El Rectangle

Creative Modern · Sant Antoni, Barcelona · €€€

Open since 2025

Two Palo Verde chefs and a sommelier — Martí Badia, Carlos Arocha and Marcos López — opened in Sant Antoni. Robata at the centre, gilda with house-pickled cucumber, chicken meatballs in hoisin, katsu sando with demi-glace and egg yolk.

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The three founders met at Palo Verde — Carlos Arocha and Martí Badia (trained at Hofmann) on the line, Marcos López on the wines Sant Antoni opening — Carrer de Sepúlveda 23, compact rectangular floor plan that the name follows from

Counter and a few high tables — the bar is the seat to ask for, kitchen and pass run in full view Robata grill anchors the line — most plates take a turn over coals; menu is small, seasonal, and rewrites itself often Wine programme by López leans creative-Mediterranean — built for pairing rather than collection-show

Gilda built on house-cured cucumber and a herb-offcut vinaigrette; ensaladilla rusa; bravas; croquetas Burrata with fig and dried fruit; chicken meatballs in hoisin; katsu sando finished with demi-glace and egg yolk Robata-grilled squid filled with its own body meat and tentacles, on caramelised onion in a prawn-head-and-mantis broth

Counter and a few high tables — the bar is the seat to ask for, with the robata grill and pass running in full view of everyone.

Five plates between two and a couple of glasses lands in upper-mid territory — the bar runs reservation-driven from word-of-mouth

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Address
Carrer de Sepúlveda, 23, Eixample, 08015 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 936 43 20 29
Website
instagram.com/elrectangle/#
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