Cal Pep
Classic Tapas Bar · El Born, Barcelona · €€€
Awards: 50Best Discovery
Open since 1988
Cal Pep has held its line at Plaça de les Olles since 1988, a counter institution in El Born where no printed menu exists and the queue forms before lunch.
The Delekta Review
50 Best Discovery — Spain
No traditional menu: counter staff guide the order based on what came in from market that day Market-driven tapas with seafood at the centre
Clams on the plancha Potato tortilla with sobrasada Tuna tartare
The counter dominates; a small back room exists but the bar is the experience Plaça de les Olles in El Born, near the Picasso Museum
Quoted in
“The counter rules and the product speaks for itself” — Macarfi
What the critics say
- Cal Pep - an Institution for Authentic Tapas - Barcelona Food Experience
- Cal Pep - Barcelona - 50Best Discovery
- review of Spanish Barcelona restaurant Cal Pep - Andy Hayler
- Cal Pep – Macarfi
- Cal Pep – Bon Viveur
- Cal Pep – Un Buen Día en Barcelona
- Cal Pep – Mana75 Barcelona Guide
- Cal Pep - Review - El Born - Barcelona - The Infatuation
- Cal Pep
- Cal Pep's Bodegueta: love and cooking without half measures
Visit
- Address
- Plaça de les Olles, 8, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 933 10 79 61
- Website
- calpep.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, €€€
- Taberna Nardi — Seafood 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, €€€