Flax & Kale
Healthy / Plant-based · El Raval, Barcelona · €€
Flagship of the Teresa Carles healthy-food empire. Creative plant-forward cuisine with flexitarian options. Beautiful space. Popular for brunch and lunch.
The Delekta Review
Flax & Kale is the flagship of the Teresa Carles healthy-food empire — the restaurant that pioneered Barcelona's flexitarian scene. The concept: 80% plant-based, 20% fish, in a multi-level design-forward space with an open terrace. Bowls, salads, creative pizzas, and elaborate mains form an extensive menu that goes well beyond what most plant-based restaurants attempt. The aesthetic is polished — this is healthy food with production value, which is both its strength and the source of criticism. Fans praise the creativity and the quality of produce. Critics cite high prices for what amounts to vegetable-forward cooking, and a tourist-heavy clientele at the Raval location. Multiple outposts have expanded across the city. Whether Flax & Kale is genuinely great or just great at marketing depends on who you ask — but it undeniably opened a market that Barcelona didn't have before, and the produce quality is real.
What the critics say
- Flax & Kale Passage - Barcelona Metropolitan
- Flax & Kale Passage vegetarian with an asian twist - Foodie in Barcelona
- Flax & Kale - Plant-based Food to Love
- Flax & Kale – Directo al Paladar
Visit
- Address
- Carrer dels Tallers, 74b, Ciutat Vella, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 933 17 56 64
- Website
- flaxandkale.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
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