Gurí

Uruguayan / Mediterranean Tasting · Sants, Barcelona · €€€

Open since 2024

The Delekta Review

Nicolás Zas grew up in Montevideo, left Uruguay for Lanzarote at eighteen. Then put in time at Stokehouse and Osteria Ilaria in Melbourne and The Sugar Club and The Grill in Auckland before landing in Barcelona around 2022 and working through Come (Paco Méndez), Juno House and Ginette. He opened Gurí on Rector Triadó in March 2024 with about twenty seats — a long bar at the pass, nine tables behind, an open kitchen he leaves to deliver dishes himself. The cooking is Uruguayan and Mediterranean braided together rather than fused: fainá from his Italian-Uruguayan grandparents' table laid with Reixagó foam and ibérico, calabaza en texturas with bone marrow and amontillado, the deconstructed chajá to close. Time Out gave it four stars in 2024; Repsol recommended it in 2026; Philippe Regol, Xavier Agulló and Rais Esteve all came out, said the same nice things, and offered the same honest caveat about fermentation occasionally overplaying its hand.

What works

A genuinely personal kitchen rather than a concept — Zas's path (Uruguay, Lanzarote, Melbourne, Auckland, Barcelona) shows up in the dishes without becoming a CV recital. Repeat-reviewer signatures (fainá with Reixagó, calabaza en texturas, the chajá) earn the recognition. Twenty seats and a chef who leaves the pass to deliver his own plates make for an intimate room. Repsol's 2026 nod and the steady drumbeat from Time Out, Ara, 7 Caníbales and Observación Gastronómica from opening through early 2026 mark a kitchen that's settling rather than peaking. The €45 Diario menu is unusually fair for the work.

Before you go

Fermentation is the recurring caveat — Philippe Regol flagged a too-crunchy calabaza and over-thick rabbit-tortelloni pasta in December 2024; Xavier Agulló noted that 'his passion for fermented products plays tricks on him' in June 2025. Read as a young kitchen still calibrating, not a flaw. Twenty seats and a Tuesday dinner-only schedule mean reservations are essentially mandatory; this is not a walk-in room. Sants — Rector Triadó behind the Casinet — is residential, not on a tourist axis. Menu pricing has climbed steadily in two years (47€ tasting at opening; now 45€ Diario through 110€ Origen). Do not arrive expecting Argentine-style steakhouse fare; the Rioplatense voice is integrated, not foregrounded.

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Address
Carrer del Rector Triadó, 72, Sants, 08014 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 934 17 74 40
Website
gurirestaurante.com
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