El Xampanyet

Classic Tapas & Cava · El Born, Barcelona · €€

Awards: Repsol Solete

Open since 1929

Pouring in-house cava on Carrer de Montcada since 1929 — a blue-tiled, marble-countered Born bar where the glass is still €2. Cantabrian anchovies, pa amb tomàquet, jamón serrano, and tinned conserves; cash only, no reservations, and queues form before the doors open.

The Delekta Review

Family-run since 1929; the surrounding Born has gentrified hard, but the bar's pricing curve has not followed Recent celebrity-fans on record: Joe Jonas posted a 2025 Instagram from a Barcelona visit; chef Gregory Gourdet calls it his usual first stop on landing in BCN

Cava poured from oak barrels at €2 a glass; tapas worked through from the marble counter Pricing in the €€ tier — Macarfi puts an average bill at around €30 per person before drinks

Cantabrian anchovies — the signature, ordered by the table Pa amb tomàquet and jamón serrano — Joe Jonas's order Conserves straight from the tin — bonito, mussels, sardines, mejillones en escabeche Tortilla de patatas, baked potato with sobrassada and aioli, the regular Catalan tapeo register

Carrer de Montcada 22, steps from the Picasso Museum — a small room of blue-tiled walls, oak barrels of cava, and a marble bar that has not been redone since the bar opened Hours are short — opens at noon and again at 7 p.m., closed Mondays — and queues stack up before each opening

Quoted in

“In the tourist-heavy, chronically overpriced El Born, there aren't a lot of bars like El Xampanyet left.” — Isabelle Kliger · The Infatuation
“A classic, authentic Catalan tapas bar in the heart of the Born — pouring its own cava (xampanyet) since 1929.” — Macarfi
“I came to Barcelona to eat — and I ate.” — Joe Jonas · Instagram

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Address
Carrer de Montcada, 22, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 933 19 70 03
Website
elxampanyet.com

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