933 300 303

Price: From 20-30 Euros. (Precio medio 30 €)

Open: Monday to Sunday from 13:30-16hr and from 21-24hr (Friday and Saturday until 2:30hr). Closed: Bank holidays. Sunday night (January and February).

Web site

TripAdvisor : 4/5  rank 617 / 4338  51 reviews                      Yelp : 4/5  5 reviews
VipGourmet : 7.2/10  7 reviews             El Tenedor : 8.1/10  96 reviews            Qype : 4/5  1 review



Bcn Restaurantes
With over 15 years of history in the most cosmopolitan district of Barcelona, Salero is now a classic in El Born and one of the best options for dining out and having the first drink of the night in the best atmosphere.
This is a charming restaurant decorated by renowned interior designer Pilar Líbano with the help of Elsa Serra -owner of the restaurant- that welcomes us with a cozy bar area ideal for a coffee, a drink or any of the delicious homemade desserts. The dining room, flooded with natural light during the day, becomes more intimate in the evening.
The menu features excellent Mediterranean and international cuisine which makes great concessions to oriental cuisines. Its attractive dishes are made with organic seasonal produce.

Barcelona.com
Salero is one of the first restaurants to start in this district. Located in an old factory of fish salting. International and innovating Menus. Menus and breakfasts inspired. Inspired in New York style, young ambiance. Ideal for eating international cuisine and to have some drings at night!

Photos de Restaurante Salero, BarceloneRestalo.uk
Salero was born in 1996 in the Born to lead to the heart of Barcelona's best culinary reference local cuisines from around the world, taking care to detail the composition of its food and the combination of the best fresh, natural and organic origin.
The selection of culinary becomes the fundamental value of an experienced team of chefs, allowing diners to bring to its exotic and balanced diets for their care. A tribute to the world every day of the week.
With good taste, music and joy, Salero becomes a place to enjoy a fresh menu and multicultural.

Nile Guide
This restaurant is one of the many popular places in El Born. It used to be a salt storehouse, but was later converted into a welcoming bar-restaurant. White is the predominant color. The furniture is amazing and the bar is enormous. It is always full of trendy, modern young people. The menu changes with the seasons and offers delightful salads, steamed vegetables, warm pears, teriyaki chicken, etc. Their desserts are homemade, the music is well-chosen and the wine list is splendid.

Time Out
What a delight to find a menu with imagination, not only for the complexity of the dishes, but also the originality of the basic idea! On their many journeys around the world, Elsa and Elena learned a thing or two about cooking, which they are now putting into practice at this great bar, commonly frequented by people with discerning tastes and palates. You won’t regret it. You can choose from dishes with Cambodian touches, or snacks straight out of the Arabian Nights. Small outdoor terrace that is lovely in summer. The service is excellent.

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Ca l'Isidre

Address: Carrer de les Flors, 12. Area: El Raval. Booking tel.: 931 768 974                                                       MAP IT

Price: More 45 Euros.
(Precio medio 75 €)

Open: Monday to Saturday from 13:30-16hr and from 20:30-23hr. Closed: Sunday. Bank holidays. 22 days in August. Easter. 1 week in Christmas.                           Web site

TripAdvisor : 4.5/5  rank 79 / 4217  102 reviews   El Tenedor : 6.9/10  3 reviews     Qype : 5/5  1 review 

Bcn Restaurantes
Ca l'Isidre is one of those emblematic restaurants that still today, more than 40 years after its foundation, is a landmark and is considered one of the best traditional restaurants in Barcelona.
Run by Isidro Gironès and his family, it welcomes us in an ambience with classic and elegant décor and has been visited by all kinds of national and international celebrities.The quality of the products is the hallmark of the restaurant. Every morning, Isidre himself selects the best products in La Boqueria market. With them and his daughter's help he manages to offer excellent traditional Mediterranean and Catalan- inspired cuisine with a touch of modernity, that will turn any visit to the restaurant into a real gastronomic experience.

Barcelona.com
Excellent Catalan cooking with French inspiration. Ca l'Isidre from the name of his owner Isidre Gironés and her daughter Nuria (she worked for Alain Ducasse) is the favorite restaurant of the King Juan Carlos in Barcelona.
Difficult to choose an only dish. Try grilled baby octopuss a la plancha, baked seabass, grilled 'king - sea cucumber', fried codfish 'home style', grilled scampi from Sant Carles, grilled turbot with vegetables...
And much more.. You will have to go there several times, if you can afford it, to be able to try all these wonderful plates. Small but nicely decorated. We enjoyed the wines as well. Essential to book A 40€ menu

Zagat : Food 26/30 Decor 21/30 Service 25/30 Cost VE

“On a little side street” in the Raval, this “welcoming”, “family-owned” place excels in “quality and freshness” with its seasonally attuned Catalan-Med cuisine and “sublime” desserts by chef Núria Gironés, daughter of owner Isidre; though pricey and perhaps “no longer in fashion” (and “thus easy to get a table”), it’s still “very popular with the locals”, because of a “gentle, caring attitude” among the staff and an “old-world”, “less-is-more” dining room decorated with original Picassos and Mirós

Frommer's
In spite of its seedy location in the gritty Parel.lel district (take a cab at night!), this is perhaps the most sophisticated Catalan bistro in Barcelona. Opened in 1970, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía, Julio Iglesias, and the famous Catalan bandleader Xavier Cugat have all eaten here. Isidre Gironés, helped by his wife, Montserrat, is known for his fresh cuisine, which is beautifully prepared and served. Try spider crabs and shrimp, foie gras salad, sweetbreads with port and flap mushrooms, or carpaccio of veal. The selection of Spanish and Catalan wines is excellent.