On Avenida Gaudi, between the Sagrada Familia and the Hospital de Sant Pau. Eight different rice dishes, each one cooked when you order it, to enjoy on our terrace.
Here the paella does not come from a tray that has been sitting around all morning. We start it when you order it. That is why it takes time.
And while we are at it: if somewhere brings you a paella in ten minutes, that paella was already made. There is no mystery to it.
We are on Avenida Gaudi, a short walk from the Sagrada Familia. A lot of people come past here having spent half their trip waiting to eat a decent rice dish, so we take it seriously: good produce and fire, no shortcuts.
Of the more than 4,000 reviews we have on Google, the seafood paella is the most mentioned dish on the whole menu. Black rice comes next.
We are not just a view; we are flavour.
Rice with fresh seafood and a stock that is where everything is decided. If the base is done well you notice it in the first spoonful, and if it is not, you notice that too. Your first paella in Barcelona: order this one and do not think twice.
€18.95
Squid ink, dark rice and a good deal more intense than people expect. Served with aioli.
€18.95
Creamy, with broth, and the lobster in charge. The one you order when lunch is going to run long.
€35.95
All the seafood peeled. Same flavour as the seafood paella, but with no shells and no messy fingers. With children at the table it is much appreciated.
€22.95
Swaps the rice for toasted noodles. It soaks up the stock just the same and comes out looser.
€18.95
Meat and seafood together. The one that settles the table when nobody can agree.
€19.95
Seasonal vegetables, no meat and no seafood. Our vegetarian option, and one of the dishes people name when they review us, so we must be doing something right.
€15.95
The simplest one. With children, the safe bet.
€17.95
A rice dish done properly cannot be rushed. Ours is started when you order it and reaches the table exactly right, not a minute early or late. It takes 15 to 20 minutes, made with bomba rice and a stock we make ourselves.
In the meantime, the table does not sit empty: our homemade tapas are meant for exactly that. Some patatas bravas, the croquettes of the day or some Padron peppers while the rice cooks.
There are plenty of places to eat paella in Barcelona. Doing it on a terrace on Avenida Gaudi, with the Sagrada Familia on one side and the Hospital de Sant Pau on the other, rather fewer.
The avenue is pedestrian: you eat with no cars in front of you. And we open from 11:30 to 24:00 every day with the kitchen always on, so you can sit down at 13:00 or at 17:00 and the paella is made just the same. In Barcelona that is not as easy to find as it sounds.
From 10 people upwards we work with a set menu, and rice fits it perfectly:
For company lunches, birthdays or groups visiting the Sagrada Familia, call us on +34 937 63 44 24 and we will arrange it in advance. Take a look at our group set menus.
At Avenida Gaudi 52, a few minutes on foot from the Sagrada Familia. We have eight different rice dishes, all cooked to order, and a terrace on the pedestrian avenue.
Between 15 and 20 minutes from when you order. We start it right then; it is never made in advance. While you wait, most people order a few tapas.
Yes. Our vegetable paella is 100% vegan: nothing of animal origin goes into it.
Yes. We have individual paella pans, so paella is served from 1 person.
Bomba rice. And we make the stock ourselves, like almost everything in our kitchen.
Our paellas do not have a gluten-free option. Other dishes on the menu, such as pasta, do.
Vegetable paella is €15.95; chicken paella, €17.95; seafood paella, black rice and fideua, €18.95; mixed paella, €19.95; senyoret rice, €22.95; lobster paella, €28.95, and soupy rice with lobster, €35.95.
Paella is made with rice and served dry. Fideua swaps the rice for toasted noodles. Soupy rice is served creamy, with broth, and in our case with lobster.
It is not compulsory, but at weekends and in high season the terrace fills up. Booking is the way to make sure of a table outside: you can do it online or by calling +34 937 63 44 24.
Yes. The terrace looks onto Avenida Gaudi, which is pedestrian, with views of the Sagrada Familia.
