Jiribilla
Mexican-Catalan Fusion · Sant Antoni, Barcelona · €€€
Awards: Michelin Selection
El Bulli and Arzak-trained chef Gerard Bellver spent 28 years in Mexico before returning to Barcelona. Regional Mexican techniques — mole, aguachile, tetelas, chochoyotas — applied to Catalan seasonal ingredients. Custom hot sauce service (1-9 scale). No tacos, no guacamole.
The Delekta Review
Gerard Bellver trained at El Bulli and Arzak, then spent 28 years in Mexico — including time at Biko, one of the world's 50 Best — before returning to Barcelona to open Jiribilla. What he brought back isn't the Mexican food most Europeans expect. There are no tacos. No guacamole. Instead, Bellver works with regional techniques that most diners outside Mexico have never encountered: tetelas, chochoyotas, mole built over days, aguachile with red prawns from the Mediterranean. The lentils with recado alone justify the visit — quietly one of the best dishes in Sant Antoni. The Michelin Selection recognises what is genuinely happening here: Catalan seasonal produce meets deep Mexican technique, and the result is cooking that has no equivalent in the city. A custom hot sauce service lets you calibrate heat from 1 to 9, a small signal that the kitchen takes chilli as seriously as it takes everything else.
What the critics say
- Time Out Barcelona – Jiribilla
- The Infatuation – Jiribilla
- Jiribilla – Michelin Guide Restaurant
- Foodie in Barcelona – Jiribilla
- Ara.cat – Jiribilla Feature
- El restaurante de Barcelona con acento mexicano y raíces catalanas: chef formado entre Estrellas Michelin
Visit
- Address
- Carrer del Comte Borrell, 85, Eixample, 08015 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 938 56 31 80
- Website
- jiribillabcn.com
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