El Asador de Aranda
Castilian Roast Meats · Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona · €€€
Spectacular Modernista building housing a Castilian roast house. Wood-fired suckling lamb and pig. Architecture alone worth the visit.
The Delekta Review
El Asador de Aranda specialises in lechazo — milk-fed Castilian lamb roasted slowly in a wood-fired clay oven, the centuries-old tradition of Aranda de Duero imported intact to Barcelona. The Avinguda Tibidabo location sits inside a spectacular Modernista building that alone justifies the visit. The cooking is uncompromisingly traditional: quality lamb, wood fire, time, and the instinct to know when it's ready. Morcilla, chorizo, and lechazo form the core of a menu built on repetition and craft rather than invention. Prices sit in the €€€ range. If you want Castilian lamb done the way it's been done for generations — no fusion, no twist, just mastery — this is the address. The building is extraordinary; the lamb lives up to it.
What the critics say
- El Asador de Aranda Tibidabo Barcelona - Food Barcelona
- Aranda's Grill in Barcelona - Petit Futé
- Asador de Aranda - Barcelona
- El Asador de Aranda – Macarfi
- El Asador de Aranda – TimeOut Barcelona (ES)
- Asador de Aranda – Book Style
Visit
- Address
- Av. del Tibidabo, 31, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 17 01 15
- Website
- asadordearanda.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
- El Pescadito de Mandri — Seafood / Fried Fish, €€€
- Barra Alta — Modern Spanish, €€€
- Bar Tomás — Tapas & Bravas, €€
- Tram-Tram — French-Catalan, €€€
- Vivanda — Fine Dining Catalan, €€€