Restaurant Tresmacarrons

Third visit — and definitely the last one. We keep coming back because the restaurant is in our village and we like supporting local businesses, but support should go both ways. The tone is set quickly: the owner, who also serves the tables, comes across as rather overconfident and not very empathetic. You don’t feel at home. The €90 tasting menu per person, with wines starting at €30, is a sequence of very, very small plates. Some highlights, like the raw squid, which was genuinely good. Others less convincing: the sweet potato tasted mostly of butter and felt underworked. We didn’t do the wine pairing (thankfully). We saw it at the next table: tiny pours of vermouth and wines they claim to make themselves. Interesting idea, very limited quantity. The homemade sourdough bread sounded promising, but the crust was almost impossible to chew. Coffee was €3.50, served with a house-made chocolate that doesn’t beat a Lidl chocolate. Final bill: €233. Overall feeling: the Michelin star seems more important than the guest experience. Three visits. No fourth.

Tresmacarrons was one of the best meals of my entire life. We are 4 Americans who were staying in El Masnou on vacation and so we made a reservation for a Friday night dinner. The food was unreal- everything was absolute perfection. The wine pairings were some of the most interesting and thoughtful wines I have ever had. Every course was delightful and I could not have imagined a better night. Núria was fantastic and we enjoyed getting to know her more and learn more about her homeland, Catalunya. If you are in the Barcelona area, I 100% recommend making the quick train ride to visit Tresmacarrons. An unforgettable and truly amazing experience!

Great range of post dinner whiskeys too. Lovely meal. Great service. Nothing pretentious. Thank you Nuria and Arnau.

Where to start? I’m outraged. Not only my worst ever Michelin star experience, but an objectively bad dinner. It was my friend’s first ever such experience, and I truly feel ashamed of choosing this place as such introduction. We went for the “night menu”, I took the wine pairing. The menu consisted of three appetiser bites, three starters and a dessert. There was no build-up on the menu, seemed that they are just random dishes thrown one after the other. With the exception of one of the bites the food was poorly prepared, unseasoned (literally no-salt-in-the-blanching water-unseasoned!) and uninspired. The wines could have been great (all white tho) and the lady presenting them tried to do an outstanding job, showing way more effort than the other two members of the service team. They did not crack a smile and presented the food with single words: “Anchovies”. The bill of €265 is rather cheap for two people in a star-rated establishment, yet I feel scammed: by a restaurant of poor standards and by the guide itself too.

Very good service, good food. Personal expectations was a bit higher, that’s why 4 start.

This has been one of the best dining experiences I have ever had. The food was outstanding and the wine pairings were so well thought out and unique, especially for someone like myself in the wine industry. The service was outstanding and the atmosphere was perfection. I will gladly be back next time we are anywhere near Barcelona.

Been there quite a few times. Great modern take on catalan traditional dishes, but also beyond. A well deserved star! Excellent friendly service. Whenever we are around visiting family this is a must for us.

Extremely good restaurant in the Maresme area. The food was amazing and the service was really good. This restaurant may be for special occasions only, but is totally worth it