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Restaurante Can Fabes (Sant Celoni) Sant Joan
6 Tel. 938 672 851  |
Just a 50 km. drive away from Barcelona, Can Fabes is considered to be one of
Barcelona's two top restaurants (the other is San Pau, see below). Under
the solid leadership of Santi Santamaría, one of Europe's number one chefs,
and set in his childhood home, Can Fabes offers customers the opportunity to continue
their experience of elegance and style all night long, with five suites (from
180-280 euros per night) providing luxury accommodation to guests unwilling to
conclude their magical experience so soon.
We recommend the menú degustación,
which gives you a taste of sublime inventions created by this culinary genius
Santamaría. Quite unusually for Spanish restaurants, it is possible to
make an online reservation.
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Restaurante San Pau Sant Pol de Mar
Nou, 10
Tel. 937 600 662 |  at
long last women chefs are starting to enter the elite club of Catalan cuisine
(see Restaurante Hispania below), and Carme Ruscadella is the best example. One
of Spain's top and most international women chefs, her restaurant San Pau is set
in a villa overlooking the sea and is a perfect example of how to create unique
dishes by combining her imagination with traditional Catalan ingredients. Carme
recently opened a second San Pau restaurant in Tokyo. If you are lucky to visit
either, order a menú de degustación with storyboard included. |
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Restaurante El Raco d´en Freixa Sant Elies,
22 Tel. 932 097 559  | Ramon
Freixa, another top chef, leads this restaurant and if you want to try one of
Barcelona's elite establishments, this is probably the best as far as the price:quality
ratio is concerned. Freixa's speciality is blending modern cooking techniques
with traditional Catalan cooking, and the result is a selection of marvellous
tastes and inventions. Leave room if you can to try some varieties of the exceptional
cheese board at the end of your meal. Once again, we recommend the menú
degustación which costs 65 euros. | | |
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Restaurante Neichel
Beltrán i Rozpide 1-5,
Tel. 932 038 408. |
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of Barcelona's classics, Jean Louis Neichel manages to combine Mediterranean tradition
with French innovation, and he does so with great style. Very professional service
and excellent deserts. | |
Restaurante Via Veneto
Ganduxer 10,
Tel. 932
007 244 | | For
years Via Veneto has been one of Barcelona's best known and most reliable restaurants.
Attentive service, a wonderful wine-list and a reputation for using first-quality
materials to create imaginative dishes. | |
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Restaurante Hispania (Arenys de Mar)
Real, 54,
Tel. 912 108 840 | 42
km from Barcelona centre, this restaurant is one of Barcelona's most prestigious
and consolidated establishments. Also, it is quite a relief to find a relatively
normal, if high-class, restaurant, serving good quality dishes with normal names.
Run by two sisters who transformed a typical road-side bar into what is now considered
to be one of Spain's finest restaurants serving typical Catalan food. |
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Restaurante Drolma
Paseo de Gracia 68 -70, Hotel
Majestic,
Tel. 934 967 710 | People
looking for sophistication and luxury should try this restaurant set in one of
Barcelona's best hotels, el Hotel Majestic (see
hotels in Barcelona). The menu is short, offering classical dishes and
is accompanied once again by an outstanding wine list. |
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