Boa-Bao
Pan-Asian · Eixample, Barcelona · €€
Open since 2019
In the Eixample gallery building where Picasso held his first solo show in Spain, Boa-Bao serves food from eleven Asian countries across two floors. The Lisbon-Porto chain landed in 2019 — strongest on dim sums, baos and starters.
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Portuguese chain — Lisbon original, then Porto, then Barcelona in 2019; the BCN address was the Galeria Joan Gaspar, where Picasso held his first Spanish solo show in 1957 Multicultural kitchen team includes chef Nyoman Wijana on Indonesian cuisine — eleven Asian gastronomies represented across the carta
Holds to traditional recipes rather than fusion — ingredients imported from Asia, native-chef collaborations to keep the techniques honest The carta covers dim sums, baos, woks, plus curries and soups — built for sharing rather than ordering main-plus-side
Order first: the black bao filled with fried seabass at €7.50 — the dish people return for and order again at the same sitting Moneybag-shaped wontons — fried dark, packed with chicken and prawn, disappear from the table fast Scallops in their shells with a green sour salsa — tomatillo-adjacent in sharpness — round out the starter section
Two floors of a former gallery — themed Pan-Asian decor anchored by Bordalo Pinheiro swallows brought from Portugal On Plaça del Dr. Letamendi, a one-block walk from Passeig de Gràcia
What the critics say
- Boa Bao Barcelona, Asian, Eixample – Foodie in Barcelona
- Boa-Bao, authentic Asian flavors in Barcelona – Salir por Barcelona
- Macarfi — Boa-Bao
- BCN Cool Hunter — Boa-Bao
Visit
- Address
- Pl. del Dr. Letamendi, 1, Eixample, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 932 71 55 08
- Website
- boabao.es
- Reservations
- Book a table
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- Embat — Bistronomic Mediterranean, €€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, €€€
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