La Balmesina
Wood-fired Pizza · Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona · €€
Open since 2017
Three Italian founders from Veneto opened La Balmesina in 2017 — 72-hour sourdough pizza in a wood oven on Carrer de Balmes, Slow Food principles. Seasonal toppings sourced locally; sister project Gina Balmesina nearby.
The Delekta Review
Wood-fired sourdough pizza with 72-hour fermented organic-flour dough Seasonal toppings rotated to local market produce — Slow Food alignment
Cream-of-artichoke pizza — among the most-cited
Opened 2017 by three Italian founders from Veneto — Massimo, Mattia, and Alessandro Sister project: Gina Balmesina nearby (same team, similar offerings)
Small, casual room on Carrer de Balmes
Quoted in
“Pizza is mainly about texture, but there has to be a good balance with flavour.” — Max Morbi · Time Out Barcelona
What the critics say
- La Balmesina - Best Neapolitan Pizza in Spain
- Best Pizza Barcelona - Foodie in Barcelona
- List of the Best Pizza in Barcelona — Barcelona Food Experience
- Barcelona Pizza Guide - Rebel Atlas
- La Balmesina – Macarfi
- La segunda mejor pizzería de Europa está en Barcelona
- Una pizzería de Barcelona se cuela en el top 10 de las mejores de Europa: este es su secreto
- Las mejores pizzerías de Barcelona en 2025: una ruta imprescindible para los amantes de la pizza
- Una pizzería de Barcelona, la tercera mejor de Europa: sabor artesanal y el mejor postre
- Una nueva app permite a los hosteleros disfrutar de la gastronomía de Barcelona con descuentos
Visit
- Address
- Carrer de Balmes, 193, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 08006 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 934 15 62 24
- Website
- labalmesina.com
- 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, €€€
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