Can Marlau
Catalan / Esmorzar de Forquilla · Eixample, Barcelona · €€
Open since 2022
Ferran Soler — twenty-five years through elBulli, El Celler de Can Roca, Saúc, Tickets and finally head chef of Albert Adrià's Bodega 1900 — opened his first solo room at Carrer de París 161 in October 2022. The name combines his daughters Maria and Laura. Toni Díaz from elBarri runs the floor and the nine-hundred-reference cellar.
The Delekta Review
À la carte only, no tasting menu — sharing-plate Catalan home cooking with elBarri technique, average ticket ~€35–€40 without drinks Wine bench unusually deep for the format — nearly nine hundred references run by Toni Díaz (twenty years of cocktails at the elBarri group) Service pattern protects family time — breakfast through lunch Mon–Fri; dinner Thursday and Friday only; closed Saturday and Sunday. Strong on esmorzars de forquilla
Fideus a la cassola with galera and red prawn — Soler's grandmother's Palamós recipe, finished portion by portion Ensaladilla rusa — restrained, technique-led; the croqueta de jamón at €3.50 with 'crujiente perfecto' per Philippe Regol Capipota with white beans; chickpea stew with pork ear, morcilla and egg Calamar a la plancha with lacquered Iberian papada — touches of soy and kimchi, the elBarri half of the kitchen Cap i pota cruixent (crispy pork face); tataki of beef with chimichurri; flan at €8.25 to close
Ferran Soler — Catalan, 25 years across elBulli, El Celler de Can Roca, Saúc, Tickets, and finally head chef at Albert Adrià's Bodega 1900 before opening Can Marlau in October 2022 as his first solo project Toni Díaz — twenty years of cocktails at the elBarri group — runs the dining room and the ~900-reference wine cellar; small team of four, all hospitality-trained Name combines Mar (Maria) and Lau (Laura), Soler's daughters; the no-weekend pattern is the chef's deliberate work-life decision
Small, plain, functional dining room — Macarfi calls it 'sencillo, diáfano y funcional'; the feel is neighbourhood bar-restaurant rather than a designed scene, locals and Eixample office crowd dominate at lunch
Address: Carrer de París 161, l'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample — three minutes from L5 Hospital Clínic, six from L3/L5 Diagonal Service Mon–Fri breakfast through lunch (approximately 08:30–15:30); dinner Thursday and Friday only; closed Saturday and Sunday — verify current schedule before going Reservations by phone (+34 938 35 29 30) or via the house site; small room and a weekday-only schedule mean lunch slots disappear early in the week
What the critics say
- Can Marlau — Time Out Barcelona
- Can Marlau — Macarfi
- Can Marlau (Barcelona)
- Can Marlau, la família d'un xef discret i talentós
- Casa de menjars i esmorzars de forquilla — cuina catalana per llepar-se els dits
- Can Marlau — Ajuntament de Barcelona
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de París, 161, L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 938 35 29 30
- Website
- canmarlau.com
- Reservations
- Book a table