Albé
Lebanese-Catalan Fusion · Eixample, Barcelona · €€€
Lebanese techniques collide with Catalan produce in a plant-filled space. Signature plates include smoked labneh with pita, baklava topped with Palamós red shrimp tartare, and beef tongue with Lebanese hummus.
The Delekta Review
Albé is the product of a genuinely interesting collision: a Lebanese restaurateur who fell in love with Catalan produce and decided to combine Lebanese techniques with local ingredients. This is not fusion cooking in the vague, everything-goes sense — it's specific and intentional. Smoked labneh with pita. Baklava topped with Palamós red shrimp tartare. Beef tongue with Lebanese hummus. Each dish tells you exactly what traditions it's drawing from and why. Two tasting menus are offered: Albé (€58) and The Experience (€72), with a wine pairing at €33 that includes Lebanese labels — a rare and welcome touch. Reviewers consistently describe the ingredients as vibrant and the service as warm and genuinely hospitable. The plant-filled Eixample space, on a quiet street, adds intimacy to the experience. Easily one of Barcelona's most distinctive dining propositions — a precise conversation between two Mediterranean traditions that share more than they first appear to.
What the critics say
- Catavino
- Albé - Review - Eixample - Barcelona - The Infatuation
- Albé -Food From the Heart — Barcelona Food Experience
- Albé – Spotted by Locals Barcelona
- Albé – Macarfi
- Albé – Barcelona Eats (ES)
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de Mallorca, 196, Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 930 11 73 16
- Website
- alberestaurant.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
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