Imprevisto
Mediterranean Creative · Eixample, Barcelona · €€
Awards: Michelin Selection
Open since 2022
Carrer de Mallorca surprise-menu kitchen opened by four ex-Caelis colleagues in 2022 — €47 for seven courses, €65 for ten. No advance menu disclosure; pani puri with artichoke and bottarga, cured mackerel, Aylesbury duck breast, Thai eggplant.
The Delekta Review
Surprise menus: no advance disclosure of dishes — the kitchen works with what arrives that morning, rotating through Mediterranean-creative combinations
Compact dining room on Carrer de Mallorca — four ex-Caelis chefs, no menu card, whatever the morning market produced.
Four ex-Caelis colleagues — Italian chefs Luca Pinna and Raffaele D'Avico, sommelier Alberto Jaime León, and maître Isabella Vivarelli — all worked under Romain Fornell at his Michelin-starred Caelis Opened post-pandemic on Carrer de Mallorca 308 (Dreta de l'Eixample) — small dining room, Michelin-Selected from 2024
Two surprise tasting menus — 7 courses for €47, 10 courses for €65 (drinks excluded); no advance menu disclosure, just an allergy-and-preferences card Wine programme runs by Jaime León — leans small-producer Catalan and under-the-radar bottles, structured around pairing rather than collection
Pani puri filled with artichoke cream and bottarga; cured mackerel with Catalan sauce, watercress, and preserved shiitake; Aylesbury duck breast with sweet-potato purée and citrus mole Thai eggplant with pickled-carrot sauce, Port wine, hazelnuts, and crispy guanciale; wild sea bream cooked at low temperature with aged-Parmesan cream; cabbage with beurre blanc, grapefruit, kaffir lime
Closed Sundays and Mondays — service Tuesday–Saturday 13:30–15:00 and 20:00–22:00; small dining room, weekend bookings fill ahead
Quoted in
“Cooking without preconceived ideas and without self-imposed limits.” — Laura Conde · Gastronomistas
What the critics say
- Imprevisto restaurante, una grata sorpresa en Barcelona – Gastronomistas
- Imprevisto – An Unexpected Find — Barcelona Food Experience
- Imprevisto – Barcelona – Michelin Guide
- Restaurante Imprevisto, placer asequible llamado a revalorizarse — The New Barcelona Post
- Imprevisto restaurante, cocina mediterránea en Barcelona — Blog Hedonista
- Imprevisto | Macarfi
- Imprevisto, donde lo único previsto es el precio
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de Mallorca, 308, Eixample, 08037 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 931 45 11 52
- Website
- imprevistorestaurante.es
- Reservations
- Book a table
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