Il Giardinetto
Italian · Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona · €€€
Open since 1974
The Pomés family's Italian institution opened in 1974 in Sant Gervasi — Milà-and-Correa interior gardens and two FAD design prizes. Chef Francis Santos has worked the line since 1988; maître Ángel Fernández since 1986.
The Delekta Review
FAD Interior Design Prize, 1974 and 2012 — only venue to win twice
Founded 1974 by photographer Leopoldo Pomés; designed by architects Alfonso Milà and Federico Correa, inspired by the chestnut trees of southern France Run today by the Pomés siblings — Juliet, Poldo, and Iván — second-generation family operation Long-standing meeting point of Barcelona's Gauche Divine — architects, designers, artists, cultural professionals
Italian à la carte with a separate cocktail bar at the entrance — excellent dry Martinis, live piano in the evenings Seasonal: artichokes with eggs in winter, tagliatelle with white truffle in autumn
Carbonara in the Roman build — egg, guanciale, pecorino, no cream Ou en panet — the dish regulars insist you don't skip Paccheri Kobau-style with tomato and burratina; tripoline alla siciliana with sardines and fennel; bay-leaf spaghetti Sofía Loren-style Coconut ice cream with bitter-orange marmalade to close
Indoor garden conceived as a Barcelona oasis, with planted trellises and the room patterned after a southern-French chestnut grove Lis Medina has run the dining room since 2006 — the bar, kitchen and sala together carry more than 35 years of continuity
Average ticket ~€35 without drinks; daily 13:30–16:30 and 20:30–01:30 — closed Saturday midday and holidays
Quoted in
“Everything changed when María Leví invited me to eat fettuccini al doppio burro at her home.” — Leopoldo Pomés · CC magazine
“Poldo runs Il Giardinetto with more warmth than Bogart ran Rick's Café.” — Time Out Barcelona
What the critics say
- Il Giardinetto – Macarfi
- Il Giardinetto – Time Out Barcelona
- Observación Gastronómica — Il Giardinetto
- 5 restaurantes donde la cocina italiana se reinventa entre tradición y creatividad
- Del Giardinetto al Jardí de l'Ateneu, recorrido por los restaurantes más literarios de Barcelona
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de la Granada del Penedès, 28, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 08006 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 932 18 75 36
- Website
- ilgiardinetto.es
- 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, €€€
More Italian in Barcelona
- Agreste Mar — Italian-Catalan, Barri Gòtic, €€€
- Bacaro — Venetian Italian, El Raval, €€
- Bar El Pepino — Italian-Catalan Wine Bar, Gràcia, €€
- Tercero Primera — Catalan-Italian, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, €€€
- Benzina — Italian Pasta, Sant Antoni, €€