Casa Amàlia
Traditional Catalan · Eixample, Barcelona · €€
Open since 1950
Next to the Mercat de la Concepció on Passatge del Mercat 14 — the name dates from 1950, but the current team reopened in 2020. Jordi Castán out front, chefs Salguero and Suaña build the menu around what the market sends each morning.
The Delekta Review
Original Casa Amàlia operated from 1950 to 2019 under the family that gave the restaurant its name; the current team took over the space in 2020, keeping the name and the market-driven model Current operators: Jordi Castán (front-of-house) with chefs Antonio Salguero and Sergi Suaña; the menu lists ingredient sourcing back to specific Concepció stalls A second Casa Amàlia opened on the top floor of Time Out Market Barcelona at Port Vell — same kitchen DNA, with a port-side terrace and a stronger rice-and-fish lean
Pricing in the €€ tier — Macarfi puts an average bill at around €45 per person before drinks; the digital menu shows the supplier behind each dish
Thorpedo — Iberian pork rib mini-sandwich on Andalusian mollete with anticucho/peanut sauce and red onion Onyar-Merlès rice — duck magret on top with foie and seasonal figs Dinamita Valencian rice — short-grain from Molino Roca Artichokes with foie sauce, spider crab croquetas, torrezno (DO Soria Duroc pork) Brioche torrijas dipped in white chocolate, served with a cardamom ice cream — the signature dessert across both branches
Eixample original on a pedestrianised cobbled passatge, with a terrace and a quiet air-conditioned dining room — the room is built around the food rather than around design
Quoted in
“Casa Amàlia has been around since the 1950s and is all about local community and traceability.” — Isabelle Kliger · The Infatuation
“A place to come back to.” — Macarfi
What the critics say
- Casa Amàlia - Time Out Market Barcelona
- Casa Amàlia - Review - The Infatuation
- Casa Amàlia: Tradition and Innovation in Barcelona
- Barcelona Food Experience - Casa Amàlia
- Casa Amàlia – Macarfi
- ¿Dónde comer las mejores torrijas de Barcelona esta Semana Santa?
- Las mejores torrijas de Barcelona se elaboran en este restaurante del Eixample: bañadas en chocolate blanco y con cardamomo
- El restaurante con vistas al Port Vell de Barcelona que triunfa con sus arroces: cocina tradicional desde 1950
- Casa Amàlia Time Out Market
- Una nueva app permite a los hosteleros disfrutar de la gastronomía de Barcelona con descuentos
Visit
- Address
- Ptge. del Mercat, 14, Eixample, 08009 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 58 94 58
- Website
- casaamalia.com/mercatconcepcio/inicio
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in Eixample
- Batea — Seafood, €€€
- Besta — Seasonal Seafood Bistro, €€€
- Mordisco — Modern Mediterranean, €€€
- Embat — Bistronomic Mediterranean, €€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, €€€
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, €€€
- Los Caracoles — Traditional Catalan, Barri Gòtic, €€€