Disfrutar
Fine dining restaurant · l'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample
Carrer de Villarroel, 163, L'Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
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Highlights
Experimental tasting menus with playful, interactive Mediterranean seafood
Experimental tasting menus with playful, interactive 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
"I noted Disfrutar in Spain has often appeared in the top 10 but has not yet secured the No. 1 ranking." - Eater Staff
"Opened in December 2014 by chefs Eduard Xatruch, Mateu Casañas, and Oriol Castro, Disfrutar has been one of Barcelona’s most lauded fine-dining destinations for good reason, offering an elaborate, molecular cuisine “packed with pomp and circumstance”; it steadily climbed the World’s 50 Best lists (No. 3 in 2022, No. 2 in 2023) and was named to the top spot at the Las Vegas awards ceremony." - Eater Staff
"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
