Capet

Contemporary Catalan · Barri Gòtic, Barcelona · €€€

Awards: Michelin Selection

Open since 2018

The Delekta Review

Armando Álvarez came to Barcelona from Venezuela some twenty years ago, started front-of-house at Albert Ventura's Coure. Moved into the kitchen at Xavier Codina's Panxa del Bisbe, went back to Coure to lead the bar kitchen, and in 2014 opened Petit Capet in Gràcia with his partner Núria — a small dining-room run by two people. In 2018 they moved the project to Carrer del Cometa 5 in the Gòtic, behind the Ajuntament: a narrow two-story room with the open kitchen and bar seats on the ground floor, a calmer dining room with high ceilings upstairs. The cooking is bistronomic Catalan — three-and-four-ingredient plates, light French touches, occasional global cues — at €75 for the five-course tasting and €90 for the eight-course, with a short à la carte sitting between forty and sixty per person. Croquetes of roast chicken with kimchi is the dish every reviewer keeps returning to. Michelin Selection; Time Out four stars (2018, Marta Pina); Ara, Repsol, Macarfi and Observación Gastronómica have all filed.

What works

A two-person bistronomic Catalan room with eleven years on the clock — Armando Álvarez cooking at the counter, Núria on the floor, croquetes of roast chicken with kimchi as the across-review signature. Disciplined three-and-four-ingredient plates with light French technique; tasting menus at €75 and €90 sit well below the city's peer band for this level of cooking. Michelin Selection; Time Out four stars under Marta Pina; Repsol 2026 ficha; Macarfi 8.5 on food; Ara filed a 2024 piece; Observación Gastronómica went back in 2021. OAD has it at #36 Barcelona.

Before you go

Very small room — reservations are essential and the upstairs can feel quiet on slow nights. Service is personal but lean; a couple of recent diners flagged pacing issues. Philippe Regol's 2021 visit noted occasional over-garnishing and a course that didn't quite cohere — the 2024 Ara piece reads as a much more mature kitchen, but it's worth knowing that the operation moves at two-people-running-everything speed. Don't confuse with Petit Capet (the old Gràcia address) or Cafè Cometa in Sant Antoni — the canonical site since 2018 is Cometa 5.

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Address
Carrer del Cometa, 5, Barri Gòtic, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 937 20 44 21
Website
capetrestaurant.com
Reservations
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