La Dama
French-Mediterranean · Eixample, Barcelona · €€€€
Inside the Gaudí-influenced Casa Sayrach. French-Mediterranean dishes that impress. Guaranteed to wow business dinners, lawyers, or in-laws.
The Delekta Review
La Dama occupies the mezzanine of Casa Sayrach — a modernista building on Avinguda Diagonal that looks exactly like the apartment a Belle-Époque socialite would keep for herself. Mirrored doorways, crimson velvet banquettes, vintage floral wallpaper. Chef Edouard Deplus cooks a French-Mediterranean register that manages to hold its own against a room this theatrical — which, given how often these ornate spaces oversell the kitchen, is the compliment that matters. The calamar carbonara a la Sayrach (26€) is the signature: squid cut to mimic cavatappi pasta, cream, guanciale, tinta. The steak tartare (27€) is a benchmark. Roasted leeks (19€), grilled lamb (34€), and a deconstructed baklava with pistachio cream round out a card written in each dish's language of origin. Three-course lunch menu at 35€. Bartender Andrea ranks among Spain's top World Class competitors. Candlelit evening service is when the room finally earns the name. Premium prices, but for a setting and kitchen this distinctive, proportionate.
What the critics say
- La Dama - Review - Eixample - The Infatuation
- La Dama restaurant review 2003 March Barcelona - Andy Hayler
- La Dama Restaurant, Barcelona - Review - Walter Mitas
- La Dama, Special Occasion, Eixample - Foodie in Barcelona
- World of Mouth - La Dama
- La Dama – Macarfi
Visit
- Address
- Av. Diagonal, 423, Eixample, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Phone
- +34 932 09 63 28
- Website
- ladama.es
- Reservations
- Book a table
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