Area: Born- La Ribera. MAP IT
Booking tel.: 933 101 021
Price: More 45 Euros. (Precio medio 80 €)
Open: Monday to Saturday from 13:30-15:30hr and from 21-23:30hr. Closed: Sunday. Bank holidays. 2 weeks in August.
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TripAdvisor : 4/5 rank 370 / 4338 174 reviews
Yelp : 5/5 10 reviews Qype : 5/5 4 reviews
VipGourmet : 7.7/10 3 reviews
Bcn Restaurantes
More than 30 years ago, Joan Manubens opened, encouraged by his brother Pep, a simple restaurant at the end of a narrow corridor of a building in Pla de Palau. The restaurant's name was his way to say thanks for the help, and this is how Passadís de Pep was born. Today the place is one of the most emblematic restaurants in the city that has maintained its reputation over the decades due to the quality of the products it serves and the service it offers.
With a relaxed and pleasant atmospehre, the restaurant welcomes us between stone walls covered with paintings by recognized painters and has several spaces, so that is ideal for quiet couple dinners but also for groups and celebrations. Passadís del Pep has no menu but daily suggestions made daily with the freshest products. It is advisable to let them decide your menu (70-90€), it will definitely be a great success.
No menu at Passadís del Pep but everyday a new selection of beautifully presented dishes, mostly seafood, certainly the best ones in Barcelona!! Whatever is most fresh that day is what you get.
Last time we were there, we had something like 7 or 8 dishes: clams, few kind of prawns, gambas, sea snail, squid, fried and crispy anchovies.. That is before to have to choose the mean dish: “carne o pescado”?? Take a fish this is the place for. We forgot to tell you that usually you will drink Cava (the local Champagne).. A lot of Cava..
The place is known to be really hard to find – down a tiny passageway (a passadis) – but it’s part of the pleasure to finally find a great “table”.. Hope you’ll find it! Reservations required.
“You never see a menu and never have to make a decision” at this “cozy” unmarked Born-Rivera “gem” where the staff “keeps bringing more and more” “simply sublime”, “authentic” Mediterranean seafood by chef-owner Joan Manubens; sure, it’s a costly outing, but since a bottle of cava comes with every meal, it’s easy to “walk out just wrecked, and loving every minute of it.”
Nile Guide
Housed within the Pla de Palau, Passadis del Pep flaunts artistic interiors—paintings by Spanish artistes adorn the walls, and the tables are neatly decorated with fine cutlery, flowers and white linen. Moreover, the restaurant proudly maintains a "no menu card" status—waiters will verbally guide you through the day's specialties and recommend top favorites. So if you don't want to go through the boring ordeal of scanning a card before making up your mind, Passadis offers a better option.
