Circolo Popolare Barcelona
Italian · Eixample, Barcelona · €€
Open since 2025
Big Mamma's second Barcelona — opened December 2025 on Passeig de Gràcia in the old Citrus space. Studio Kiki's 1960s-Sicily rebuild: 10,000 coloured bottles climbing the walls, chef Daniele Tasso at the pass, pizza al metro and a 600g cotoletta.
The Delekta Review
Big Mamma group operates 35 establishments across seven countries — Circolo Popolare Barcelona is the fifth Spanish location and second in the city after Gloria Osteria Took over the historic Citrus space (Pg. de Gràcia × Consell de Cent), which had run nearly thirty years before AN Grup closed it in February 2024 800 m² rebuild by Studio Kiki — 1960s Sicily aesthetic, ten storefront windows, capacity around 200 covers
Italian register pulled toward Sicily and the South — Big Mamma sources from 170+ Italian artisanal producers across the group Theatre is the format — bottle-wall lighting, dressed-up service, and group-pricing predictability around €25–30 per head
Pizza al metro — extended pizzas served by the section; cotoletta alla milanese (600 g) plated for sharing Torre del Circolo with napolitana montanarine fritte; mortadella di Negrini from Bologna; burrata by Salvatore Montrone (Puglia); prosciutto di Parma
10,000 coloured bottles run floor-to-ceiling — the bottle wall is the room's signature image Ten storefront windows on Passeig de Gràcia turn the dining room into a sidewalk stage — intimacy is not the point
Big Mamma group's stable pricing across cities makes Circolo Popolare a known quantity — the surprise is in the room, not the bill
What the critics say
- Llega a Barcelona Circolo Popolare, el restaurante del grupo Big Mamma que triunfa en Madrid – Metrópoli Abierta
- Así es Circolo Popolare: el restaurante de las 10.000 botellas con vistas panorámicas a paseo de Gràcia – Metrópoli Abierta
- Circolo Popolare se instala en el Citrus del paseo de Gràcia – Tot Barcelona
- Big Mamma amplía su imperio gastronómico en Barcelona – The New Barcelona Post
- Big Mamma replica Circolo Popolare en Barcelona – Restauración News
- Circolo Popolare | Macarfi
Visit
- Address
- Pg. de Gràcia, 44, Eixample, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 930 47 85 40
- Website
- circolopopolare.com/es/restaurantes/circolopopolare-barcelona
- 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 Italian in Barcelona
- Agreste Mar — Italian-Catalan, Barri Gòtic, €€€
- Bacaro — Venetian Italian, El Raval, €€
- Bar El Pepino — Italian-Catalan Wine Bar, Gràcia, €€
- Tercero Primera — Catalan-Italian, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€€
- Benzina — Italian Pasta, Sant Antoni, €€