Casa Delfín
Catalan Market Cuisine · El Born, Barcelona · €€€
Casa Delfín is a family-run Catalan market kitchen anchoring the Passeig del Born terrace scene, its dining room under new ownership since the early 2010s but with the kitchen's character preserved.
The Delekta Review
Family-run El Born restaurant; the dining room took on new ownership in the early 2010s but kept the kitchen's character intact
Catalan market cuisine — daily fish from the Boqueria and produce shaped by proximity to the Mercat del Born and Santa Maria del Mar Continuous kitchen from morning to midnight (1am Friday and Saturday) — uncommon in Barcelona's traditional schedule
House-made chicken canelons done the traditional way — the dish people come back for Pals-rice paella for the seafood crowd, plus a suquet de peix that earns its share of the table Tapas worth ordering: tuna-belly ensaladilla, butifarras steeped in cava, croquetas of chicken and Iberian ham Wine list properly Catalan — strong on Penedès cava and Empordà whites
Wide, shaded terrace on the Passeig del Born — a few steps from Santa Maria del Mar and the Mercat del Born Indoor dining room is rustic and warm; the outdoor real estate is the bigger draw on most evenings
Quoted in
“Its terrace is a gift from God.” — Manel Guirado · Time Out Barcelona
What the critics say
Visit
- Address
- Pg. del Born, 36, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 933 19 50 88
- Website
- casadelfinrestaurant.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
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- Cal Pep — Classic Tapas Bar, €€€
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