{"id":60639,"date":"2016-01-18T22:02:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T21:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=60639"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:06:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:06:57","slug":"catalan-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Catalan restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you come visit Barcelona, don\u2019t settle for trying only traditional Catalan cuisine. There are a number of excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/adria-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chefs that are revolutionizing Catalan gastronomy<\/a> with their take on <strong>contemporary food<\/strong>. Here are some of the best <strong>contemporary Catalan restaurants<\/strong> in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-restaurants\/#Restaurante_Gaig\" title=\"Restaurante Gaig\">Restaurante Gaig<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-restaurants\/#Cinc_Sentits\" title=\"Cinc Sentits\">Cinc Sentits<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-restaurants\/#Roca_Moo\" title=\"Roca Moo \">Roca Moo <\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-restaurants\/#Hisop\" title=\"Hisop\">Hisop<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-restaurants\/#Gresca\" title=\"Gresca\">Gresca<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Restaurante_Gaig\"><\/span>Restaurante Gaig<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_85907\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85907\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pexels-photo-341048-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-85907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Founded in 2013 after the merger of Gaig and Fonda Gaig, <strong>Restaurante Gaig<\/strong> is an establishment by chef\u00a0<strong>Carles Gaig<\/strong>. An important\u00a0name in\u00a0<strong>Catalan gastronomy<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Gaig<\/strong> has received a number of awards during his career, including a Michelin Star for his first restaurant, and the Best Restaurant award for the three other restaurants he opened after that. <strong>Restaurante Gaig\u00a0<\/strong>serves dishes that mix avant-garde and market cuisine, such as cava marinated oysters, seared sea bass with eggplant textures, and charcoal-grilled foie-grass with spiced bread, licorice and grapefruit. Visitors can choose dishes \u00e0 la carte or try one of the two tasting menus offered by the restaurant, the traditional menu, which costs 68\u20ac and the Gran \u00c0pat menu, which costs 120\u20ac.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Restaurante Gaig<\/strong> is located at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Restaurant+Gaig\/@41.391043,2.15222,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xe4ede709fe2f2585?sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj_no-r5IDTAhXLLcAKHeYfCRAQ_BIIiQEwDQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carrer de C\u00f2rsega, 200<\/a>. It is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm and then from 8:30 pm to 11:00 pm. The restaurant is only open until 3:30 pm on Sundays and holidays and it is closed on Mondays.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/ecological-restaurants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecological restaurants in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cinc_Sentits\"><\/span>Cinc Sentits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cinc Sentits<\/strong> is a restaurant owned by <strong>chef<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Jordi Artal<\/strong>, who has helped the establishment<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>receive a Michelin Star in 2008, shortly after it was founded. The chef believes that to prepare exquisite food, you need the best and freshest ingredients, so in his restaurant, they only use those which have been produced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/spain-catalonia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catalonia and Spain<\/a>. Organic beef, dairy, and vegetables, sustainable caviar, and line-caught fish from small fishing villages along the Mediterranean coast are only some of the quality ingredients that pass by <strong>Cinc Sentits\u2019 <\/strong>kitchen. Visitors to this elegant restaurant will have the option to choose between a 4-course meal, which includes tapas, 2 starters, one main dish and dessert, for 100\u20ac, or a 6-course meal which includes tapas, 3 starters, 1 seafood dish, 1 meat dish and dessert, for 120\u20ac. Alternatively, there is a business menu which is served only at lunch during workdays, which includes 1 starter, 1 main dish and one dessert, for 55\u20ac. <strong>Cinc Sentits<\/strong> has been voted\u00a0<strong>Zagat&#8217;s #1 Restaurant in Barcelona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cinc Sentits <\/strong>is located at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Cinc+Sentits\/@41.388532,2.1571673,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a28e871233f1:0xb1c0ef5eff716556!8m2!3d41.388532!4d2.159356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carrer d\u2019Aribau 58<\/a>. It is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm and then from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Roca_Moo\"><\/span><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.hotelomm.com\/roca-barcelona\/roca-moo\/\">Roca Moo <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another <strong>Michelin Star winner