Can Ros

Traditional Catalan Seafood & Rice · Barceloneta, Barcelona · €€€

Family-run Barceloneta classic since over 100 years. Only four rice dishes: paella marinera, mountain rice, black rice, vegetable rice. Less is more.

The Delekta Review

Can Ros has served rice and grilled fish in the Barceloneta since 1911 — four generations of the same family, four rice dishes (paella marinera, arròs de muntanya, arròs negre, arròs de verdures) and a dining room that still looks like it did when the neighbourhood belonged to the fishermen. The fideuà is as serious as anything on the carrer, and the arròs negre has the socarrat that separates honest Barcelona rice from the waterfront trampa. The tiled walls, the black-and-white photographs, the quiet dignity of a family business that has survived every wave of speculation crashing over this strip — all intact. The tourist traffic is real and unavoidable; this is Barceloneta. But the cooking stays honest, the prices are moderate for the neighbourhood, and the rice lands on the table with the weight of a century behind it. For a part of the city where mediocrity has become the norm, that's a genuine defence.

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Address
C/ d'Emília Llorca Martín 7, Carrer d'Emília Llorca Martín, 7, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 932 21 45 79
Website
restaurantcanros.com
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