Chambacú
Indigenous Latin American · Eixample, Barcelona · €€€
Open since 2025
Santiago Sánchez Arango's two-room argument for Latin America's Indigenous, African and Creole heritage in Eixample — Mugaritz, Arrea pedigree. Candela for cocktails and sharing plates; Memoria for the 6- or 9-course tasting.
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Chef-owner Santiago Sánchez Arango (Cali, 1981), running the project with his sister Ángela Trained at Escola Bellart in Barcelona, then Mugaritz under Andoni Luis Aduriz; co-founded Arrea! in Álava, which earned a Michelin star in 2022 Moved to Barcelona to open Chambacú as his most personal project — opened summer 2025
Two-room structure: Candela (informal cocktails and sharing plates) and Memoria (formal tasting room) Memoria's tasting menu runs in two lengths — 6 courses (€55) or 9 courses (€95) — narrated through Indigenous, African, and colonial layers of Latin American cooking All-Catalan wine list paired with prebiotic drinks and a Latin American spirits selection
Sancocho de gallina — Indigenous base layered with African and colonial additions Pescado a la talla served with tamale and a lime emulsion — pre-Columbian and Creole techniques together Costilla with crunchy tamarind and yuca cream Corballo cooked in the Godoy family's Acapulco style, served with tamales
Murals by Ivanna Gautier (Venezuela); hand-woven lamps by Philip (Ghana); print-shop graphics by La Linterna, a hundred-year-old Cali print house
À la carte average ~€45 without drinks; tasting menus €55 (6) and €95 (9)
Quoted in
“The Africans hid seeds in their hair, the colonisers brought ingredients without knowing, the Indigenous kept their ancestral flavours — our essence is born from that cultural clash.” — Santiago Sánchez Arango · El Nacional
“I don't want borders or flags.” — Santiago Sánchez Arango · Ara
What the critics say
- Ara.cat — Chambacú: cooking as weapon to fight colonization
- ElNacional.cat — Nuevo restaurante Barcelona
- Chambacú | Macarfi
- The Infatuation — Chambacú
- Gastronomistas — Chambacú
- Hule y Mantel — Chambacú
- Adiós a un año repleto de aperturas y también con cierres y traslados
- Restaurant Chambacú (Barcelona): cocina latinoamericana en el Eixample
- B de gust: Chambacú
- B de gust: Chambacú
Visit
- Address
- C/ de Muntaner, 185, Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 722 18 48 83
- Website
- chambacurestaurant.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
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- Batea — Seafood, €€€
- Besta — Seasonal Seafood Bistro, €€€
- Mordisco — Modern Mediterranean, €€€
- Embat — Bistronomic Mediterranean, €€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, €€€
More American in Barcelona
- La Brillantina — Pan-Latin American, Gràcia, €€
- Kiltro Restrobar — Latin American Street Food & Cocktails, Gràcia, €€
- Fast Eddie's — American / Burger, Ciutat Vella, €