Âme
Contemporary French · Eixample, Barcelona · €€€
Awards: Michelin Selection
New addition with the same exciting vibe as Berbena and Suru. The kind of place that goes straight to your best-of list after one visit.
The Delekta Review
Âme — "soul" in French — is chef Pachi Rodríguez's 12-seat restaurant in the Eixample, opened at the end of 2023 and Michelin-selected almost immediately. Rodríguez arrives by an unusual route: Bolivian-born, Venezuelan-raised, a chemistry degree from Earlham College before switching careers after a summer in Paris and training at EUHT Sant Pol. The scientific background shows in the precision on the plate. Two menus, a short at €78 and the Epicure at €98 over roughly ten courses. The cooking leans French with skilful Japanese ingredient use — the crêpe de mar with Palamós red prawn pil-pil and the arroz caldoso with Ebro Delta rice, duck confit, and El Prat artichokes are standouts. The wine list is natural-leaning, mixing Spanish and French selections. At 12 seats, the chef is also the server — every course arrives with his own explanation, which turns a tasting menu into a conversation. Critics compare it to established starred restaurants. A chemist who became a chef: the curiosity lands on every plate.
What the critics say
- Âme - French - Mediterranean Delight - Barcelona Food Experience
- âme – Barcelona - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant
- Barcelona Wine Week 2026 - Wine+Partners
- Âme – Macarfi
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de Londres, 91, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- 607 15 58 04
- Website
- amebarcelona.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in Eixample
- Batea — Seafood, €€€
- Besta — Seasonal Seafood Bistro, €€€
- Mordisco — Modern Mediterranean, €€€
- Embat — Bistronomic Mediterranean, €€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, €€€