is<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Roca Moo<\/strong>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/deluxe-barcelona-your-guide-to-luxury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">luxurious restaurant<\/a>\u00a0located inside <strong>Hotel Omm<\/strong>. The establishment is headed by\u00a0<strong>chef Juan Pretel<\/strong> who offers a very interesting and personal take on Catalan food. For those who are true fans of gastronomy, they can take a seat by the counter, where they can not only enjoy their meal but also see how the dishes are prepared. The restaurant offers three different menus to choose from: the first one, Menu Joan Roca, costs 120\u20ac and contains dishes such as white asparagus gazpacho soup, cal\u00e7ots, and oysters with mushroom sauce; the second menu, Los Classicos, costs 105\u20ac and offers dishes such as peas with smoked eel, truffled beef, and Mediterranean sea bass. The third menu, Moo, costs 49\u20ac and it includes dishes like Catalan chicken pay\u00e9s,\u00a0low-temperature egg with mushroom sauce, and asparagus soup. The Moo menu is served exclusively for lunch from Tuesday to Friday. The dishes served in each menu change according to the ingredients available each season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Roca Moo<\/strong> is located at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Roca+Moo\/@41.3962642,2.1587979,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a293f66cd659:0xe7fa5b90257125d!8m2!3d41.3962642!4d2.1609866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carrer de Rossell\u00f3, 265<\/a>, as part of <strong>Hotel Omm<\/strong>. The restaurant is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 1.30 pm to 3:30 pm \u00a0and then from 8 pm to 10:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/restaurants-avenida-diagonal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The best restaurants on Avenida Diagonal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hisop\"><\/span>Hisop<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_85906\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85906\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pexels-photo-299351-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-85906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Named by some as Barcelona\u2019s best restaurant, <strong>Hisop<\/strong> serves creative <strong>contemporary Catalan cuisine<\/strong> prepared with seasonal products, which means the menu changes a couple of times a year. The restaurant has been awarded a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/michelin-star-restaurants-in-barcelona-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelin Star<\/a>, the Grand Prix Le Fooding, and the Itentit\u00e1 Golose, among others.\u00a0At <strong>Hisop,<\/strong>\u00a0visitors can have dishes like pigeon with roasted onions and rocket, sea bass with chanterelles, olives and yogurt, ox tail with almonds and fennel, and desserts like pistachio with kaffir lime, and white chocolate with basil and passion fruit. They also offer a tasting menu for 63\u20ac, which includes dishes like morels with cat shark and tonka beans, hake with elder flowers and parsnips, and lamb ossuco with scotch bonnet and oyster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Hisop<\/strong> is located at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Hisop+Restaurant\/@41.3944687,2.1458074,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a29c4feb69c7:0xc925c9b5a63f3e71!8m2!3d41.3944687!4d2.1479961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Passatge del Marimon, 9<\/a>. It is open from Monday to Friday from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm and then from 8:30 pm to 11 pm. The restaurant also opens Saturday nights.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gresca\"><\/span>Gresca<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gresca<\/strong> is a restaurant by up and coming <strong>Rafa Pe\u00f1a<\/strong>, one of the most exciting chefs of his generation. Pe\u00f1a uses the best and freshest ingredients to come up with a surprising combination of flavors and textures that will leave you begging for more. At <strong>Gresca<\/strong>, visitors can try dishes such as duck with pears, cod \u201cesqueixada\u201d with spinach and egg yolk, and octopus with black \u201cbutifarra\u201d. They also offer a tasting menu for 45\u20ac. Each dish is exquisitely prepared, offering a treat not only for the mouth but also to the eyes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find <strong>Gresca<\/strong> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Gresca\/@41.3913226,2.1549527,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a2902ba63749:0xb9ddd015228f5e35!8m2!3d41.3913226!4d2.1571414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carrer de Proven\u00e7a, 230<\/a>. 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There are a number of excellent chefs that are revolutionizing Catalan gastronomy with their take on contemporary food. Here are some of the best contemporary Catalan restaurants in Barcelona. Table of Contents Restaurante GaigCinc SentitsRoca Moo HisopGresca Restaurante Gaig Founded in 2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":85905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4421],"tags":[1207,550,5969,5971,5970],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60639"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108374,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60639\/revisions\/108374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}