Ca l'Isidre
Classic Catalan · El Raval, Barcelona · €€€
Awards: 1 Sol Repsol
Open since 1970
The Gironès family's Raval Catalan classic since 1970 — Miró, Dalí and Tàpies on the walls, and the city's best tripe. Daughter Núria has run it since 2017; Isidre still shops at La Boqueria every morning.
The Delekta Review
Founded 1970 by Isidre Gironès and his wife Montserrat Salvó Daughter Núria Gironès has led the kitchen since 2017 Pep Millán heads the dining room Isidre still personally shops at La Boqueria every morning — over 45 years running
Classic Catalan: market-driven, ingredient-first cooking
Tripe (callos) — many call it the city's best Wild mushrooms with botifarra Xipirones — baby squid Chocolate coulant with Venezuelan cocoa Torrija with fresh cheese ice cream
Originals by Miró, Dalí, Tàpies and Chillida on the walls Elegant but unstuffy; the dining room reads more lived-in than performed
Mid-week lunch menu €40 (three courses, bread, embotits, coffee) Starters €16–22; mains €20–35 Closed Sundays
Quoted in
“It's pricey, but it's worth it. The food is top notch, and the service fantastic.” — Maria · Barcelona Food Experience
What the critics say
- Ca l'Isidre – FoodBarcelona
- Ca l'Isidre – Barcelona Food Experience
- Time Out Barcelona — Ca l'Isidre
- Macarfi — Ca l'Isidre
- Observación Gastronómica — Ca l'Isidre
- Restaurante Ca l'Isidre, un clásico de los grandes de toda la vida en Barcelona — Qué se cuece en BCN
- Carles Gaig recibe un sentido homenaje en el mercado de La Boqueria por su rigor y maestría
- Sis quaranta, la cervecería con un plus
- B de gust: Ca l'Isidre
- Ca l'Isidre resisteix al Raval
Visit
- Address
- De, Carrer de les Flors, 12, Ciutat Vella, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 41 11 39
- Website
- calisidre.com/en
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in El Raval
- Bacaro — Venetian Italian, €€
- Cera 23 — Galician-Mediterranean Fusion, €€
- Bar Cañete — Classic Catalan Tapas, €€€
- Suculent — Creative Catalan Gastropub, €€€
- Dos Pebrots — Ancestral Mediterranean, €€€
More Catalan in Barcelona
- La Cova Fumada — Traditional Catalan Tapas, Barceloneta, €
- Agreste Mar — Italian-Catalan, Barri Gòtic, €€€
- Tram-Tram — French-Catalan, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€€
- Vivanda — Fine Dining Catalan, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, Eixample, €€€