Blanc
Catalan · Eixample, Barcelona · €€€
Open since 2017
Carme Ruscalleda's Mandarin Oriental kitchen — Catalan classics, seven Michelin stars, lunch €36 and dinner €59. All-white room with the open fire-lit kitchen at its centre; menu runs Catalan canon alongside Hong Kong–Maresme fusion.
The Delekta Review
Chef Carme Ruscalleda — seven Michelin stars across her career (3 at Sant Pau, 2 at Moments, 2 at Sant Pau Tokyo) Co-led with son Raül Balam, who heads the two-Michelin Moments next door Alberto Castiñeiras runs the daily kitchen, transferred from Moments Opened May 2017, replacing BistrEau by chef Ángel León
Catalan tradition with Catalan-Asian inflections — Hong Kong–Maresme sauces, gyozas, atún rojo tartar Sundays with Carme: a Sunday menu prepared by the chef herself
Fricandó — slow-cooked beef ragout with wild mushrooms Roasted Iberian pork with apple and piquillo Tomato velouté with beetroot and fresh cheese Monkfish in Hong Kong–Maresme sauce — strawberry and Sichuan peppercorn Crema Catalana with citrus edge Canelones gratinados
All-white dining room with glass-roofed atrium Open fire-lit kitchen at the centre of the room Suited service in the polished hotel-restaurant register
Lunch menu €36 (coffee and tea included); dinner tasting €59 (drinks separate) Open daily 7 am to 11:30 pm
Quoted in
“A natural, honest, free, exciting kitchen.” — Loulou López · louloulopez.com
What the critics say
- Blanc by Carme Ruscalleda – Barcelona Food Experience
- Review: Blanc restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Barcelona hotel – FoodBarcelona
- Restaurante Blanc, el menú de Carme Ruscalleda para todos los públicos – Loulou Lopez
- Blanc. Hotel Mandarin Oriental, Barcelona | Macarfi
- Blanc. Hotel Mandarin Oriental Barcelona
Visit
- Address
- Pg. de Gràcia, 38-40, Eixample, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 931 51 87 83
- Website
- mandarinoriental.com/en/barcelona/passeig-de-gracia/dine/blanc
- Reservations
- Book a table
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- Embat — Bistronomic Mediterranean, €€
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