Koy Shunka
High-end Japanese · Barri Gòtic, Barcelona · €€€€
Awards: ★ Michelin · 50Best Discovery · 2 Soles Repsol
Open since 2008
The Japanese counter behind an unmarked door near the Cathedral — Hideki Matsuhisa applies Osaka-trained precision to Mediterranean produce. Michelin since the early 2010s, 50 Best Discovery, and a tasting menu Macarfi rates among Europe's best Japanese.
The Delekta Review
50 Best Discovery — Spain
Chef Hideki Matsuhisa — Osaka-trained; the kitchen fuses Japanese tradition with Mediterranean ingredients Michelin star held continuously since the early 2010s
Tasting menu €250 (without beverages) Japanese precision applied to Catalan-Mediterranean produce — Roses prawns, local tuna, Catalan mushrooms
Sashimi of tuna with sea urchin and shaved truffle. Japanese wagyu with brown rice. Goose barnacle (percebe) — served individually, sweet-flavoured. Nigiri sushi — four-piece course closing the menu.
U-shaped counter — guests watch the kitchen work plate by plate Fish-maturing cabinets visible from the dining room — sourcing on display Carrer d'en Copons in Barri Gòtic, near the Cathedral; entered through an unmarked door
Quoted in
“One of Europe's best Japanese restaurants” — Macarfi
What the critics say
- Koy Shunka – Barcelona - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant
- Koy Shunka - Barcelona - 50Best Discovery
- Koy Shunka Japanese, El Barri Gòtic
- Koy Shunka – Macarfi
- Koy Shunka – Bon Viveur
- El mejor restaurante japonés de Barcelona: Koy Shunka
- Koy Shunka – Mana75 Barcelona Guide
- Koy Shunka
- Koy Shunka
- El mejor restaurante japonés de Barcelona: Koy Shunka
Visit
- Address
- Carrer d'en Copons, 7, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 12 79 39
- Website
- koyshunka.com/KoyShunka/esp_home.html
- Reservations
- Book a table
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- Bar La Plata — Tapas, €€
- Cafè de l'Acadèmia — Traditional Catalan, €€
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