La Dama
French-Mediterranean · Eixample, Barcelona · €€€€
Open since 1984
On the mezzanine of Casa Sayrach (1918) on Avinguda Diagonal — Modernista building, French-Mediterranean kitchen, deeply formal room. Steak tartar de La Dama, calamar carbonara à la Sayrach; a long Spanish-and-French wine list.
The Delekta Review
French-Mediterranean menu — both à la carte and tasting Wine list weighted toward Spanish and French regional producers
Calamar carbonara à la Sayrach — calamari shaped as cavatappi pasta with guanciale and squid ink (€26) Steak tartar de La Dama (€27) Entrecôte 300g with sweet-potato purée, enoki mushrooms, demi-glace (€36) Truffle fries; cheesecake with mascarpone and lemon glaze
Located in Casa Sayrach, the 1918 Modernista building on the corner of Avinguda Diagonal Major room redesign in 2016 by Mariana Izasa with artist Peter Cauro — gold and crimson palette
Mezzanine room with Modernista detailing — colored mosaic, sinuous wood, twisted stone Polished, observant service that takes the room's formality seriously
Quoted in
“The calamari is fashioned to resemble cavatappi pasta; the inherent chew of the cephalopod mimics a good al dente noodle.” — Maria · Foodie in Barcelona
What the critics say
- La Dama restaurant review 2003 March Barcelona - Andy Hayler
- La Dama, Special Occasion, Eixample - Foodie in Barcelona
- World of Mouth - La Dama
- La Dama – Macarfi
- La Dama – TimeOut Barcelona (ES)
- Fallece Josep Bullich, el chef de la época dorada del restaurante La Dama
Visit
- Address
- Av. Diagonal, 423, Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 932 09 63 28
- Website
- la-dama.com
- Reservations
- Book a table
Nearby restaurants in Eixample
- Batea — Seafood, €€€
- Besta — Seasonal Seafood Bistro, €€€
- Mordisco — Modern Mediterranean, €€€
- Embat — Bistronomic Mediterranean, €€
- Topik — Japanese-Catalan Fusion Tapas, €€€
More Mediterranean in Barcelona
- Orvay — Mediterranean & Wine Bar, El Born, €€
- Berbena — Creative Mediterranean, Gràcia, €€€
- Sr. Antúnez — French Bistró / Mediterranean, Gràcia, €€€
- Fismuler — Market-fresh Mediterranean, El Born, €€€
- Cera 23 — Galician-Mediterranean Fusion, El Raval, €€