Bar Pimentel
Seafood & Tapas · El Born, Barcelona · €€
Awards: Repsol Solete
Martín Pimentel's small Born tapas-and-seafood bar on Carrer dels Carders — leafy Allada-Vermell terrace, no-frills, ticket €25-35. Repsol Solete 2024; named for the founder's grandfather. Josep Maria Ferraz on the floor.
The Delekta Review
Short, traditional menu of tapas and platillos: croquettes, fried fish, grilled seafood; natural-wine list of about 20 references
Founder Martín Pimentel named the bar for his grandfather José 'Chujo' Pimentel, an entrepreneur whose own butter brand and cocoa-company role anchored the family's name in trade Three co-owners; Josep Maria Ferraz, former executive chef in a large group, runs front-of-house
Poached egg over potato parmentier, finished with torreznos Tuna tartare with salmorejo; truffled-béchamel chicken cannelloni Mussels with citronella, coconut, and kaffir lime; leeks with stracciatella Croquettes — pollo a l'ast and prawn Cheesecake with honey and mató; classic torrija
Carrer dels Carders 11 in the Born — terrace gives onto Carrer de l'Allada-Vermell, one of the leafier alley-passages off the tourist drag Mostly-local crowd, particularly midweek; weekend lunch fills the terrace early
Mon-Thu split service (1pm-4pm, 8pm-11pm); Fri-Sun continuous 1pm-11:30pm
What the critics say
- Bar Pimentel - Reviews - Sant Pere
- Bar Pimentel: platillos sencillos y accesibles en el Born
- Bar Pimentel - BCN Foodie Guide
- Bar Pimentel - Metropolia Abierta
- El pequeño bar del Born que arrasa con sus platillos en Barcelona: tributo a la cocina de toda la vida
- La pequeña taberna del Born con estética de barrio que tiene colas a diario: homenaje a los platos de siempre
- Guía Repsol — Bar Pimentel
- Nardi, el nuevo bar marino que revitaliza el Born junto al exitoso Bar Pimentel
Visit
- Address
- Carrer dels Carders, 11, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 930 38 68 19
- Website
- barpimentel.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in El Born
- Orvay — Mediterranean & Wine Bar, €€
- Fismuler — Market-fresh Mediterranean, €€€
- 7 Portes — Catalan Seafood & Rice, €€€
- Llamber — Asturian Modern, €€€
- Cal Pep — Classic Tapas Bar, €€€
More Tapas in Barcelona
- La Cova Fumada — Traditional Catalan Tapas, Barceloneta, €
- Fino Bar — Wine Bar / Tapas, Gràcia, €€
- Bar Tomás — Tapas & Bravas, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, Eixample, €€€
- Bar Mut — Classic Spanish Tapas & Wine, Eixample, €€€