Disfrutar
Fine dining restaurant · l'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample
Carrer de Villarroel, 163, L'Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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Highlights
Theatrical, interactive tasting menus with playful, modernist Mediterranean seafood.
Theatrical, interactive tasting menus with playful, modernist Mediterranean seafood.
"Opened in December 2014 by Eduard Xatruch, Mateu Casañas, and Oriol Castro, this Barcelona restaurant—award-winning and holder of three Michelin stars as of 2024—offers around 20-course tasting menus (classic or seasonal) priced at roughly €290 ($315). The El Bulli–trained chefs celebrate molecular gastronomy with surprising textures and whimsical plating served in an atmosphere described as lively and never too stuffy." - Hillary Dixler Canavan
"The 2024 World’s 50 Best Restaurants No. 1 winner, noted as the previous year’s top restaurant before a new No. 1 was named in 2025." - Erin DeJesus
"Despite being one of the best restaurants in the world, you’d struggle to find a fine-dining spot more laid-back and actually pleasant than Disfrutar. The three owners were each previously head chefs at elBulli (the place where they started putting foam on plates), and they’ve brought all that expertise here, without any snobbishness. What you see on your plate during one of the tasting menu experiences is rarely what you taste in your mouth, whether that’s a panchino (or bao bun) filled with beluga caviar or a “gazpacho sandwich” that’s actually just sliced bread filled with tomato-flavored meringue and a refreshing gazpacho sorbet." - isabelle kliger
"An acclaimed Barcelona dining destination ranked No. 1 on the 2024 World's 50 Best Restaurants list, it delivers inventive, artful interpretations of Catalan and Spanish flavors through meticulously executed tasting menus." - Erik Trinidad
"A Barcelona tasting-menu restaurant that exemplifies the high-end, destination-centric establishments the World’s 50 Best generally features; it took the top spot on that list last year." - Bettina Makalintal
